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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.erols.net!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!shore!nvp From: nvp@shore.net (Nathan V. Patwardhan) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Easiest way to check sound card? Date: 22 Nov 1996 13:41:41 GMT Organization: Shore.Net; a service of Eco Software, Inc. (info@shore.net) Lines: 25 Message-ID: <574ail$sk4@fridge-nf0.shore.net> References: <mvhE18z80.Kw9@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: shell2.shore.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Michael Harding (mvh@netcom.com) wrote: : I compiled the kernel to support my SB16, and made the appropriate : devices - now how do I check that it works? Any package or anything Personally, I noticed my SB-speakers kind of "popped," or responded when their device was announced at bootup. I had tried other sound devices before sb0, and I knew they did not work because there was no response. I also did cat /dev/sndstat to ensure that my card was correctly configured (error message would be returned if card was not configured properly), then I grabbed a .au file from the Java DK and did cat soundfile.au > /dev/audio to test my speakers. All was cool. Kind of brute force, I know, but I followed the methods listed in the original Linux sound docs (which are cited in sound.doc, and Voxware docs), and the above was suggested to test the sound device(s). HTH -- Nate [nvp@shore.net||nvp@nfic.com] "Take them to the Iron Maiden" IRON MAIDEN ... EXCELLENT! "Execute them!" BOGUS... - Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure