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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!vic.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!imci3!newsfeed.internetmci.com!hunter.premier.net!news1.erols.com!newsmaster@erols.com From: Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Help: Sound Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 22:05:54 -0700 Organization: Erols Internet Services Lines: 30 Message-ID: <31CA2DB2.4E1B@www.play-hookey.com> References: <31C9F074.493E@sirius.physik.fu-berlin.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: kenjb05.play-hookey.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02 (Win16; I) Gunnar Prüßner wrote: > > Hi! > I have a soundcard: Something Soundblaster Pro 3.1 compatible > And now: I want to hear some sound ... How can I do it? > > I installed playmidi, but whenever I try to use it, it says: > > pruess@pruess:~> playmidi demo0002.mid > playmidi: No playback device set. Aborting. > pruess@pruess:~> > > What the hell is a "playback device"? > > Is it /dev/sb0 or something else? > And how can I tell playmidi to use this device? By EnvVar? > And how can I test my soundcart if it works well? > Did you recompile your kernel with the snd0 and sb0 entries from LINT? And did you make sure your card matches the port and IRQ settings described in LINT, or did you change the header file as indicated to match the sound card? I may have overlooked something -- check the Handbook and the description in LINT. I hope this helps! Ken