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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
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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

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