tlug: Sound

[Rob Bickel <rob@example.com>]

I have a Red Hat 4.2 system.  I installed sound support in the kernel
and by copying files to /dev/dsp or /dev/audio, I can hear the files.
That is cat message.au > /dev/audio will result in my hearing the 
file message.au, etc. 

Also, I can using the saytime program and I can hear it say the time.
But so far, that is the only sound program I have got to work for me.
I have a Slackware system also and it plays things like Real Audio
and a program called Xanimation which I can play a .avi file and hear
sound.  Nether of which I can do on the Red Hat system.  I looked 
at /dev/sndstat and get the following:

kichijoji:~$ cat /dev/sndstat
Sound Driver:3.5.4-960630 (Sat Dec 6 18:11:20 JST 1997 root,
Linux kichijoji2.mech.tuat.ac.jp 2.0.30 #3 Thu Dec 4 15:37:28 JST 1997
i686 unknown)
Kernel: Linux kichijoji.mech.tuat.ac.jp 2.0.30 #4 Sat Dec 6 18:11:27 JST
1997 i686
Config options: 0

Installed drivers: 
Type 1: OPL-2/OPL-3 FM
Type 2: Sound Blaster
Type 7: SB MPU-401

Card config: 
Sound Blaster at 0x220 irq 5 drq 1,5
SB MPU-401 at 0x330 irq 5 drq 0
OPL-2/OPL-3 FM at 0x388 drq 0

Audio devices:
0: Sound Blaster 16 (4.16)

Synth devices:
0: Yamaha OPL-3

Midi devices:
0: Sound Blaster 16

Timers:
0: System clock

Mixers:
0: Sound Blaster

Also my audio devices are as follows:

   0 lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           11 Jan 16 18:07 /dev/audio ->
/dev/audio0
   0 crw--w--w-   1 root     root      14,   4 Jan 16 18:07 /dev/audio0
   0 crw--w--w-   1 root     root      14,  20 Jan 16 18:07 /dev/audio1

Both are exactly as my Slackware system is. Does any one have any
other ideas of where the problem can be?  Looking at the sound-howto
if what I have works, then it seems as if everything sound work, so
I am not sure where else to look for the problem.

Any ideas?

Rob

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