Re: Setup when compiled in 2.6 kernel

[Lee Revell <rlrevell@joe-job.com>]

On Sun, 2006-02-19 at 17:21 +0000, John Talbut wrote:
> Am I correct in believing that the kernel will set up and communicate 
> with device files?  If so, how can I test them?  I have tried on
> various 
> devices, e.g.
> 
> >  sox -V -b -c 1 -r 448000 -t alsa /dev/snd/pcmC2D0p -t .wav test.wav
> and I get
> > ALSA lib pcm.c:2099:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown
> PCM /dev/snd/pcmC2D0p sox: Failed reading /dev/snd/pcmC2D0p: cannot
> open audio device
> and
>  > cat /dos/Workspace/Music/originaldedodedo.wav > /dev/snd/pcmC2D0pD
> and I get nothing. 

This is not how ALSA works, you can't just cat things to the device
file.  The interface to ALSA is through alsa-lib.

What happens if you start SIMPLE:

aplay file.wav

?



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