Re: awe64 not initializing on 2.2.2

[Erik de Castro Lopo <erikd@zip.com.au>]

Eric Tork wrote:
> 
> As luck would have it, that did the trick.  The module loads, and all
> is fine.......but one problem remains.  /dev/audio outputs garble when I
> send something to it, like a wav file.  KDE's systems sounds all come
> through clear, so I assume that it sends its output through something
> else?  Is there something that needs to be done with /dev/audio?
> 
>   btw, this is a redhat 5.1 box with an isa pnp soundblaster 64.

/dev/audio is for Sun .au format files only.

To play .wav files you must use a player such as the one that comes
with SoX or wavplay. Have a look at:

http://www.bright.net/~dlphilp/linux_soundapps.html

These players all use /dev/dsp for outputing audio.

Hope this helps,
Erik
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