name of sound device file?

Anj Tuesday anj.tuesday at gmx.net
Tue Jul 5 14:44:07 UTC 2011


On Monday 04 July 2011 01:19:31 D. R. Evans wrote:
> I am trying to run the "cw" program for sounding out Morse code. By
> default, it writes its output to the sound device /dev/audio (see "man
> cw").
> 
> But on my 64-bit natty system there is no /dev/audio file:

I would've tried /dev/dsp, but that's also gone. This looks relevant:

"In Maverick we're investigating using OSSp to shunt all apps attempting to
use the older, in-kernel OSS API to use pulse instead. To do so, we'll need 
to disable all forms of OSS (native and emulated)."

found at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/579300

Good luck,
~Anja




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