I had loads of problems with alsa (using a different card though). Try killing artsd (if you haven't already) and using jack instead of alsa directly http://jackit.sourceforge.net : worked for me and its nice to know if and when I want to use pd with another jack app I can. Good luck!

Stefan

Message: 10 Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 16:15:40 -0700 (PDT) From: stan wikey stanwikey@yahoo.com To: pd-list@iem.at Subject: [PD] Trouble getting alsa audio output

Hello,

I just started using pd in linux and I'm having a problem getting audio output. When I start, I see these messages:

/dev/dsp (read/write): No such file or directory (now will try write-only...) /dev/dsp (writeonly): No such file or directory /dev/dsp (readonly): No such file or directory

I do not have the /dev/dsp, however I have other audio apps such as xmms working properly. How can I correct this situation? I was under the impression that /dev/dsp is specific to oss, not alsa?

This is with an maudio audiophile 2496 pci card and kernel 2.6.4 with alsa drivers.

Thanks, Austin

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