Are there any path/user/permissions differences in your console login vs. the remote login? Anything in the logs, good or bad? Might as well start with the easy stuff. :) Mike Jentges -- Jentges.Net, Inc. Voice: 763-783-3702 ************************************************** Cell: 763-370-1201 **** Remember, UNIX spelled backwards is XINU.**** http://jentges.net ************************************************** On Sat, 16 Mar 2002, Robert P. Goldman wrote: > > I'm trying to build a headless mp3 jukebox and have the thing almost > all assembled, but I'm confused about how the sound devices work. > > When I try to remotely login (ssh) to the jukebox, my attempts to play > sound files all fail, and the /dev/dsp that is there when I run from > the console is missing. Normally, it's a link to /dev/sound/dsp. > Trying to give mpg123 /dev/sound/dsp doesn't work any better. > > I have a vague memory that the way one logs in affects the nature of > the devices, but don't know where to track this down. Doesn't seem to > be covered in the sound howto, possibly because it's distro-specific. > > The jukebox is a Mandrake 8.1 box. There are two sound cards, a > crummy on-board one and a nice CM8738 (thanks to Jay Austad's > recommendation). > > As I said, the sound works just fine when I run mpg123 from the > console. from a remote terminal, I just get > > audio: no such file or directory. > > A simple pointer to a place where I can RTFM would be great. I should > probably grovel over the mpg123 source, but I was hoping someone might > have a quick answer. > > Thanks, > R > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >