[Coco] DW4 and Linux sound

Willard Goosey goosey at virgo.sdc.org
Sat Nov 17 15:44:39 EST 2012


On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 01:54:19PM -0500, Steven Hirsch wrote:

> I just discovered that DW4 grabs /dev/dsp for sound output on Linux. 
> That's not an optimal way to do things, since that device is not 
> multiplexed.  When DW4 is running, nothing else can produce audio!

Yep!  Thank you now I know why sound quit working on my linux box!

Willard
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