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Re: Results - Re: Xgalaga anyone?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ray Curtis)
Sat Nov 9 14:47:58 1996
Date: Sat, 9 Nov 1996 14:43:01 -0500
From: ray@fred.net (Ray Curtis)
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In-Reply-To: <199611091914.LAA04010@fizzbaby.ndip.eskimo.net>
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I think if you had just read and run the little script that
comes with each kernel in /usr/src/linux/drivers/sound/Readme.linux
that all your sound problems would be fixed.
Wayne Dyer writes:
> tdukes@netside.com wrote:
> [...]
> > I'm having a problem with it too. I don't know all the terms you
> > guys are using, but when I start the game and begin playing, after I
> > make the first hit, the game crashes and disappears off the screen.
> >
> > I was thinking it was a memory thingy. I have 32 MEG of RAM and
> > a Number Nine 771 w/2MEG video card. The game played fine under
> > 3.03.
>
> This sounds like the trouble I had. Turns out that xgal needs to have WRITE
> permission do /dev/dsp. As root, just do "chmod o+w /dev/dsp". Now it lists like so:
>
> crw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 14, 3 Apr 25 1995 /dev/dsp
>
> And it works fine. Otherwise it will dump core the first time a sound is played.
>
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