/dev/dsp: No such file or directory

[Richard Eames]

Binary package hint: gtick

I guess this should be two separate bugs really. First being that /dev/dsp{,0} has disappeared. And, second being that gtick uses /dev/dsp

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: gtick 0.4.2-2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.34-4.11-generic 2.6.34
Uname: Linux 2.6.34-4-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu May 27 17:06:09 2010
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta amd64 (20100318)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_CA.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gtick

[Howard F (howard-f)]

As a workaround you can run gtick with the command "padsp gtick".
From "man padsp": "padsp starts the specified program and redirects its access to OSS compatible audio devices (/dev/dsp
and auxiliary devices) to a Pulseaudio sound server."
It isn't perfect though - gtick works as normal until you press the stop button, which causes it to crash.

[Taavi S. (tuisu)]

That workaround doesn't work for me. I can hear the sound again but the tick doesn't stay constant - when I move my mouse around or the gtick window the tick lags.

[Boniek (boniek12p)]

I can confirm this bug.

[Jeff Sherwin (jeffsherwin)]

This breaks Mythbuntu usage of TV cards that use need to have audio sent to line in and therefor /dev/dsp.

[Nina Marwede (lynax)]

This also prevents mencoder to capture from old analog TV card.
See #634211.

[jameshoo (james-howard-gmail)]

padsp gtkguitune works for me.

[Neil Simmonds (nas123)]

Seems still broken in 11.04
There is a patch available to configure between OSS and pulseaudio but has not filtered down to us yet. (sorry it's beyond me to patch it)

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gtick-devel/2011-03/msg00000.html

[TomasHnyk (sup)]

Gtick uses pulseaudio by default at least since 12.04 and 12.10, so this can be closed, no? Or does it still affect anyone?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for gtick (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

[Christopher (soft-kristal)]

It hasn't been an issue going back to at least Precise, and I just re-installed it on Raring with no problems to report.