From f276d240ca147faf59a7dd997d65b85bc9e8889f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: B Stack Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2020 08:37:29 -0500 Subject: fix #14: document ffs sound workaround --- freefilesync/debian/README.Debian | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) (limited to 'freefilesync/debian') diff --git a/freefilesync/debian/README.Debian b/freefilesync/debian/README.Debian index 04e4263..2235ac6 100644 --- a/freefilesync/debian/README.Debian +++ b/freefilesync/debian/README.Debian @@ -3,6 +3,19 @@ freefilesync (10.20-1+devuan) * gtk3 build for obs * For changing gtk2 to gtk3, see control and patches/series files +In case the sound is not working on a Devuan system for FreeFileSync, +check file `/etc/modprobe.d/oss-compat.conf` + + $ cat /etc/modprobe.d/oss-compat.conf + softdep snd-pcm post: snd-pcm-oss + softdep snd-mixer post: snd-mixer-oss + softdep snd-seq post: snd-seq-midi snd-seq-oss + +Setting this, so that /dev/dsp exists, allows freefilesync to play +audio. Additionally, nothing else should be playing audio, because if +something else is playing audio, a stack trace of FreeFileSync will +show error "device or resource busy." + -- B Stack Sat, 15 Feb 2020 16:30:36 -0500 freefilesync (10.19-2+devuan) -- cgit