[linux-audio-user] problems sending sound files directly to /dev/dsp

I have a PC with a P4 Intel chip at 1.8GB. My mainboard has a VIA8233 chip. It is running on Red Hat 8.0. The ALSA drivers ( snd-via82xx) seem to be working fine with play or aplay. My modules.conf lines added by alsaconf are: # --- BEGIN: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. --- # --- ALSACONF verion 0.9.0 --- alias char-major-116 snd alias snd-card-0 snd-via82xx alias char-major-14 soundcore alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0 alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss options snd major=116 cards_limit=1 device_mode=0666 options snd-via82xx index=0 # --- END: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. --- I have two problems: 1) If artsd is running, play or aplay will not be able to play a sound file until I kill artsd. I had to configure KDE not to run artsd. That means that if artsd is running, there is no sound. How can I have artsd running without disabling sound output? 2) As I discovered the function of artsd is to allow some programs to write directly to /dev/dsp. The problem I have is that when some program writes directly to /dev/dsp (while artsd is not running) I only hear a cracking noise. How I can have programs to write directly to /dev/dsp?. Thanks -- This Message is sent from My R. Hat 8.0 Linux server .-. .-. | Gustavo Zamorano S. .-. | | Unique Computer Operations, S. A.(UNICOPSA) | | | | ___ | | | |/ _ \ ___ Celular: (507) 672-6487 | /o\_'||.' o `. | \=/ /|| `---' P.O. Box 872150, Zona 7 \ ___// \ Panama, Republica de Panama \____/ (`__') mailto:gzsuniq@cableonda.net ///////\\\\\\\ `--.____.--'