How do I use my USB headset?

[Alexander Leidinger]

Quoting Andreas Davour <ante at Update.UU.SE> (from Thu, 11 Oct 2007  
20:24:44 +0200 (CEST)):

> On Wed, 10 Oct 2007, Julian Elischer wrote:
>
>> Hans Petter Selasky wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> If you are not using FreeBSD-7 current, something like the   
>>> following might do the trick:
>>>
>>> rm /dev/dsp0
>>> ln -s /dev/dsp1 /dev/dsp0
>>>
>>> Although that means you will loose access to /dev/dsp0 .
>>
>> back when I used skype on BSD it was a linux binary,
>> which means it was looking in /compat/linux/dev
>>
>> you need to have the correct symlinks in there..

No.

> I didn't think that the fact it was a linux binary could cause michief,
> but of course that's a prime suspect for troubles. Strangely enough I
> didn't even have a /dev folder under /compat/linux !

This is intended. If the linux emulation can not find /compat/linux/X,  
it searches for /X. As there's no /compat/linux/dev/, it goes to /dev/  
directly.

Bye,
Alexander.

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