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/dev/dsp says file don't exist - but it does?

Probably missing something obvious but the following has me mystified. Why does dsp say something doesn't exist when it obviously does?

Code:

lugo@debian:/usr/bin$ esd

/dev/dsp: No such file or directory

lugo@debian:/usr/bin$ whereis esd

esd: /usr/bin/esd /usr/X11R6/bin/esd /usr/bin/X11/esd /usr/share/man/man1/esd.1.gz

lugo@debian:/usr/bin$ ls -l /usr/bin/esd

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 43116 2006-01-13 08:35 /usr/bin/esd

lugo@debian:/usr/bin$ su

Password: 

debian:/usr/bin# /usr/bin/esd

/dev/dsp: No such file or directory

debian:/usr/bin# .//usr/bin/esd

bash: .//usr/bin/esd: No such file or directory

debian:/usr/bin# esd

/dev/dsp: No such file or directory

debian:/usr/bin# ./esd

/dev/dsp: No such file or directory



debian:~# stat /usr/bin/esd

  File: `/usr/bin/esd'

  Size: 43116          Blocks: 88        IO Block: 4096  regular file

Device: 303h/771d      Inode: 31555      Links: 1

Access: (0755/-rwxr-xr-x)  Uid: (    0/    root)  Gid: (    0/    root)

Access: 2007-07-12 13:01:56.000000000 +0100

Modify: 2006-01-13 08:35:08.000000000 +0000

Change: 2007-07-12 12:03:41.000000000 +0100

What do you get from 'ls -l /dev/dsp'?

Code:

debian:/usr/bin# /usr/bin/esd

/dev/dsp: No such file or directory

What you have done here is run a command called esd (as root)
I do not know what esd is as I do not have it, but it is esd that is complaining and it is saying "/dev/dsp: No such file or directory"
So, do you have the (device) file /dev/dsp ?

Yes, thanks, you're both right.

In my own defence I did say I was probably missing something obvious:rolleyes:. There was no /dev/dsp. Fixed it by installing alsa. esd is the Enlightenment sound daemon.