In the following, /dev/dsp is shown to be used. And, in fact, during this session /dev/dsp is busy. [ INFO ] (Client Version) GTK Unix Client 1.8.0 [ INFO ] (gtk::init_cache_data) Init Cache [ INFO ] (common::raiseChild) Raising /home/games/bin/cfsndserv with flags 7 [ INFO ] (Child17954::/home/games/bin/cfsndserv::1) $Id: cfsndserv.c,v 1.7 2005/02/14 05:42:01 mwedel Exp $ [ INFO ] (Child17954::/home/games/bin/cfsndserv::1) cfsndserv compiled for OSS sound system [ INFO ] (Child17954::/home/games/bin/cfsndserv::2) Settings: bits: 8, unsigned, mono, frequency: 11025, device: /dev/dsp [ INFO ] (Child17954::/home/games/bin/cfsndserv::2) bits: 8, unsigned, mono, freq: 11025, smpl_size: 1, 0level: 128 [ INFO ] (common::VersionCmd) Playing on server type Crossfire Server [WARNING ] (common::SetupCmd) Server returned FALSE on setup command sexp [ INFO ] (gtk::load_a_font) Loaded font -*-fixed-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*. [ INFO ] (gtk::load_a_font) Loaded font -*-fixed-bold-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*. [ INFO ] (gtk::load_a_font) Loaded font -*-fixed-medium-o-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*. [ INFO ] (commands.c) addme_success received. libpng warning: Ignoring gAMA chunk with gamma=0 [ INFO ] (gtk::event_loop) gtk_main exited, returning from event_loop $ After closing the client, this yields sound: [ krb at krayhome ~]$ cat .crossfire/sounds/Missed.raw >/dev/dsp