cat /dev/dsp returning 0xBC

[tecknophreak]

I have a motherboard with Via VT8233 sound on it. When I type "cat /dev/dsp > sound" or /dev/dsp0 or /dev/audio, all I get is a file of 0xBCs. I don't have ALSA installed. I can play sound just fine and right now I'm listening to music sent from another computer into my mic.

[Alex Cavnar, aka alc6379]

You don't want to do that-- you will just get a bunch of garbage.

If anything, you'd want to try cat filename > /dev/dsp. That will make something come out, usually just static. You just had the filenames backwards.