David Shirley wrote: > How would u setup a dmix to play silence? If you haven't create or modified /etc/asound.conf or ~/.asoundrc, dmix should be enabled by default. (If PulseAudio is installed correctly, PA should be enabled by default.) Try this to play ten seconds of silence: aplay -d 10 -t raw -f dat /dev/zero To play continuously, omit the "-d 10". Regards, Clemens _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel