Just an idea- have you tried symlinking /dev/audioctl to
	/dev/audio?

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On 18 May 1997, Oliver Paulzen wrote:

> Heya BSD-ppl!
> 
> I've got an IPX running NetBSD-1.2D and tried to get the realaudio
> player (3.0, SunOS-4.1.4-binary) to work. I guess it needs the
> /dev/audioctl device as it complains "cannot open audio device" when
> trying to play a file. /dev/audio works just fine (cat aufile > ...).
> 
> Is there a audioctl in the NetBSD kernel? Or have you got other ideas
> to get this to work?
> 
> Thanx in advance
>  oLLi
> 
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