Thus spake sucks the bag ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > just started running kde (off the testing branch) recently and > everything is fantastic EXCEPT for sound-wise. all of kde's built-in > sounds play find and artsplay plays waves as it should, but non-kde > applications complain about the device being hijacked. xmms says > "/dev/dsp: Device or resource busy", mpg321 says "Error opening libao > oss driver. (Is device in use?)", audacity just freezes. all of these > programs work as usual under windowmaker. i'm a member of audio, my > /dev/dsp permissions are right: > > crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 3 Jul 5 2000 /dev/dsp > > this problem happens regardless of whether i start kde through kdm or > 'startx'. any advice?
KDE by default has a thirty second timeout on artsd, so it will take over /dev/dsp until then. Try using another arts* program or I believe you can wrap the program in artdsp (if it's anything like esound was a few years back). -- Justin R. Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP/GnuPG Key ID 0xC9C40C31 (preferred)
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