On Sat, 2003-08-23 at 00:53, Guido Guenther wrote: > On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 08:14:13PM +0200, Thomas Otto wrote: > > Thats a common Linux problem since the /dev/dsp (IIRC digital sound > > port) device can only be opened once, e.g. xmms playing music and xine > > playing a movie with sound at the same time won't work. > > When the old process is still arround try finding and killing it via > > 'fuser /dev/dsp' > No, that's not the problem. I double checked that, e.g.: > ~$ fuser /dev/dsp > ~$ cat /dev/dsp > cat: /dev/dsp: No such device or address > ~$ cat .bashrc > /dev/dsp > -bash: /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy > ~$ fuser /dev/dsp
Are you aware of the dmasound bug where opening the device for reading makes it unusable until the module is unloaded, for which I recently posted a patch? -- Earthling Michel Dänzer \ Debian (powerpc), XFree86 and DRI developer Software libre enthusiast \ http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer
