> Whenever I attempt to run x11amp more than > once in a single session, it refuses to reopen a > second instance of the application. many devices (including the audio devices) can be opened only once at a time. so the second x11amp hangs waiting for the audio device to free up. > I have also seen it die when opening another application concurrently. this kind of an unprecise problem description ... however - x11amp is quite old. try xmms. it's the same, but under a new name.
> When I try to restart then run x11amp from the command > line, I get at least 15 repetitions of the following > error: > > Unable to open the audio device > Unable to reset audio device > probably resulting from the first point ... > As I write this my load monitor is completely in the > red and top is telling me that Netscape is using 98% > of my cpu. > netscape? that's nothing new ... kill - restart - feel fine. *g* -- Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature, please! -- If Windows is the answer, I want the problems back!
