Stig Are M. Botterli wrote: > After upgrading to the latest Realplayer (via realplayer_7.0.2.1_i386.deb), > I am now told "Cannot open the audio device. Another application may be > using it." on startup. The audio device is _not_ busy, and other > programs can make use of the soundcard. Realplayer fine before the upgrade. > I > haven't seen anyone else mentioning this as a problem, so I am at a bit of a > loss as to its cause. Any ideas? > I'm using a GUS Extreme and the (commercial) OSS drivers.
Lee Bradshaw wrote: > Starting realplayer causes an error message: > > Cannot open the audio device. Another application may be using it. > > /dev/dsp is not in use according to lsof. To verify lsof can see the > correct state of /dev/dsp, I started mpg123. When mpg123 is running, > lsof sees that it is using /dev/dsp. Otherwise /dev/dsp is not busy. Lee, are you also using the commercial OSS drivers from 4Front? What sound card? -- see shy jo
