On Sun, Jun 11, 2000 at 01:01:48PM +0200, Dietmar wrote: > > I'm using xmms and it doesn't change anything whether I choose the > OSS-driver or esound. In fact I figured out that gnome is not > responsible for it in a special way, because similar things happen > when I use fvwm95 without gnome. Whenever I'm running a sound-device > consuming program and I try to start a second one, the second one will > freeze as long as the sound device (/dev/dsp) is given free by the > first one. (e.g. I run an mp3-player and try to start xblast: the > introductory tcl/tk-script of xblast is running fine, but after > pressing "Start XBlast" nothing happens until the mp3-player finishes > playing) Under gnome this has the effect that everything freezes. > > As I don't think that such a behaviour is intended I'd be glad to get > any advice how to repair this.
The fact that XBlast freezes is intended and correct. The bug is in XBlast. If it is a C program, the fix is trivial (opening /dev/dsp with modes O_WRONLY | O_NONBLOCK rather than just O_WRONLY). If it's not a C program, things could be more difficult. This should really *not* freeze gnome. I would try upgrading gnome, seeing if you can reproduce the bug, and then filing a bug report if you can. Cheers, Chris -- pick, pack, pock, puck: like drops of water in a fountain falling softly in the brimming bowl.
