This happened to me too when I tried to play mp3 music using audacious. The error says:
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:864:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave ** (audacious:8298): WARNING **: alsa_setup(): Failed to open pcm device (default): Device or resource busy The ouptut of my aplay -l is: **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: ICH6 [Intel ICH6], device 0: Intel ICH [Intel ICH6] Subdevices: 0/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: ICH6 [Intel ICH6], device 4: Intel ICH - IEC958 [Intel ICH6 - IEC958] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 It didn't happen before. I reinstalled gutsy on my laptop and then I saw this error. -- [Gutsy] ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:864:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150129 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
