 | | | /dev/dsp and device busy | /dev/dsp and device busy 2003-12-12 - By Melissa Golter
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Hi
i have read many posts from people trying to run all sorts of audio apps
and getting:
Failed to open audio port for writing
/dev/dsp: Device or resource busy
and have posted questions re this to 2 lists myself, but have not yet seen
any successful resolution messages. That is, after trying all the
killall esd esound artds dsp
and
/sbin/fuser -k /dev/dsp
commands i have seen listed, i still get that same message (Failed to open audio port for writing
/dev/dsp: Device or resource busy)
I am trying to open a sound server on my system
I can hear sounds off CDs, system sounds, and so forth (tho have not done
any stress tests to really check this out ;] ) but need this (snerd) sound
server when running the app i am working on.)
Someone suggested i just re-install. Is that really what must be done --
and if so, just what should be done differently to avoid this problem?
addenda:
sound server/same prob on both linux rh7.3 and rh9.0 systems
rh7.3 does not recognize my sound card (analog devices AD1816..)
rh9 recognizes it
I am using Gnome on rh7.3 -- used KDE on the rh9 system.
argh. If anyone knows how to swivel the sound daemon 's head -- or how
else to cure this situation it would be good to hear. Thanks in advance
for any info.
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