I have a similar problem using kernel 2.0.27 with the really odd part being that I can play audio CDs using xplaycd. If something like saytime is run I get that /dev/audio is busy. In the kernel readme or sound howto it talks about checking that the device isn't being used by some other application and it is always free.
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