On Fri, Sep 07, 2007 at 13:45:26 -0700, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote:

[...]

> I may have been unclear but its not that i dont get sound from
> these--its that when one source IS playing sound, then i cant use any
> of the others, so if i have XMMS playing i cant watch (that is,
> listen) to YouTube. And then if something that I CANT FIGURE OUT is
> playing, i cant use any of the others and dont know what to do about
> it (ie., if i know im listening to XMMS i can stop if i need to watch
> YouTube but i am getting "sound card in use" messages when i dont
> think im using anything at all).

lsof -w /dev/{dsp,snd/*}

or

fuser /dev/{dsp,snd/*}

should show you which processes are blocking the sound devices.

> Several other people have made suggestions, and i thank you and will
> try them when i get back to my Debian machine!
> 
> Jen

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