On Sun, Aug 10, 2003 at 04:24:48PM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote: > On Sun, Aug 10, 2003 at 10:40:05PM +0100, Antony Gelberg wrote: > > On Sun, Aug 10, 2003 at 05:21:40PM -0400, Nyc0n wrote: > > >> From: Ross Boylan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 4:13 PM > > >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> Cc: Ross Boylan > > >> Subject: Who owns /dev/dsp? > > >> > > >> I can't get sound; KDE, for example, complains that /dev/dsp can't be > > >> opened because the device or resource is busy. > > >> > > >> I've tried lsof, but no one seems to be using it. How do I find what > > >> has grabbed /dev/dsp (symlink to /dev/dsp0)? > > >> > > >> Or is something else entirely the problem? lsmod seems to show my > > >> usual complement of sound drivers. (Sound was working). > > >> > > > Just do a chmod 777 on /dev/dsp and it should start working it's a > > > permission problem, that got mine going.... > > > > > > > I think a better solution is to add your user id to the audio group, if > > it isn't already. > > > > A > > > > > My user id is in audio, and sound was working in the past. So it > seems something has grabbed it. >
You can use lsof to see what processes are using the device, e.g. antgel $ sudo lsof /dev/dsp COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE NODE NAME esd 1026 antgel 5w CHR 14,3 2343954 /dev/dsp0 antgel $ A -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
