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.


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