On Sunday 23 July 2006 15:52, Ric Moore wrote: > On Sun, 2006-07-23 at 10:38 +0100, Leon wrote: > > Ric Moore <wayward4now@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > If alsa continues to complain about being in use, after you've turned > > > everything off, is there a lock on it somewhere? Something is amiss, > > > when I installed, I could view DvD movies and have all the system > > > sounds on. Now, it's crapping out. Ric > > > > Check if /dev/dsp is in use by using `fuser /dev/dsp'. > > Evidently not, there was no output using that. It happens with both > Kaffine, XMMS and Totem. > > XMMS, run from command line in a terminal reports this: > Message: wait_for_helper(): select failed: Interrupted system call > Message: waiting failed: 1 > Message: helper_cmd_data(): failed > Message: helper has not terminated > Message: Init failed: 1 > Message: helper_cmd_data(): failed > Message: helper has not terminated > Message: wait_for_helper(): select failed: Interrupted system call > Message: waiting failed: 1 > Message: helper_cmd_data(): failed > Message: helper has not terminated > Message: Init failed: 1 > Message: helper_cmd_data(): failed > Message: helper has not terminated > > It's gotta be some flag that "helper" isn't quiting? > > Mplayer works playing the Dvd, but there is no menu option that I can > find, which means watching a half hour of trailers. heheehehe... this is > sure strange. Anyone seen this behavior? Thanx for the help, Ric Hi Ric. Anything show up on, ps auxw, that looks like it's using sound? Are you able to stop Alsa, then restart it? Then trying the failing apps again. # /etc/rc.d.init.d/alsasound stop # /etc/rc.s/init.d/alsasound start Nigel.
