Karl Larsen wrote: > Mark Knoop wrote: >> Karl Larsen wrote: >>> Yes. I read several messages on this list that said applications are >>> not working if they are sending data to /dev/dsp. I have this problem >>> too. If you look at the permission with ls -l it has my login then root >>> and then that stupid sticky bit thing. When I call /dev/dsp with a GUI >>> device the permissions are changed it seems. >>> >> I think your problem is much more likely to be that another application >> is already using /dev/dsp >> >> What is the output of '/usr/sbin/lsof /dev/dsp' when you have this >> problem? > > It just stops with no output. > >> A better solution is to configure applications to use ALSA so >> that you can have multiple sound sources playing simultaneously. >> > Alsa mixer is used by this application. It should work but I have a bug > in on this too. If it is really using alsa, then it would not be sending anything to /dev/dsp. Perhaps you could tell us the precise symptoms of your problem instead of vaguely saying there's a bug in everything. -- Mark Knoop
