-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 08/27/2007 08:53 AM, Gilboa Davara wrote: > On Sun, 2007-08-26 at 11:48 -0500, Steven Stern wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> When I run rdesktop, it will not bring sound to the local computer, >> reporting /dev/dsp busy: >> >> $ rdesktop -u username -r sound:local >> /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy >> >> esd is running in the current session and nasd is enabled. >> >> Is there a way around this? >> - -- > > AFAIR rdesktop still uses oss as it's main sound system - hence, if any > sound server is running (esd, arts, etc), you get device busy > on /dev/dsp. > > The alsa-oss package (aoss) should solve the problem. > > - Gilboa > thanks. I'm now running it from aoss and the sound comes through. - -- Steve -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFG04iKeERILVgMyvARAovcAJ9NKCWSLJNzHsZ9ySp5cCpu1DHAZQCfW4yr UcF6b2KYn6XbkwKZWYYsvSY= =5Q6o -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----