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Subject: /dev/dsp disappearing
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anyone else noticed /dev/dsp just disappearing..

i switched to esound in an effort to alleviate this problem.. however it
still pops up after a number of days of uptime.. only cured by reboot.

High Performance MPEG 1.0/2.0/2.5 Audio Player for Layer 1, 2 and 3.
Version 0.59r (1999/Jun/15). Written and copyrights by Michael Hipp.
Uses code from various people. See 'README' for more!
THIS SOFTWARE COMES WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY! USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!
/dev/dsp: No such file or directory
/dev/dsp: No such file or directory
/dev/dsp: No such file or directory
audio: No such file or directory
 ajt@oblivion:~/mp3 > ps auxww | grep esd
ajt   44318  0.0  0.2  1352  748  p0  S+   11:30PM   0:00.00 grep esd
 ajt@oblivion:~/mp3 > esd
/dev/dsp: No such file or directory


pcm0@pci0:31:5: class=0x040100 card=0x02221014 chip=0x24858086 rev=0x02
hdr=0x00
    vendor   = 'Intel Corporation'
    device   = '82801CA/CAM (ICH3-S/ICH3-M) AC'97 Audio Controller'
    class    = multimedia
    subclass = audio

FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE-p7

reboot time.

ajt.