From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 6 11:09:11 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D28216A46F for ; Fri, 6 Jul 2007 11:09:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: from sigma.octantis.com.au (ns2.octantis.com.au [207.44.189.124]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26EC313C4BF for ; Fri, 6 Jul 2007 11:09:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: (qmail 19472 invoked from network); 6 Jul 2007 06:09:10 -0500 Received: from 203-158-42-242.dyn.iinet.net.au (HELO localhost) (203.158.42.242) by sigma.octantis.com.au with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 6 Jul 2007 06:09:10 -0500 Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 21:09:06 +1000 From: Norberto Meijome To: Ariff Abdullah Message-ID: <20070706210906.5a58b7b2@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20070706162934.5d962e77.ariff@FreeBSD.org> References: <200707051557.21884.cblasius@gmail.com> <20070706111251.7366d59e@localhost> <20070706162934.5d962e77.ariff@FreeBSD.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.9.2 (GTK+ 2.10.13; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: cblasius@gmail.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Skype - problem with sound device X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2007 11:09:11 -0000 On Fri, 6 Jul 2007 16:29:34 +0800 Ariff Abdullah wrote: > Show me the output of > > #fstat|grep '\(\(dsp\|audio\|dspW\|mixer\)[0-9]\|\(snd\|midi\)stat\)' > > .. before/after opening skype. Hi Ariff :) I haven't had the problem since.But i decided to check with fstat...and I was amazed at the number of file descriptors (to /dev/[sound_related]) that skype keeps open. I use skype extensively, both for chat + voice. I've had skype running for over 12 hours, probably 24 hours (my uptime says 1 day 21 hours...so maybe as long as that). When I run your command, I got 2700+ entries - all but 2 were skype's! You can see it for yourself at http://www.meijome.net/files/freebsd/20070706/withskype_12hrs+.txt I then shut down skype : http://www.meijome.net/files/freebsd/20070706/b4skype.txt And opened it again, waited it to log in and go another snapshot: http://www.meijome.net/files/freebsd/20070706/withskype.txt (no changes really). I then did a test call to the skype test call bot, while the call was running i got: http://www.meijome.net/files/freebsd/20070706/skype_1_call.txt which is , i suppose, ok... but AFTER the call, I still had several entries left over: http://www.meijome.net/files/freebsd/20070706/skype_1_call_finished.txt Is this normal / expected? Thanks again for all your help. B _________________________ {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome "Lots of people who complained about us receiving the MBE received theirs for heroism in the war -- for killing people. We received ours for entertaining other people. I'd say we deserve ours more." John Lennon I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been Warned.