Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 21:49:50 -0500 From: Jeff Elkins <bsd@elkins.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /dev/dsp: Device busy Message-ID: <200401242149.50834.bsd@elkins.org> In-Reply-To: <20040125011941.20937.qmail@web21405.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20040125011941.20937.qmail@web21405.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Saturday 24 January 2004 8:19 pm, Dorin H. wrote: >--- Geert Hendrickx <geert.hendrickx@ua.ac.be> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I have a problem playing sounds in FreeBSD. >> Sometimes it works, sometimes it >> doesn't, and then I get the following error message: >> >> >> /dev/dsp: Device busy >> >> but "lsof | grep dsp" yields nothing. >> >> Can anyone help me with this mystery? :-) >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> GH > >Same here. Toshiba laptop. FBSD 4.9. KDE 3.1.4. >/dev/dsp is from time to time hold by artsd. > > Problem is, it is hold even when nothing is played. >fstat /dev/dsp shows the problem. >If anyone find a solution, pls. let me know. >TIA, >/Dorin. While it's not a real solution, I told KDE not to start arts. Most of the sound apps I use are non-KDE, so thus far, I don't miss it. Oddly enough, this isn't a problem with debian. I'm too new to bsd to have figured out why one OS works and one doesn't. Jeff
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