Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 16:38:00 +0000 From: "Rhys John" <elite_bizkit@hotmail.com> To: jandrese@mitre.org Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mplayer keeps screwing my system :( Message-ID: <F64nzRuK3hO4fZMq3Ri0000b8d3@hotmail.com>
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If it was all it took was simple "killall mplayer" then everything would be fine, but its worse than that :( The reason I rebuilt my system the previous times is becuase in both cases the systems had been rebooted and shutdown a few times, neither of which resulted in my system regaining sound. So in short, I have killed the mplayer process, rebooted my machine and shut it down a few times (powered down aswell) and I still cant get any sound out of it :( - BiZKiT (before anyone asks I have recompiled my kernel with sound support and yes I did have sound before mplayer screwed it all up :( ) >From: Jason Andresen <jandrese@mitre.org> >To: Rhys John <elite_bizkit@hotmail.com> >CC: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: mplayer keeps screwing my system :( >Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 10:07:15 -0500 > >Rhys John wrote: >>First off id like to say that mplayer has really started to annoy me! I >>have used it 3 times and each time it has screwerd my system. The problem >>is that for some reason once I have run it, I close it and it throws up >>all these errors resulting in my sound card no longer working for any >>multimedia application. For example when I try and play a song with xmms I >>get the following message: >> >>Couldn't Open Aduio >> >>Please check that: >> >>1. You have the correct output plugin selected >>2. No other programs is blocking the soundcard >>3. Your soundcard is configured properly >> >>Now I know for a fact that xmms works fine on my system, because it has >>always worked until I ran mplayer for the first time. Each time Ive used >>mplayer I have had to rebuild my system to get sound back!! Yes I know >>this is a bit extreme but I couldnt find anywhere that had information >>about this problem, this is why im mailing this list because there must be >>a way round this other than rebuilding my system. I would be greatful for >>any help. > >You may want to verify that Mplayer is in fact exiting when you quit it. >It sounds like Mplayer is sitting on the audio device for some reason. > >px -axww | grep mplayer | grep -v grep > >If mplayer is stuck open for some reason, try to kill(1) it and see if >xmms can use the audio device. > >If not, you probably don't have to rebuild your entire system to get >the sound back, a simple reboot should be sufficent (in the worst case). > >-- > \ |_ _|__ __|_ \ __| Jason Andresen jandrese@mitre.org > |\/ | | | / _| Network and Distributed Systems Engineer >_| _|___| _| _|_\___| Office: 703-883-7755 > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message
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