On Wed, 10 Oct 2001, James Courtier-Dutton wrote: >I think you will find that X likes to play the odd wave file as you click on >the wrong thing etc. >It could be X which is using the audio device.
Well, X does not use the audio device. The Dreaded Desktop Environment (KDE or GNOME or whatever) might very well start something that eats the audio device, though. A little "killall kaudioserver artsd esd" should take care of that, if you want to free it. -- Erik I. Bolsų | email: <knan at mo.himolde.no> The UNIX philosophy basically involves giving you enough rope to hang yourself. And then a couple of feet more, just to be sure. _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel