On Thu, 4 Mar 2004, smoothmilk wrote: > So i've used alsamixer to set the volumes (unmuted a bunch) but when I > go to use Xmms to play an mp3, as soon as i hit the play button, it > freezes (and a CNTRL+C from the terminal which i launched it from is > required to close it). I have the alsa plugin for xmms ready to go, and > ive messed around with the device it should use to play, from 'default' > to the CS4236 (which is listed) to /dev/dsp{0-3}. no errors like "Your > soundcard is not configured properly or you are using the wrong output > plugin". I've also tried with the OSS output plugin, and it just sits at > 0:00 (but it doesnt freeze). Very weird. Any idea's?
fuser -v /dev/dsp* /dev/sound/* /dev/snd/* If this lists any processes, then something has the sound device open already (esd? arts?); other than that, I can't think of anything which would cause that. -- Just because it isn't nice doesn't make it any less a miracle. http://users.albatross.co.nz/~psycho/ O- -><- ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user