On Mon, May 29, 2000 at 07:21:48PM +0100, Phillip Deackes wrote: >"Stig Are M. Botterli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> After upgrading to the latest Realplayer (via >> realplayer_7.0.2.1_i386.deb), >> I am now told "Cannot open the audio device. Another application may >> be >> using it." on startup. The audio device is _not_ busy, and other >> programs >> can make use of the soundcard. Realplayer fine before the upgrade. I >> haven't seen anyone else mentioning this as a problem, so I am at a >> bit of a >> loss as to its cause. Any ideas? >> I'm using a GUS Extreme and the (commercial) OSS drivers. > >Interesting. I tried using xmms (to play an mp3) and got the same >message. I had only the other day downloaded the new RealPlayer which >worked immediately. I had to go into xmms preferences and change *from* >the OSS to the eSound Plugin before it would work. > >I have just tried RealPlayer and needed to enable 'Native Sound Drivers' >to get this to work. Now both xmms and RealPlayer work fine.
xmms works fine. However, I've found one peculiar way of playing. If I go to preferences and choose "Esound support", go out and try to play -> "Cannot open..." message, go back to preferences and then choose "Enable support for old OSS drivers", I am given _one_ shot at playing something. I have to keep repeating this procedure for every single item I want to play. Does this give anyone a clue as to what might be wrong? -- Stig Are M. Botterli | Some men see things as they are and ask why. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Others dream things that never were and ask why not. -- George Bernard Shaw