On Tue, 09 Aug 2005, Jon D. Irish wrote: > I just finished compiling a 2.6.12.4 kernel to support the sound card in > my Dell Optiplex GX270; however, when I try to play audio via Music > Player, I keep getting a "OSS device "/dev/dsp" is already in use by > another program" error. I have verified that there are no other programs > running at the time, so what else would be using the device?
'lsof /dev/dsp' should give you that info. Try this if you want OSS (Open Sound System) software to behave nicely with ALSA: apt-get install alsa-oss then run your old OSS software (ie. realplay) like so: aoss realplay This will allow ALSA to do the mixing on a multi-channel card. (You can also get ALSA to do software mixing if your card needs it -- google for "alsa dmix".) -- Brad -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]