On 7 March 2012 00:13, Colin Guthrie <mag...@colin.guthr.ie> wrote: >>>> Is there a simple way to check if a game uses alsa-oss modules ? >>> >>> You can tell if an application uses oss by doing: >>> sudo fuser -v /dev/dsp >> >> You don't need to be root in order to do that: >> /sbin/fuser -v /dev/dsp > > Hmm... but I think it only shows pid if it's another user... which is > why I always suggest sudo - mpd running as mpd user is a common cause of > the hogging and thus it's nice to see that rather than a number.
For /dev/snd/*, it always worked the same way for me but Indeed I've nothing using the sound card as root, in which case it's hidden. Also one can use "sudo lsof /dev/snd/*"