Re: sound question
> > > > play: /dev/dsp: Device busy > > > Perhaps esd is running and grabbing the sound device? > > 80418 ?? Ss 2:56.38 esd -terminate -nobeeps -as 2 -spawnfd > > so if I kill -9 the esd process, icq will start emitting sounds ? > unfortunately no, it will just "mute" my xmms session 1. Who started esd? 'root' or a non-root user? (ps axu) 2. Try fiddling with esd's flags? (man esd) I don't have a solution, but it's obvious that esd is opening /dev/dsp, and some programs like xmms or other sound apps communicate directly with esd, e.g. with a unix socket. If your app uses /dev/dsp directly, it will fail, because esd has locked it for itself. When I run mpg123, esd runs with the following params: $ ps ax | grep esd 15939 ?? Rs 0:03.23 esd -terminate -nobeeps -as 2 -spawnfd 5 It also opens this unix socket: $ sockstat | grep esd cpghost mpg123 159414 stream esd[15939]:10 cpghost esd 159396 stream (none) cpghost esd 159397 stream /tmp/.esd/socket cpghost esd 15939 10 stream /tmp/.esd/socket You could check the permissions of /tmp/.esd/socket Perhaps your sound app doesn't know how to use esd (you'll have to kill esd for this), or it knows, but can't, for some obscure reason. Of course, this is just a wild guess. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/ ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: sound question
unfortunately no, it will just "mute" my xmms session any other solutions ? petre On Thursday 13 November 2003 21:11 Anno Domini, Petre Bandac wrote using one of his keyboards: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ps -ax | grep esd > ~ > 80418 ?? Ss 2:56.38 esd -terminate -nobeeps -as 2 -spawnfd 5 > 84843 p5 S+ 0:00.01 egrep esd > > > so if I kill -9 the esd process, icq will start emitting sounds ? > > petre > > > On Thursday 13 November 2003 21:04 Anno Domini, Cordula's Web wrote using > one > > of his keyboards: > > > play: /dev/dsp: Device busy > > > > Perhaps esd is running and grabbing the sound device? > > > > I have a similar problem with mpg123. Calling mpg123 > > multiple times (e.g. in a loop with a shell script) > > until it works is an acceptable work-around for me: > > > > #!/bin/sh > > until (mpg123 "$1") > > do > > sleep 1; > > done > > > > Of course, a solution would be better than a work-arond :) -- Login: petreName: Petre Bandac Directory: /home/petre Shell: /usr/local/bin/zsh On since Tue Nov 11 14:37 (EET) on ttyv0, idle 11:26 (messages off) No Mail. No Plan. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: sound question
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ps -ax | grep esd ~ 80418 ?? Ss 2:56.38 esd -terminate -nobeeps -as 2 -spawnfd 5 84843 p5 S+ 0:00.01 egrep esd so if I kill -9 the esd process, icq will start emitting sounds ? petre On Thursday 13 November 2003 21:04 Anno Domini, Cordula's Web wrote using one of his keyboards: > > play: /dev/dsp: Device busy > > Perhaps esd is running and grabbing the sound device? > > I have a similar problem with mpg123. Calling mpg123 > multiple times (e.g. in a loop with a shell script) > until it works is an acceptable work-around for me: > > #!/bin/sh > until (mpg123 "$1") > do > sleep 1; > done > > Of course, a solution would be better than a work-arond :) -- Login: petreName: Petre Bandac Directory: /home/petre Shell: /usr/local/bin/zsh On since Tue Nov 11 14:37 (EET) on ttyv0, idle 11:21 (messages off) No Mail. No Plan. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: sound question
> play: /dev/dsp: Device busy Perhaps esd is running and grabbing the sound device? I have a similar problem with mpg123. Calling mpg123 multiple times (e.g. in a loop with a shell script) until it works is an acceptable work-around for me: #!/bin/sh until (mpg123 "$1") do sleep 1; done Of course, a solution would be better than a work-arond :) -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/ ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
