Re: [SLUG] FC 5 sound problem
On Fri, October 19, 2007 8:55 am, Luke Vanderfluit wrote: Hi. I know theres some sound experts on this list. Im running kernel 2.6.18-1.2239.fc5 Realplayer 10.0.8 I have this problem where I try running realplayer after Ive used the sound device through another application (usually through opera). I get a /~~~ 'Cannot open the audio device. Another application may be using it.' \__ I cant get the machine to release the sound card. This is a recurring problem. At times I can kill artsd. Other times there is no artsd running. The only way Ive gotten my sound back is rebooting. But that is so reminiscent of windows I dont want to go there any more. Any suggestions? Well SOMETHING is obviously hanging onto the sound device. If you're prone to having applications directly access the sound device you're likely to run into this problem. There's a bunch of sound system LAYERS available for GNOME/KDE depending on what stage of evolution your system's at. Try esound-daemon (esd) on FC5. Then you change the apps to use this sound system layer which is sort of like a software mixer thus allowing multiple applications (and the desktop's bells and whistles) to access the sound device concurrently. The situation has drastically improved in Fedora Core 6 and Fedora 7. You should also try turning off your GNOME/KDE's desktop sound effects to help eliminate that problem. I'm not an expert on desktop audio but there's a lot of stuff there to play with.. OSS, ESD, Arts, Jack, ALSA (and stuff like ALSA's ESD emulation), Network Sound System (or was it Network Sound Daemon?) Also at a lower level... go to the command prompt and check out the fuser and lsof commands. something like fuser /dev/mixer, lsof |grep dev |less -- ---GRiP--- Electronic Hobbyist, Former Arcadia BBS nut, Occasional nudist, Linux Guru, SLUG President, AUUG and Linux Australia member, Sydney Flashmobber, Tenpin Bowler, BMX rider, Walker, Raver rave music lover, Big kid that refuses to grow up. I'd make a good family pet, take me home today! Some people actually read these things it seems. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] FC 5 sound problem
On 10/19/07, Luke Vanderfluit [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I get a /~~~ 'Cannot open the audio device. Another application may be using it.' \__ Not 100% sure but I think you should be able to find out which app (by name and process id) is holding onto the sound card by one of: lsof /dev/dsp or lsof /dev/snd/* ...depending on whether it's using oss or alsa. CheersSteve -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] FC 5 sound problem
Luke Vanderfluit [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi. I know theres some sound experts on this list. Im running kernel 2.6.18-1.2239.fc5 Realplayer 10.0.8 I have this problem where I try running realplayer after Ive used the sound device through another application (usually through opera). I get a /~~~ 'Cannot open the audio device. Another application may be using it.' \__ I cant get the machine to release the sound card. This is a recurring problem. At times I can kill artsd. Other times there is no artsd running. You could try using the ALSA OSS emulation. Here's a page that's relevant to Ubuntu, I imagine something along those lines can be done with FC5. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=452170 -- Felix -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] FC 5 sound problem
Hi. I know theres some sound experts on this list. Im running kernel 2.6.18-1.2239.fc5 Realplayer 10.0.8 I have this problem where I try running realplayer after Ive used the sound device through another application (usually through opera). I get a /~~~ 'Cannot open the audio device. Another application may be using it.' \__ I cant get the machine to release the sound card. This is a recurring problem. At times I can kill artsd. Other times there is no artsd running. The only way Ive gotten my sound back is rebooting. But that is so reminiscent of windows I dont want to go there any more. Any suggestions? Thanks. Kr. Luke. -- Luke Vanderfluit Analyst / Web Programmer e3Learning.com.au 08 8221 6422 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
