> 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
