thank you Scott, you are the man of the hour :-) I was composing my findings while receiving your response...
Hai On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 4:38 PM, Hai Yi <yihai2...@gmail.com> wrote: > I looked at the mplayer console, and it shows this message: "Can't > open audio device /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy..." > > I did more google, and someone suggest to look into /var/log/message > and I did and found message about pulseaudio, and I removed it from > the processes and the problem is solved. > > I consulted this thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=313755 > > anyone here can elaborate on this a little more? > > Thanks, > Hai > > On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 10:34 AM, Hai Yi <yihai2...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hello there: >> >> >> I am using Ubuntu 9.10. I started a program, amsn with this cute >> beeping sound - it works alright. Now I started mplayer to play the >> dvd, no sound for the dvd! and I am watching silent movie! >> >> I think this is a common problem since i ran into it many times, did >> some google, still no idea. >> >> Anyone out there can help me trouble shooting the problem? >> >> Thanks a lot! >> Hai >> > _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech