On Tue, 19 Mar 2002, Andre Majorel wrote:

> On 2002-03-19 08:51 -0500, Poletti, Don wrote:
> 
> > Whenever I run xmame if I pause the game when
> > I resume I do not get the sound back.
> > 
> > The console says something about not getting /dev/dsp.
> 
> As far as I know, Xmame closes /dev/dsp when it pauses, and opens
> it again when it restarts. If another program opens /dev/dsp in
> the interval, what you described happens.

If that's what's happening, Xmame is tripping over a flaw in the OSS-style
sound driver.  If you use the ALSA driver, /dev/dsp and friends can be
used by many processes simultanously.


-- 
David Griffith
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