On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 03:08:01PM -0500, Rohit Kumar Mehta wrote: > I notice that when esd (runs under gnome) or artsd (kde) are running I > cannot play mp3s. > I guess they take an exclusive lock on /dev/dsp? Does anyone know a Exactly. OSS can't accept more that one thing writing to /dev/dsp at any given time. In fact, that's why artsd and esd were invented. > decent workaround? It is annoying. You have to tell your applications to output to artsd/esd, not directly to /dev/dsp. IIRC, XMMS supports both, mplayer supports esd; check your favorite player documentation. Also, rumors have it, ALSA is superior to OSS. HTH, Jan. -- Jan Minar "Please don't CC me, I'm subscribed." x 9
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