Re: sound module: /dev/audio: Device or resource busy
On Aug 18, Torsten Hilbrich wrote:
> Marcus Brinkmann <Marcus.Brinkmann@rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de> writes:
>
> > > i am experiencing strange behavior when attempting to load sound
> > > support as a module. i have a debian 1.3.1 system and a SB
> > > AWE-64 PNP card, which i have installed using the isapnptools.
> > > the fact
> >
> > I have a SB AWE-32 PNP (does someone know: how I get my bios to set
> > up pnp properly? I have a PNP Bios, I think, but I need
> > isapnptools. Why? I didn't changed anything in my bios setup.)
>
> I assume the BIOS setups only the sb part of the sound card. The
> initilisation of the MIDI sythesizer is left to the DOS drivers
> (ctpnp, diagnose, aweutil) or to ISAPNP.
Ah, this describes exactly the behaviour I noticed. What a stupid BIOS (good
that debian does not use it).
> > However, one thing I saw: I use kernel 2.0.29, you 2.0.30. Could
> > this be the reason?
>
> No, I have 2.0.30 with the awedrv 0.3.99c installed and everything
> (including MIDI) workes fine.
Phils search is going on then, I think.
> > At the moment, I'm puzzled. If you have more info, please mail, I'm
> > interested.
>
> Check if something like NAS (network audio system) is started. This
> is a demon that blocks /dev/dsp (and all the other) and gives network
> wide access to your soundcard. Just check if there is a
> /etc/init.d/nas file, if so try
>
> /etc/init.d/nas stop
>
> and try access /dev/audio after this.
BTW: Do NAS and rplay live? I think the versions of sunsite are very old
(last time I checked).
> "What a depressingly stupid machine"
> The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
Nope. This is what I said when "rm -fR /" ate my hard disk :-)
Marcus
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Marcus Brinkmann
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