device or resource busy

["David S. Jackson" <dsj@dsj.net>]

Hi, 

I recently rolled a new kernel on a 2.0 system and got the following
sound error:

bash: /dev/audio: Device or resource busy

I don't think I have any conflicts, but here are my /dev/sndstat and
some /proc file printouts:

/dev/sndstat:
============
Sound Driver:3.5.4-960630 (Fri Nov 13 23:51:34 EST 1998 root,
Linux puddin 2.0.34 #1 Fri Nov 13 21:43:04 EST 1998 i586 unknown)
Kernel: Linux puddin 2.0.34 #2 Fri Nov 13 23:54:09 EST 1998 i586
Config options: 0

Installed drivers: 
Type 1: OPL-2/OPL-3 FM
Type 2: Sound Blaster
Type 7: SB MPU-401

Card config: 
Sound Blaster at 0x220 irq 7 drq 1,5
(SB MPU-401 irq 1 drq 0)
OPL-2/OPL-3 FM at 0x388 drq 0

Audio devices:
0: Sound Blaster 16 (4.12)

Synth devices:
0: Yamaha OPL-3

Midi devices:

Timers:
0: System clock

Mixers:
0: Sound Blaster


Here's /proc/interrupts:
======================== 
 1: Sound Blaster8
 4: cascade
 5: Sound Blaster16
 0:   17076701   timer
 1:      58434   keyboard
 2:          0   cascade
 4:     553869 + serial
 7:          1   sound blaster
 8:          2 + rtc
10:      62637   3c509
13:          1   math error
14:    6209753 + ide0
15:       1226 + ide1

Here's /proc/ioports
====================
0000-001f : dma1
0020-003f : pic1
0040-005f : timer
0060-006f : keyboard
0070-007f : rtc
0080-008f : dma page reg
00a0-00bf : pic2
00c0-00df : dma2
00f0-00ff : npu
0170-0177 : ide1
01f0-01f7 : ide0
0220-022f : sound blaster
02f8-02ff : serial(set)
0300-030f : 3c509
0376-0376 : ide1
0388-038b : OPL3/OPL2
03c0-03df : vga+
03f0-03f5 : floppy
03f6-03f6 : ide0
03f7-03f7 : floppy DIR
03f8-03ff : serial(set)

Here's /proc/devices
====================
Character devices:
 1 mem
 2 pty
 3 ttyp
 4 ttyp
 5 cua
 7 vcs
10 misc
14 sound

Block devices:
 2 fd
 3 ide0
22 ide1
 
Here's /proc/dma 
 ===============
 1: Sound Blaster8
 4: cascade
 5: Sound Blaster16

==============================================

If anyone can see something I'm missing, please advise.  

TIA!  ;-) 

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