Re: Who owns /dev/dsp?
On Sun, Aug 10, 2003 at 05:21:40PM -0400, Nyc0n wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ross Boylan [mailto:RossBoylan@stanfordalumni.org]
>> Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 4:13 PM
>> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>> Cc: Ross Boylan
>> Subject: Who owns /dev/dsp?
>>
>> I can't get sound; KDE, for example, complains that /dev/dsp can't be
>> opened because the device or resource is busy.
>>
>> I've tried lsof, but no one seems to be using it. How do I find what
>> has grabbed /dev/dsp (symlink to /dev/dsp0)?
>>
>> Or is something else entirely the problem? lsmod seems to show my
>> usual complement of sound drivers. (Sound was working).
>>
> Just do a chmod 777 on /dev/dsp and it should start working it's a
> permission problem, that got mine going....
>
I think a better solution is to add your user id to the audio group, if
it isn't already.
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