Re: No sound with SDL apps

[Keir Lawson <keir@thelawsons.plus.com>]

> You said that you got exactly the same error trying the ESD SDL.  Did you 
> also set the SDL_AUDIODRIVER environment variable to esd before starting 
> FB?
yup
> 
> Perhaps you'll get more useful information from lsof.  Try "lsof | less" 
> then look for all the device files in use (or grep for /dev/dsp, if you're 
> sure that's your audio device).  You should see a line like this:
> artsd     1297 jguerin   13u   CHR     116,16              
> 179597 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p
> 
> if anything has the audio device open.  In my case, arts does.  If anything 
> has the audio device open, FB won't be able to play sounds.  Any luck with 
> lsof?  You may have to run it as root, if you think a root (or process 
> running as any user besides yourself) might have the device open.
greping, or searching manually reveals no such lines or similar

Keir Lawson