Re: [gentoo-user] /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy

[meino.cramer@gmx.de]

Alex Schuster <wonko@wonkology.org> [12-02-18 18:20]:
> meino.cramer@gmx.de writes:
> 
> > Alex Schuster <wonko@wonkology.org> [12-02-18 17:36]:
> > > meino.cramer@gmx.de writes:
> 
> > > > try (as root)
> > > > 
> > > >     fuser /dev/dsp
> > > > 
> > > > to figure out, which task helds that device...
> > > 
> > > I get no output at all.
> 
> > ?Hu?
> > 
> > The access rights to that device are ok...?
> 
> Yes, read-write access for all in the audio group:
> 
> wonko@weird ~ $ ls -l /dev/dsp 
> crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 14, 3 Feb 18 07:23 /dev/dsp
> 
> And otherwise I would expect a permission denied error.
> 
> Maybe it works when I log out of KDE and have a minimal environment, but
> I cannot do this now, too much important stuff is running at the moment.
> 
> 	Wonko
> 

I didnt know the origin of the error message "resource busy"...so if
it had come out of the application...even an error message can e wrong
;)

May be it would help to unload the sound related modules from the
kernel and modprobe -a them again?

Should have the same effect as the reboot without a global hickup of
the whole system...

just a shot in the dark...

fingers crossed!

mcc