Mystery radio stream (that can't be found/killed) is locking up my soundcard
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Mystery radio stream (that can't be found/killed) is locking up my soundcard
Hi all,
This morning, when I connected to the net after booting my laptop, I was treated to an uninvited radio stream, which then locked up my soundcard.
Disconnecting from the net stopped the stream, but didn't free up the soundcard. I've tried killing a whole load of processes, but can't seem to pinpoint which one is making the noise.
Weirdly, it's not a stream I've ever listened too and I've only managed to identify it as a station linked to www.1.fm - a site I'd never previously visited.
Is there any way to find out which process is running the stream? Any ideas about how I can stop it happening?
Any help would be massively appreciated!
Tom
PS, I'm running the latest Kubuntu on a Lenovo N500.
try restarting alsa using the /etc/init.d script if you have one. Then try lsof or fuser on /dev/dsp to check is something is locking the OSS emulation.
try restarting alsa using the /etc/init.d script if you have one. Then try lsof or fuser on /dev/dsp to check is something is locking the OSS emulation.
OK, stopping alsa stops the stream, but it come back when I start it up again.
Unfortunately, both "fuser /dev/dsp" and "lsof | grep dsp" yield 0 results.
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