sound problem

moeminhtun · 12-11-2002, 11:53 PM

Hi all,

I've got sound problem on my redhat 8.0. I can detect the on board sound card but cannot here the sound. I ran the "sndconfig" and when it played the sample sound, it displayed the following error message.

Unable to play Audio
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The following error occured playing the sample:
SOX: Can't open output file '/dev/dsp': Device or resource busy.

What should I do next and how to solve the problem?
Thank you.

rootboy · 12-12-2002, 03:08 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by moeminhtun
The following error occured playing the sample:
SOX: Can't open output file '/dev/dsp': Device or resource busy.

What should I do next and how to solve the problem?
Thank you.

It's probably already in use by another program (http://lugwash.washtenaw.cc.mi.us/li...9906/0090.html), the question is which one?

Do a ps of your processes and list them here.

John