[ILUG] Who is blocking /dev/dsp

[Jakma, Paul]

try fuser. eg 

fuser /dev/dsp.

Note that RH6 uses a sound daemon (esd, part of esound iirc). Which is a
much better way of doing things. However it does mean mean /dev/dsp is
always in use, which is annoying if you still have to use app's that don't
know about esd.

To make live easier esd takes a commandline arg to make it release /dev/dsp
when idle.  Check the man page for this option.

regards,

Paul Jakma

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fred Cummins [mailto:fred.cummins at ucd.ie]
> Sent: 25 January 2000 11:58
> To: ilug at linux.ie
> Subject: [ILUG] Who is blocking /dev/dsp
> 
> 
> Anyone know a way to find out which process is hogging /dev/dsp when I
> get the message
> 
> > /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy
> 
> ?
> 
> thanks
> 
> fred
> 
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