[ale] sound card blocked

[Jeff Rose]

ps aux | grep esd comes up empty though xmms was using esd.  there are
no xmms processes and I have since switched it to use OSS.  Also found
the fuser command.  /sbin/fuser -v <device> will list processes using
the device.  It comes up empty for /dev/dsp as well as /dev/audio.

On Sun, 2002-09-08 at 13:10, phrostie wrote:
> check to see if you have esd(or similar) running.
> some apps need it others are screwed up by it.
> 
> 
> On Sunday 08 September 2002 12:00, you wrote:
> > Something is holding my soundcard making it impossible to play
> > anything.  I can't figure out what it is with 'ps -ef'.  Is there any
> > way to find out what process has control of the card?  I've had this
> > happen before.  Logging out won't free it but I know rebooting will.
> > Surely there is a way to free it without rebooting tho.  Thanks
> 
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