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Date:      Wed, 9 Jan 2002 17:25:27 -0500
From:      Jim Durham <durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us>
To:        Josh Blanchard <joshb@pathwaynet.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: /dev/dsp: Device busy
Message-ID:  <200201092248.g09MmiE91461@w2xo.pgh.pa.us>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0201091419180.18724-100000@uruguay.pathwaynet.com>
References:  <Pine.LNX.4.21.0201091419180.18724-100000@uruguay.pathwaynet.com>

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On Wednesday 09 January 2002 02:21 pm, Josh Blanchard wrote:
> I have a Maestro 2E sound card. When I try to play any audio, I get
> the error: /dev/dsp: Device busy. I can, of course, play audio as
> root with no problem. I'm sure this is something simple. Could you
> please point me in the right direction.
>
> Thanks in advance,

Are you using KDE? If so, check your sound server settings. Set the 
timeout to a lower value.

If not, try installing lsof and see what process has /dev/dsp open.
-- 
Jim

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