From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 13 11:05:37 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C592016A4CE for ; Thu, 13 Nov 2003 11:05:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from fw.farid-hajji.net (fw.farid-hajji.net [213.146.115.42]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE8F643F85 for ; Thu, 13 Nov 2003 11:05:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from fw.farid-hajji.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fw.farid-hajji.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id hADJ4pfU015701; Thu, 13 Nov 2003 20:04:56 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 20:04:52 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: <200311131904.hADJ4pfU015701@fw.farid-hajji.net> From: "Cordula's Web" To: petre@kgb.ro In-reply-to: <200311132059.07486.petre@kgb.ro> (message from Petre Bandac on Thu, 13 Nov 2003 20:59:07 +0200) X-Mailer: Emacs-21.3.1/FreeBSD-4.9-STABLE References: <200311132059.07486.petre@kgb.ro> cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sound question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: cpghost@cordula.ws List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 19:05:37 -0000 > play: /dev/dsp: Device busy Perhaps esd is running and grabbing the sound device? I have a similar problem with mpg123. Calling mpg123 multiple times (e.g. in a loop with a shell script) until it works is an acceptable work-around for me: #!/bin/sh until (mpg123 "$1") do sleep 1; done Of course, a solution would be better than a work-arond :) -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/