Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 21:11:39 +0200 From: Petre Bandac <petre@kgb.ro> To: cpghost@cordula.ws Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sound question Message-ID: <200311132111.39632.petre@kgb.ro> In-Reply-To: <200311131904.hADJ4pfU015701@fw.farid-hajji.net> References: <200311132059.07486.petre@kgb.ro> <200311131904.hADJ4pfU015701@fw.farid-hajji.net>
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[petre@kgb]$ ps -ax | grep esd ~ 80418 ?? Ss 2:56.38 esd -terminate -nobeeps -as 2 -spawnfd 5 84843 p5 S+ 0:00.01 egrep esd so if I kill -9 the esd process, icq will start emitting sounds ? petre On Thursday 13 November 2003 21:04 Anno Domini, Cordula's Web wrote using one of his keyboards: > > 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 :) -- Login: petre Name: Petre Bandac Directory: /home/petre Shell: /usr/local/bin/zsh On since Tue Nov 11 14:37 (EET) on ttyv0, idle 11:21 (messages off) No Mail. No Plan.
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