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Subject: Re: SKYPE Sound Problems
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On Friday 17 December 2004 03:11 am, "Alexander@Leidinger.net" 
<netchild@freebsd.org> wrote:
> Zitat von Derrick Edwards <dantavious@comcast.net>:
> > open /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy
> > Call: OnChange: key 249
> > Call: OnChange: CALL_FAILUREREASON
> > UI: Call: SOUND_PLAYBACK_ERROR
> > Call: Problem with sound device
>
> Is you sound device occupied by another program, e.g. by the KDE or
> GNOME sound server (artsd or esound)?
>
> Try adding some virtual channels (e.g. "sysctl
> hw.snd.pcm0.vchans=2").

I hope I'm not butting in here, but what exactly does that do? Does that 
allow more than one program to use the sound device? If so, could that 
also be enabled in /boot/device.hints?

- jt