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From: Harold Johanssen on 26 Feb 2010 17:15 On Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:07:49 +0000, Harold Johanssen wrote: > All of a sudden, my applications complain the the sound device is busy. > This is what I get when trying to run, for example, mplayer: > > [AO OSS] audio_setup: Can't open audio device /dev/dsp: Device or > resource busy > alsa-lib: pcm_hw.c:1242:(snd_pcm_hw_open) open /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p failed: > Device or resource busy > alsa-lib: pcm_dmix.c:864:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave > alsa-init: playback open error: Device or resource busy > > How can I find out who is monopolizing that device? A look into > the output from ps awux does not provide much info, in that I have > nothing but the applications I usually run. Thanks, everybody. fuser did the trick.
From: The Natural Philosopher on 26 Feb 2010 22:21
Robert Heller wrote: > At Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:07:49 +0000 (UTC) Harold Johanssen <noemail(a)please.net> wrote: > >> All of a sudden, my applications complain the the sound device is >> busy. This is what I get when trying to run, for example, mplayer: >> >> [AO OSS] audio_setup: Can't open audio device /dev/dsp: Device or >> resource busy >> alsa-lib: pcm_hw.c:1242:(snd_pcm_hw_open) open /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p failed: >> Device or resource busy >> alsa-lib: pcm_dmix.c:864:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave >> alsa-init: playback open error: Device or resource busy >> >> How can I find out who is monopolizing that device? A look into >> the output from ps awux does not provide much info, in that I have >> nothing but the applications I usually run. > > Firefox? W/Flash? I've noticed that the flash-plugin will grab > *exclusive* access to the sound device (even when there is no sound > associated with the flash object(s)). > doesn't with me. >> > |