xmms - problem - how to fix?

[Larry Hammer]

> I have some problem with my xmms mm player. When I'm treing to
> listen some mp3's it gives me aN error, that I don't know how to fix.
> I have KDE 3.1 if you need this info ^)
> So here it is:
> bash-2.05b$ xmms
> /dev/dsp: Device busy
> /dev/dsp: Device busy
> /* with OSS driver */
> 
> ** WARNING **: oss_open(): Failed to open audio device (/dev/dsp): Device 
busy
> 
> ** WARNING **: oss_open(): Failed to open audio device (/dev/dsp): Device 
busy
> 
> ** WARNING **: oss_open(): Failed to open audio device (/dev/dsp): Device 
busy
> /dev/dsp: Device busy
I am also using XMMS in KDE3.1 in order to get XMMS to work from iether the 
Konsol cmd line or the menu ARTS plugin had to be installed and selected OSS 
plugin would not work while KDE running.
hope this helps
Larry