/dev/dsp: Device busy

[Dorin H.]

--- Geert Hendrickx <geert.hendrickx at ua.ac.be> wrote:
> Hello, 
> 
> I have a problem playing sounds in FreeBSD. 
> Sometimes it works, sometimes it 
> doesn't, and then I get the following error message:
> 
> 
> /dev/dsp: Device busy
> 
> but "lsof | grep dsp" yields nothing.  
> 
> Can anyone help me with this mystery?  :-)    
> 
> Thanks in advance, 
> 
> GH
> 

Same here. Toshiba laptop. FBSD 4.9. KDE 3.1.4.  
/dev/dsp is from time to time hold by artsd.

  Problem is, it is hold even when nothing is played.
fstat /dev/dsp shows the problem.
If anyone find a solution, pls. let me know.
TIA,
/Dorin.


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