Alexander Dietz wrote: > Hi, >=20 > I updated my linux (using "yum update") to install the latest alsa > driver, but now I still cannot play any audio-file. I get an error whan= > trying to cat a sound file to /dev/dsp: >=20 >> cat sound.au > /dev/dsp > bash: /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy >=20 > A look at "dmesg" gives: >=20 > application bash uses obsolete OSS audio interface >=20 > so I do need to install a new OSS audio interface? How to do that? Or > might something else be wrong? >=20 > Thanks, > Alex OSS is essentially replaced by ALSA, try using `aplay` to play sounds through the ALSA interface. /dev/dsp is still present because of ALSA's OSS emulation. Having said that, the device or resource busy message probably means that your card doesn't support hardware mixing (playing >1 sound at once) and if you close all other apps using the soundcard it'd work. Cheers, -ol
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