Some applications keeps accessing /dev/dsp.
You can run the following command to see what application is opening
/dev/dsp:
fuser /dev/dsp*
Read: man fuser.
Run also:
lsof -p ###
Where ### es the process number of an application
Read: man lsof
GZS
BrbrOfSvl@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Matt again. So if you remember I have this problem where my hdsp freezes any time I use play (or any app that utilizes the play program, like maybe (?) audacity...). When I use play, it plays the soundfile, but afterward, I can't open any programs that would use my soundcard (some open but say it can't find the device or that the device is in use). When I run "ps aux" there's no indication of play being there. However, when I run play and it gets to the end of the soundfile, I hear what sounds like an amp clip, and I get this:
>
> /usr/bin/play: line 205: 1686 Segmentation fault sox $volume $fopts $fopts2 "$filename" $arch_defines $device $effects
>
>
> The 1686 before the Segmentation fault seems to change depending on the soundfile (1802 is another I've had)... I'm not really sure what that number is. So I opened up my /usr/bin/play in vi to see what was in line 205 (I've displayed the last bit of the program):
>
> # If name is "rec" then record else assume user is wanting to play
> # a sound file.
> if [ "$program_name" = "rec" ]; then
>
> # Don't send data to stdout if they are reading from it.
> if [ "$filename" = "-" ]; then
> echo "Send break (control-c) to end recording" 1>&2
> else
> echo "Send break (control-c) to end recording"
> fi
> sox $volume $arch_defines $fopts $device $fopts2 "$filename" $effects
>
> else
> sox $volume $fopts $fopts2 "$filename" $arch_defines $device $effects
> fi
>
> Line 205 is the final fi, but the line above that is the one that appears in the "error" message I get running play. Is there something in that line (or the rest of the program) that I should change to get it to work with my hdsp? I have an onboard nVidia soundcard that works with play just fine, and aplay works fine with both cards. Is it a problem in the play program, or maybe the alsa hdsp driver I'm using? Another thing I noticed is that when I use play, the signal is being sent to all the channels on the hdspmixer, whereas when I use aplay, it sends it just to the first two. What gives?
>
> Also, when this happens, I've been rebooting the machine... is there a way maybe to restart alsa instead?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Matt
>
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