-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hynek, I neglected to include a demo of the failure. Here it is: cq:~# madplay /pub/mp3misc/townclock.mp3 MPEG Audio Decoder 0.15.2 (beta) - Copyright (C) 2000-2004 Robert Leslie et al. audio: /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy cq:~# play /usr/local/share/mywaves/hello.wav Input File : '/usr/local/share/mywaves/hello.wav' Sample Size : 16-bit (2 bytes) Sample Encoding: signed (2's complement) Channels : 1 Sample Rate : 22050 Time: 00:01.07 [00:00.00] of 00:01.07 ( 100.0%) Output Buffer: 51.26K Done. cq:~# invoke-rc.d speech-dispatcher stop Stopping Speech Dispatcher: speech-dispatcher. cq:~# madplay /pub/mp3misc/townclock.mp3 MPEG Audio Decoder 0.15.2 (beta) - Copyright (C) 2000-2004 Robert Leslie et al. 334 frames decoded (0:00:17.4), -11.4 dB peak amplitude, 0 clipped samples cq:~# Hope that helps illustrate the problem, but it also happens with swift and festival, which are using /dev/dsp as well. Chuck - -- The Moon is Waning Gibbous (85% of Full) My new web site location is at: http://hallenbeck.ftml.net College, that fountain of knowledge, where everyone goes to drink. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFG2GQQ0maTgpPXM9cRAlN4AJ9jEFsVlN3AjJskEEvtW3Vb159YPwCfd/DV lvS+fh0xRNHCzNHanOWwu4k= =UJYY -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
