On Thu, Nov 01, 2001 at 09:02:42PM -0800, sucks the bag wrote: > just started running kde (off the testing branch) recently and everything is > fantastic EXCEPT for sound-wise. all of kde's built-in sounds play find and > artsplay plays waves as it should, but non-kde applications complain about > the device being hijacked. xmms says "/dev/dsp: Device or resource busy", > mpg321 says "Error opening libao oss driver. (Is device in use?)", audacity > just freezes. all of these programs work as usual under windowmaker. i'm a > member of audio, my /dev/dsp permissions are right:
artsd is using your sound device, thus it is busy. You'll need to find artsd versions of whatever non-KDE apps you use. Ciao, Gordon
