try '/usr/sbin/lsof /dev/dsp' (it's on package lsof-2.2) to check if another program is using it. It might help:)
>>>>> Matt Swasey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Matt> Here's one for you guys (and girls): I am running kernel 2.2.12 Matt> on a Toshiba Satellite 2545XCDT with a Yamaha OPL card. I have Matt> been able to edit the /etc/modules and /etc/modules.conf with Matt> the correct information (I have had it working before in a Matt> different installation), and the kernel boots fine, it also says Matt> that module sound and midi are loading fine. I do a cat Matt> /dev/sndstat, and all looks good. I use a mixer to turn up the Matt> volume on the card, but when I run mpg123 to play an mp3, I get Matt> nothing. No sound, but no error messages. I am puzzled, any Matt> ideas? -- Germano Leichsenring Kobe University

