Hi, I normally find that it's flash-related, so look for something like npviewer in the ps aux. Killing that normally resolves the problem. I've always had trouble with flash and sound on Debian and Red Hat, but not Gentoo for some reason. Jim
On 24 September 2010 15:20, Marc Shapiro <[email protected]> wrote: > On 09/23/10 18:42, T o n g wrote: > >> On Thu, 23 Sep 2010 18:11:09 -0700, Marc Shapiro wrote: >> >> Usually the fix is to close all instances of Firefox until I find the >>> culprit, and sound returns. >>> >> >> The alternative to above headaches is use alsa as much as possible, not >> oss! E.g., >> >> - use aplay instead of play. >> - install libsox-fmt-alsa so that sox (ie play) uses alsa interface >> instead of oss. >> >> HTH >> >> > The last time I tried aplay, it did not work. I don't remember what the > problem was. If I simply use aplay to try and play the file I get the same > error. I will have to power down the machine and try it again when I get a > chance. No time this weekend. > > > > On 09/23/10 19:14, Felipe Sateler wrote: > > > > > lsof /dev/snd/* /dev/dsp /dev/sndstat > > > > This returns nothing, but I am still getting the same error when I try to > play the file. > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a > subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected] > >
