John Jason Jordan wrote: > ... Firefox had a death grip on the /dev/dsp file and wouldn't let > go; hence nothing else could use it. After closing Firefox I was able > to play the WAV file fine. > /dev/dsp? I don't run Ubuntu, but I would assume that Ubuntu utilizes ALSA. '/dev/dsp' is a relic of the past (OSS, which is being deprecated). Going through the Mozilla/Firefox startup scripts, as installed, I see they invoke AOSS (ALSA's OSS emulation layer). Is ALSA enbabled on your system? In the recent past I posted an extensive and detailed account on how I managed to get ALSA working on my laptop, including sound mixing from both 32 and 64-bit sapplications, flawlessly. It may help to take a look at it. The only application that kind of limps on my system is skype, but that, too, shares the sound card.
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