On Wed, 10 Oct 2001, James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
I think you will find that X likes to play the odd wave file as you click on
the wrong thing etc.
It could be X which is using the audio device.
Well, X does not use the audio device. The Dreaded Desktop Environment
(KDE or GNOME or whatever)
I'm sure; but I haven't installed a Desktop Environment yet. (It's on
my to-do list.)
There *really*, *really* isn't anything using the audio device.
Chris
On Wed, 10 Oct 2001, James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
I think you will find that X likes to play the odd wave file as you click on
the
Hi,
A little further study has revealed two additional facts here:
1) this happens with xine,
2) restarting X (logging out and logging back in again) releases the locks .
This would imply that somehow the ALSA devices are staying open, even
though the user-space processes have (apparently)
