kill -9 <pid> However, if that doesn't free up /dev/dsp, try "lsof /dev/dsp" as root to see if anything else is using the device.
Simon Wong wrote: > Well, this reminds me of the scene from "The Party" with Peter Sellers > when he's playing the bugle in a war movie and just won't die even after > his own side start shooting at him :-) > > I have a process/thread started by RhythmBox (Gnome2 music manager - > looks great, hasn't playe da tune for me yet) that has grabbed control > of /dev/dsp and will not let go. > > I've tried kill and killall as my user and root and it will not die. > > Can anyone tell me how else I may be able to exterminate it? > > TIA. > - knet -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
