So, you are not using esd with gnome right? You might need to stop the sound server if so.
Try "lsof | grep dsp" Chris On Nov 9, 2007 10:02 AM, Philipp Überbacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, 8 Nov 2007 22:20:33 -0200 > "Chris Dawson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > You can also use "lsof | grep snd" > > > > Chris > > > > On Nov 8, 2007 10:26 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Does anyone know how I can find out which app is using or hogging > > > the soundcard? > > > It already happens at startup. > > > I can use audacious or mpd but not aqualung or jack. > > > > > > > Aqualung: > > > > Probing JACK driver... JACK server not found > > > > Probing ALSA driver... device busy > > > > Probing OSS driver... device busy > > > > > > > Jack: > > > > the playback device "hw:0" is already in use. Please stop the > > > > application using it and run JACK again > > > > cannot load driver module alsa > > > > > > I use ubuntustudio 7.10 from a fresh install + xfce. > > > It worked previously but I don't know what I did to break it. > > > > > > Help is appreciated > > > regards > > > Philipp > > > > > > -- > > > Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users > > > > > > > Thanks, but neither "lsof | grep snd" nor "fuser /dev/snd/*" show > anything besides the mixer in xfce as well as gnome, and killing the > mixer doesn't help. > I somehow start to think that it might be an alsa problem, like some > part of alsa not freeing the soundcard when an app needs exclusive > access. > > -- > > Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users > -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
