-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 It was probably using the OSS emulation interface of /dev/dsp which you were not checking before.
So in the future do fuser /dev/dsp as well. Philipp Überbacher wrote: > On Fri, 9 Nov 2007 13:02:42 +0100 > Philipp Ãœberbacher <[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. >> > > Thanks for all your help. I found the suspicious process 'speech > dispatcher' using htop. Removing that program solved the problem. I > don't know why it didn't show up anywhere, but it's all good now. > > Best, > Philipp > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHON29wRXgH3rKGfMRApCvAKCXKvEcY3mPiXq3EoRNw8p6zuajcwCgphkh 6WSlOw4HjIiXTccj+1n7ehM= =cKWp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
