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slvadcjelli42:
Hi everybody. Thanks again to everyone who helped me with my other mess... here's another one   :rolleyes:  

I have RHL8 with all the latest "errata" updates. Sometimes sound works and sometimes it doesn't. It never seems to work for everything (web pages, Gaim, flash files, kde/gnome sounds, etc). When it's NOT working at all and I try to restart the sound server I get the error message below.

(Sound Card Configuration:
Vendor: Intel Corp.
Model: 82801BA/BAM AC'97 Audio
Module: i810_audio)

"Informational- artsmessage

Sound server informational message:
Error while initializing the sound driver:
device /dev/dsp can't be opened (Device or resource busy)
The sound server will continue, using the null output device."

Any ideas?   :confused:    :confused:    :confused:

TheQuirk:
Something is using your sound driver and not letting everything else from using it.

$ fuser -k /dev/dsp

I think.

slvadcjelli42:
I read the man page on that before trying to use it and thought "wow that's exactly what I need, what a useful tool." But when I try to use it it says "bash: fuser: command not found"! Is there something I don't have installed?

Oh, and for now the sound is working ok... if I can get at fuser I should be able to find out what is triggering the problem...

sime:
Humm,

wild guess is it an on board sound card?

Later

slvadcjelli42:
Haha, yes, Sime, you are right. I assumed all the hardware would be fully compatible (and I'm still pretty much thinking that) since RH 8 came preinstalled. This doesn't seem to be a hardware problem, at least. At least it's ok for now...

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