Re: [Sheflug] Problems with XMMS

["Chris J/#6" <nospam [at] nccnet.co.uk>]

Do you have lsof installed? If so, try:

	lsof /dev/dsp

you'll get output like:

COMMAND   PID USER   FD   TYPE DEVICE SIZE   NODE NAME
xmms     6359 root   18w   CHR   14,3      272953 /dev/dsp
xmms     6360 root   18w   CHR   14,3      272953 /dev/dsp
xmms     6361 root   18w   CHR   14,3      272953 /dev/dsp
xmms     6389 root   18w   CHR   14,3      272953 /dev/dsp
xmms    18798 root   18w   CHR   14,3      272953 /dev/dsp
xmms    18799 root   18w   CHR   14,3      272953 /dev/dsp

which tells me xmms has it open :) Multiple PID's due to xmms multi-threading.

Chris...

> Dear all
> 
> Not a life threatening problem I admit, however when playing mp3s in the
> background things seem to go a little smoother somehow.
> 
> When playing a list of mp3s using XMMS (nice winamp clone!) everytime (between
> tracks) I get the error 'Couldn't open audio' please check that:
> 1) You have the correct output plugin selected
> 2) No other program is blocking the soundcard
> 3) Your soundcard is configured properly
> 
> 1) Now, as far as I can tell my output plugin is correct (OSS driver 0.9
> [libOSS.so]) since it plays fine and, after dismissing the dialogure box and
> pressing the forward to next track button, continues to play fine until the end
> of THAT track - when the error comes up again! Plus the fact that other o/p
> plugins available do not work at all.
> 
> 2) I have no idea whether another prog is blocking the soundcard.. I have system
> sounds enabled, but..... 
> 
> 3) And as for my soundcard, I have no idea whether it is configured properly
> since it was done automatically it seems, however, again, I have no problems
> with anything but XMMS in this regard, so my first thoughts were NOT to change
> these settings.
> 
> (I am running the PCPlus mandrake 7 linux install.. with AMD 600 Vibra128 PCI
> sound card (creative).)
> 
> Anyone had a similar problem?  Any help would be much appreciated.
> 
> Neil
> 

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