Re: [TCLUG:4004] my sound died

[whisper@bitstream.net]

On Sun, Feb 07, 1999 at 03:34:17PM -0600, Ben Luey wrote:
> awe_wave'  I get "Device or resource busy" How can I find out what program
> is using the device (which I believe is causing all my problems). I did
> 'ps aux' but I don't see anything sound related (esd isn't loaded or
> anything). Any ideas?
> 

have you tried using 'fuser /dev/dsp' ... this should give you the pid of the
process using the device.  if that does not work i would recommend getting
'lsof', an excellent program i use on almost a daily basis.  its even handy
for finding out what programs are running on your open ports.

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