Re: [ReZound-users] Bug Report or help!

[Davy D. <dav...@ar...>]

On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 09:10, ma...@gm... wrote:
> Hello REZOUND developers and experienced users!
> 
> I want to report a bug. Or is it maybe a problem of my operating system? 
> Often when I start rezound, it shows the following error message:
> 
> "virtual void COSSSoundPlayer::initialze()
> -error opening OSS device '/dev/dsp
> -Device or resource busy
> Playing will be disabled."
> 
> This error message ever appears, when I had started (and closed) an other 
> audio application like xmms before. When I wait a few minutes after closing 
> the other audio application and then start rezound, it works fine.
> 
> I am a newbie of Linux, so I can't correct that by myself. I have installed 
> the newest version of rezound (0.7 beta) and I am using Mandrake 9.1
> 
> It would be great if you can tell me a solution of this problem, because I 
> find rezound very usefull.
> 

Well, the problem is occurring because your audio hardware's driver
doesn't allow two applications to open the playback device  at the same
time.  This is not really the fault of your hardware, but of the
software driver.

However I don't know why you're getting a delayed availability of the
driver.  If you start xmms, then quit it, then do a 'ps -ef | grep xmms'
do you see anything still hanging around?  

Can you start ReZound (and have it work) then exit, then start ReZound
again and it works still?

-- Davy