[ltp] Slackware 8.0 and sound on TP600E

[Peter Hutnick]

On Tuesday 02 April 2002 12:01 am, Pino Giaquinto wrote:
> if I type:
> ls -l /dev/dsp
> I see:
> crw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 14, 3 Jul 18 1994 /dev/dsp
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Thomas Hood" <jdthood2@yahoo.co.uk>
> To: <linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 12:55 AM
> Subject: Re: [ltp] Slackware 8.0 and sound on TP600E
>
> > On Mon, 2002-04-01 at 17:36, Pino Giaquinto wrote:
> > > cannot open /dev/dsp

Are you running X?  Do you have anything that could possibly be holding 
/dev/dsp open running (say, a defunct xmms or mpg123)?

On my system KDE grabs /dev/dsp and never lets go, so any time I try to play 
audio by hand I get that same error.

-Peter

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