/dev/dsp: device is used by another service

Gabriele Pohl listig at dipohl.de
Sat May 26 22:06:35 CEST 2001


Hi Mike,

thanks for the quick answer :)

am Sam, 26 Mai 2001 schriebst Du:
> Do a 'fuser /dev/dsp' to see what program is using it. Then kill that program and try again.
> 

It's the vlc itself :(

Seems as if /dev/dsp is the audio device here .. ?!

ls -l /dev/dsp -> dsp0  gives:

crw-rw-rw-   1 root     audio     14,   3 Jul 29  2000 /dev/dsp0 


Gabriele

> 
> * Gabriele Pohl (listig at dipohl.de) wrote:
> > VideoLAN Client - version 0.2.73 Ourumov - (C)1996-2001
> > VideoLAN  
> > intf: interface initialized
> > vout error: didn't find a suitable Xvideo image input port.
> > vout error: video initialization failed, video is deactivated
> > /dev/dsp: Das Ger?t oder die Ressource ist belegt
> > 
> > -> translation to english:
> > /dev/dsp: device is used by another service
> > 
> > input: opening file `dvd:/dev/dvd'
> > 




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