Cannot open the audio device. Another application may be using it

Hi folks

I'm an absolute newbie, so please be gentle.

Yes, I have searched this list, and googled, but I haven't been able to g=
et the sound working. I also want to add that I had this similar problem =
few weeks ago, which I then somehow resolved, but two days ago, RealPlaye=
r 10 started complaining "Cannot open the audio device. Another applicati=
on may be using it".

Here are some details:

# uname -a
Linux ose003 2.4.20 #2 Fri May 23 16:23:34 BST 2003 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Li=
nux

# lspci -v
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM AC'97 Audio =
(rev 05)
        Subsystem: Compaq Computer Corporation: Unknown device 008a
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
        I/O ports at 2000 [size=3D256]
        I/O ports at 2400 [size=3D64]


# lsmod
[root@ose003 RealPlayer]# /sbin/lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by    Not tainted
i810_audio             24840   1  (autoclean)
ac97_codec             13672   0  (autoclean) [i810_audio]
soundcore               6468   2  (autoclean) [i810_audio]
ide-cd                 33700   0  (autoclean)
cdrom                  33728   0  (autoclean) [ide-cd]
binfmt_misc             7452   1
parport_pc             19044   1  (autoclean)
lp                      8996   0  (autoclean)
parport                37152   1  (autoclean) [parport_pc lp]
autofs                 13364   0  (autoclean) (unused)
eepro100               22388   1
mii                     3912   0  [eepro100]
iptable_filter          2412   0  (autoclean) (unused)
ip_tables              15096   1  [iptable_filter]
nls_iso8859-1           3516   1  (autoclean)
mousedev                5524   1
keybdev                 2944   0  (unused)
hid                    22244   0  (unused)
input                   5792   0  [mousedev keybdev hid]

# more /etc/modules.conf
alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
alias eth0 eepro100
alias sound-slot-0 i810_audio
post-install sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -L >/dev/nu=
ll 2>&1 || :
pre-remove sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -S >/dev/null=
 2>&1 || :
alias usb-controller usb-uhci


# tail /var/log/messages
Jan  6 11:09:45 ose003 modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-slot=
-1
Jan  6 11:09:45 ose003 modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-serv=
ice-1-0
Jan  6 11:09:45 ose003 modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-slot=
-1
Jan  6 11:09:45 ose003 modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-serv=
ice-1-0


#dmesg
i810: Intel ICH2 found at IO 0x2400 and 0x2000, IRQ 11
i810_audio: Audio Controller supports 6 channels.
ac97_codec: AC97 Audio codec, id: ADS96(Analog Devices AD1885)
i810_audio: AC'97 codec 0 Unable to map surround DAC's (or DAC's not pres=
ent), total channels =3D 2
i810_audio: setting clocking to 41379

I have tried the "restart" mantra of the windoze world to no avail

Please advise

Thanks
Manav

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