Re: SuSE 9.0 - sound problem - /dev/dsp0 busy

Thomas F. Bechteler wrote:
> Dear Reader!
> 
> I am using SuSE 9.0 pro out of the box, I have an onboard
> soundchip and the Hoontech DSP 24 Value soundcard.
> 
> Problem: When I am using recording software
> ("audacity" or "snd") the sound is being recorded.
> However, when playing back and the playback
> is finished (either by pressing stop or the sound file
> is simply finished) the programs are crashing (they close).
> After this, there is no sound at all! And I could not
> get it back, even by playing around with YaST.
> Opening the recording software and trying to play back
> results then in an immediate crash. The program
> "snd" gave me fortunately at least this message:
> 
> open read /dev/dsp0: Device or resource busy
>  [audio.c[1956] linux_audio_open_with_error]
> 
> With my limited knowledge in Linux I could only get around
> by rebooting the computer. During the shutdown the screen
> showed me the following information (I give just an excerpt):
> 
> snd-mixer: Device or resource busy
> ...
> snd-*     Device or resource busy                      failed
> 
> After rebooting the sound was there. (Just a remark:
> after crashing the audio it is not possible to restart
> the X-server by "ctrl-alt-backspace". The computer hangs,
> no GUI, and also to switch to any console is of no use.
> I only could brutally switch off the computer.)
> 
> Also switching off the "arts" was of no use ...
> 
> What is the reason that the device is busy?
> And how can I solve this problem?
> 
> 
> Thanks for any hints and comments

I am not expert, but just an idea:

did you try alsa and use there alsamixer ?

wish you success!
Jörg
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