alsa busy

[Ric Moore]

On Sun, 2006-07-23 at 10:38 +0100, Leon wrote:
> Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > If alsa continues to complain about being in use, after you've turned
> > everything off, is there a lock on it somewhere? Something is amiss,
> > when I installed, I could view DvD movies and have all the system sounds
> > on. Now, it's crapping out. Ric
> 
> Check if /dev/dsp is in use by using `fuser /dev/dsp'.

Evidently not, there was no output using that. It happens with both
Kaffine, XMMS and Totem. 

XMMS, run from command line in a terminal reports this:
Message: wait_for_helper(): select failed: Interrupted system call
Message: waiting failed: 1
Message: helper_cmd_data(): failed
Message: helper has not terminated
Message: Init failed: 1
Message: helper_cmd_data(): failed
Message: helper has not terminated
Message: wait_for_helper(): select failed: Interrupted system call
Message: waiting failed: 1
Message: helper_cmd_data(): failed
Message: helper has not terminated
Message: Init failed: 1
Message: helper_cmd_data(): failed
Message: helper has not terminated

It's gotta be some flag that "helper" isn't quiting? 

Mplayer works playing the Dvd, but there is no menu option that I can
find, which means watching a half hour of trailers. heheehehe... this is
sure strange. Anyone seen this behavior? Thanx for the help, Ric


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