Error added: 2008-06-12T09:25:32Z
execute lsof | grep snd ....and kill the process that are using...just example like >kill 5535 (5535 is process id for process shown when lsof is executed)
Hi everyone. I was having the same problem when trying to play a movie with mplayer. Reading in some forums, I came across a guy called \"jebba\" who guessed that maybe there was another process blocking the resource (as the error says :-P). If one wants to know which process is blocking alsa, one only needs to execute the command \"lsop | grep snd\" (without quotes). This lsop command lists all the open files (including the files that correspond to the devices being used). In my case I had KTorrent running and apparently it had blocked my sound card. I killed KTorrent, then I executed mplayer and it worked immediately. The URI where I found this info is http://forums.blagblagblag.org/viewtopic.php?p=24006&sid=2c862e0a52d8c3c03640e6197cf13e75 Thanks again to Jebba for the hints! SpalacioB
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