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| wiki:troubleshooting_exclusive_sound_card_access [2009/09/20 12:32] – created raboof | wiki:troubleshooting_exclusive_sound_card_access [2009/09/20 12:42] – Some distributions start [[apps:all:timidity]] on startup raboof | ||
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| If some application accesses the sound card though one of the lower audio layers (see [[audio layers overview]]), | If some application accesses the sound card though one of the lower audio layers (see [[audio layers overview]]), | ||
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| + | ===== Finding out which application is holding your sound card ===== | ||
| ==== OSS ==== | ==== OSS ==== | ||
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| You can see which applications are using OSS (or the ALSA OSS Emulation layer) with: | You can see which applications are using OSS (or the ALSA OSS Emulation layer) with: | ||
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| - | $ sudo fuser /dev/dsp* | + | |
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| ==== ALSA ==== | ==== ALSA ==== | ||
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| You can see which applications are using ALSA with: | You can see which applications are using ALSA with: | ||
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| - | $ sudo fuser / | + | |
| - | </pre> | + | ===== Stopping that application ===== |
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| + | In most cases you can simply close or kill the application that is using your sound card. | ||
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| + | ==== PulseAudio ==== | ||
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| + | If [[apps: | ||
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| + | ==== TiMiDity++ ==== | ||
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| + | Some distributions start [[apps: | ||