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wiki:troubleshooting_exclusive_sound_card_access [2009/09/20 12:32] – fixed formatting raboofwiki: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]]), the sound card might become inaccessible and other applications might fail to open the sound card, or even hang. If some application accesses the sound card though one of the lower audio layers (see [[audio layers overview]]), the sound card might become inaccessible and other applications might fail to open the sound card, or even hang.
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 +===== Finding out which application is holding your sound card =====
  
 ==== OSS ==== ==== OSS ====
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   $ sudo fuser /dev/snd/pcm*    $ sudo fuser /dev/snd/pcm* 
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 +===== 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:all:PulseAudio]] is holding your sound card, you can stop it with 'pulseaudio -k'.
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 +==== TiMiDity++ ====
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 +Some distributions start [[apps:all:timidity]] on startup. It can generally be stopped with 'sudo /etc/init.d/timidity stop'
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