Subject: Re: /dev/audio & /dev/dsp Device or resource busy ???

From: Ian Jackson <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 1 Sep 96 17:34 BST

Stoyan Kenderov writes ("/dev/audio & /dev/dsp  Device or resource busy ???"):
...
> The sparing comments in the source point to an IRQ or DMA conflict when one
> gets constant "Device or Resource busy" mesages on each:
> 
> cat blabla.au > /dev/audio    or
> cat uuhuu.wav > /dev/dsp

Have you installed `nas' (the `network audio system') ?  It takes over
your sound hardware permanently.  If you have then deinstall it.

Ian.

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From: Casper BodenCummins <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 2 Sep 1996 11:14:28 +0100

> your sound hardware permanently.  If you have then deinstall it.

I've read Stoyan's reply, so I know that this fixed the problem.
However, I don't think you need to uninstall NAS. Besides, you'll need
it to run NAS-aware programs. Surely you can simply say:

   /etc/init.d/nas stop

or whatever the name is (don't have access to the machine right now).
Stoyan, I suggest you reinstall NAS and try this.

Casper Boden-Cummins.