[vox-tech] [update] Re: ubuntu/linux sound problem

[Hai Yi]

thank you Scott, you are the man of the hour :-)

I was composing my findings while receiving your response...

Hai


On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 4:38 PM, Hai Yi <yihai2004 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I looked at the mplayer console, and it shows this message: "Can't
> open audio device /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy..."
>
> I did more google, and someone suggest to look into /var/log/message
> and I did and found message about pulseaudio, and I removed it from
> the processes and the problem is solved.
>
> I consulted this thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=313755
>
> anyone here can elaborate on this a little more?
>
> Thanks,
> Hai
>
> On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 10:34 AM, Hai Yi <yihai2004 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello there:
>>
>>
>> I am using Ubuntu 9.10. I started a program, amsn with this cute
>> beeping sound - it works alright. Now I started mplayer to play the
>> dvd, no sound for the dvd! and I am watching silent movie!
>>
>> I think this is a common problem since i ran into it many times, did
>> some google, still no idea.
>>
>> Anyone out there can help me trouble shooting the problem?
>>
>> Thanks a lot!
>> Hai
>>
>