Re: [Expert] permissions

[richard]

Bill Mullen wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 19:41:40 +0000, richard
> <richard.bown@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>
>   
> > Bill Mullen wrote:
> >     
> > > On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 19:16:10 +0000, richard
> > > <richard.bown@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> > >
> > >   
> > >       
> > > > I'm using a program which need to write to /dev/dsp/
> > > > the program works if I use it as root, but not as a user.
> > > > As a user it gives this error message when attempting to write
> > > > to /dev/dsp
> > > >     
> > > >         
> > > Umm, the error message didn't make it into the mail. It was ... ?
> > >
> > >   
> > >       
> > Sorry the error message is :-
> > "sound_open_for_write:opensnd: /dev/dsp: Deviceor resource busy"
> >     
>
> Sounds like artsd or esd or similar has hold of the dsp device, and the
> app expects to be able to access it directly (rather than doing so via
> the sound server). If the app itself isn't sufficiently configurable to
> set the audio method appropriately, try running it under soundwrapper:
>
> soundwrapper appname <app_arguments>
>
> HTH!
>   
It may do Bill, I had a look to see if any other app was using it, and 
the only other app was the envy24 gui,
I'll try using the soundwrapper and see what happens, thanks

Richard