strange sound problem

[Robert Dege]

RH9 by default uses the OSS Sound modules.  I'd suggest checking ownership
& permissions of the device files (dsp/mixer/etc.)

Using lsof, check to see if esound is still binding to dsp after logout,
or if it's a zombie process.

-Rob

> by the way, this is with Gnome and the sound server is esd
> (enlightenment sound)
> On Sun, 2003-06-08 at 21:37, Cyber Source wrote:
>
> > Hey all,
> >   If anyone can give me a clue....... I have a problem that I just
> > FINALLY diagnosed. I thought it was a hardware issue but it's not. I
> > have a RH9 box with a brand new Gigabyte MB w/onboard sound. I found
> > that if someone logs in and then logs out, then someone else logs in
> > and tries to log out the system hangs. I found that the first person
> > still had the sound open, when I kill the process of the sound, the
> > machine stops hanging and I can then log out. Any idea as to why this
> > would happen and how to stop it?
> > --
> > Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com>
>
> --
> Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com>
>
>



Dege

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