[Tfug] USB

[Jude Nelson]

Why not use ALSA?  OSS is obsolete and will be removed from the kernel soon.
Are you using a sound server like ESD?  That will allow you to have multiple
sound apps running at once.
Instead of rebooting, you could stop all sound applications and remove the
OSS kernel modules using modprobe.

On 8/4/07, Ljubica Punosevac <punosevac72 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Dear All,
> I don't know if you saw this massage before but I was wondering if
> somebody
> can give me hint.
>
> A question about my Open Sound System. I got all media to work
> flawlessly.
> The only thing is that I would like to learn if it is possible to release
> the device from the
> command line.
>
> Sometimes if the application is suddenly interacted (of course if you are
> careful enough this is never the case)
> the sound device remained busy and unable to take another application.
> Right now I was solving it by rebooting the system. This could be also
> solved by configuration Mixer properly
> as well.
>
> Did you try to use mike and speakers simultaneously? As a matter of fact.
> Did you use Void via SIP technology (Ekiga, Kphone, twinkle, linphone )? I
> would really like to get that application. I am not mentioning Skype
> because
> it is worse technology than SIP and one
> needs a third party. Talking via SIP from fixed IP address to fixed IP
> address should be a peace of cake.
>
>
>
>
>
> Sincerely,
> Predrag Punosevac
>
>
>
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