[Tfug] Jude I forgot

[Jude Nelson]

On 8/5/07, Predrag Punosevac <punosevac72 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Jude
>
> I forgot to ask you. Well when I ps all processes applications look dead.
> Only when you do fstat | grep oss
> you see the list of files that are holding the application. Are you
> suggesting that I remove OSS kernel modules
> using modprobe and then reload them into the kernel? Could you give me a
> lecture?


"sudo modprobe -r oss" should work.  Try that with any OSS modules.  You can
use the "--force" option if it refuses, but do so at your own risk.

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jude Nelson" <judecn at gmail.com>
> To: "Tucson Free Unix Group" <tfug at tfug.org>
> Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2007 13:14
> Subject: Re: [Tfug] USB
>
>
> > 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  OSS is obsolete and will be removed from the kernel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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