[NTLUG:Discuss] sound issue with audio editing and cd burning

[Val Harris]

Fred James wrote:
> Mandriva 2008
> Gnome 2.20.0
> Grip 3.3.1
> Audacity 1.3.3-beta
> K3b 1.0.3
> 
> After I use K3b to burn a CD (audio), then Audacity cannot output sound 
> ... error message: "Error while opening sound device. Please check the 
> output device settings and the project sample rate."
> 
> Any hints (other than reboot, which does work by the way)?
> Thanks
> Regards
> Fred James
> 
> 
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From: http://www.commandlinefu.com/

Use the following to find out what process is
using the sound card.

$ lsof | grep pcm

Then kill that process.

HTH,
-- 
Val W. Harris            valwharris at verizon.net

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