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libao oss driver

Newsgroups: alt.linux
Date: 2002-05-12 23:33:59 PST

> Never Mind, i just uninstalled mpg321 and reinstalled it with the
> version found at thier redhat site

Error:
Error opening libao oss driver

I have had this problem many a times. I discovered that it is due to another sound daemon already running or due to improper ownership of /dev/dsp so

first, do 'killall -9 artsd' if you are into kde or 'killall -9 esd' or 'killall -9 esdloop'
second, check if you have the ownership of /dev/dsp

in the worst case /dev/dsp might be overwritten as a null device ( it happened when i was playing with mknod ) so check 'file /dev/dsp' and the output should be

/dev/dsp: character special (14/3)

else create it with the command below

mknod /dev/dsp c 14 3

P.S: dont blame mpg321 for all this dont reinstall the app or the entire OS ( one of my classmate was embarassed to the extent that he reinstalled redhat 7.2 )

K.Santhosh