[techtalk] Slack 8 & Realplayer 8 problem

[Jennifer Davis]

Hi:

I've been on this list for a week or so now and I haven't written anything
yet (sorry!).  Anyhow, I was working on an upgrade to Slackware.  Overall,
I like the changes in the distribution, especially GNOME, but alas this is
not an editorial.  This is something I also sent to
alt.os.linux.slackware, but I haven't had access to usenet to follow this
up and was looking for other perspectives anyhow.

I just purged my Slackware 7.0 and replaced it with Slackware 8.0.  It has
been my easiest install ever of Slackware, not that installing it is
terribly difficult.  I installed Realplayer 8, the one that I have used on
Slackware 7.0.  I thought I configured my sound properties
properly.  Sound works as both root and regular user.  However, for some
reason, I can't get it to play sounds.  I get the following message:

Cannot open the audio device.  Another application may be using it.

Nothing else that I am aware of is using the sound card at that time.  The
card is a CS4232.  Despite being cheap and a little awkward to configure,
it works okay.  This should be a simple problem to solve, but I am
stumped.  If anyone has any suggestions to resolve this problem, I would
appreciate it.


Jenn
jsd(a)jenn.ca