[techtalk] Slack 8 & Realplayer 8 problem

[David Merrill]

On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 02:56:48PM -0400, Jennifer Davis wrote:
> 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.

Could be a permissions problem. The user needs permission to write to
the audio device, which might not be granted.

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