[Gllug] FC3 Sound Card Woes

Nix nix at esperi.org.uk
Thu Dec 1 16:55:41 UTC 2005


On Thu, 1 Dec 2005, Russell Howe moaned:
> I think some sound drivers allow concurrent access to /dev/dsp.. so your
> ability to cat might not mean nothing else has it open.

Yes, if the card supports hardware mixing, concurrent access to /dev/dsp
is allowed.

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