[mythtv] Still having problems with 'mythtv' -- No Video

[tarek Lubani]

As I understand, the easiest way is to do:

# fuser /dev/dsp

Though it is possible that some of the daemons may not register on it.. 
not sure, but try it out and see what's up.. You can go into KDE's control 
panel (if running KDE) and get to your sound options and disable whatever 
server you're using.. You could also run another window manager.. it is my 
experience that only the higher end window managers (kde, gnome) will run 
their own sound servers..

Good luck, my friend!

tarek : )

> Is there an easy way to find out if anything's using /dev/dsp?  To my
> knowledge, I'm not running anything (unless RH8 is doing something fishy).
>  If not, is there an easy way to temporarily bypass sound to see if mythtv
> will come up?
> 
> Thanks!