[mythtv-users] Re: Blank screen

[Tobias Bayer]

Am 16.12.2003 um 12:44 schrieb mythtv-users-request at mythtv.org:

> On Tuesday 16 December 2003 04:22 am, Tobias Bayer wrote:
>> Hello!
>>
>> When I try to run "Watch TV" in mythfrontend, the screen goes blank  
>> and
>> I hear a short distorted piece of sound. The only way to end
>> mythfrontend then is to kill it from another terminal.
>> The console says "cannot open /dev/dsp". The device exists and I  
>> killed
>> artsd before running mythfrontend (leaving it alive does not change  
>> the
>> situation).
>> Mythbackend starts without any problems.
>> With xawtv I can watch TV without problems.
>>
>> What may be wrong here?
>
> Either something else is grabbing /dev/dsp, your sound card is not  
> capable of
> full duplex operation, or permissions are wrong on the device.
>

I set rwx permissions. I don't think something else is grabbing my  
soundcard.
Is there a workaround for a soundcard without full duplex operation  
capabilities?

--
Tobias Bayer

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