[mythtv-users] Fwd: ALSA surround51: stopped working, device or resourse busy

Ma Begaj derliebegott at gmail.com
Sat Jun 21 16:41:02 UTC 2008


2008/6/21  <backuppc at sundquist.imapmail.org>:
> I have an Intel HDA sound card (well, on the motherboard).  Mythbuntu
> (still 7.10 here) set it up well, and I get good 5.1 surround sound from
> it.  It even worked with MythTV, at least for a while.  It stopped
> intermittently (once just while I was fast forwarding through a
> commercial), now for good.  I searched around on the net for solutions.
> The first fix I got was to mute the line in using ALSA mixer.  But that
> fix stopped working.
>
> The log says:
>
> 2008-06-20 21:40:56.201 AFD: Opened codec 0x88df5e0, id(AC3) type(Audio)
> 2008-06-20 21:40:56.202 Opening ALSA audio device 'plug:surround51:0'.
> 2008-06-20 21:40:56.203 AudioOutput Error:
> snd_pcm_open(plug:surround51:0): Device or resource busy
> 2008-06-20 21:40:56.203 NVP: Disabling Audio, reason is:
> snd_pcm_open(plug:surround51:0): Device or resource busy
>
> I get same results using different values for the sound system (e.g. I
> tried ALSA:surround51:CARD=Intel,DEV=0 based on my aplay -L results)
>
> I am not sure what is keeping this device or resource busy.
>
> Note, I installed KDE packages with the Mythbuntu install, don't know if
> that makes a difference.  artsd is running.  But that was always running
> as far as I know (surround was working for a few weeks).  I tried
> turning off the "sound system" in the KDE system settings but it didn't
> make a difference.
>
> Sound is no problem in mythtv using ALSA:default, but is just 2 channel.
>
> This is with the internal sound card, not SPDIF (motherboard doesn't
> have a SPDIF out jack or header).
>
> Anybody have any suggestions?

run "lsof | grep snd" or something similar to see what is keeping your
device busy.

example:
root at mythbox:/home/mythtv# lsof | grep snd
mythfront 3500     mythtv  mem       CHR     116,16
8234 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p
mythfront 3500     mythtv   33u      CHR      116,0
8254 /dev/snd/controlC0
mythfront 3500     mythtv   34u      CHR     116,16
8234 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p


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