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Add entry for the common case of:

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xxx: can't open /dev/dsp!
which causes a lot of people new to FreeBSD to wonder why their card seems
to probe and set itself up correctly, but which doesn't play their mp3's.
This is due to Gnome's esound or KDE's sound support to hold the devices
hostage.

Obtained from:	Troubleshooting session by yours truly on Undernet #FreeBSD
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Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven 2002-05-19 10:53:46 +00:00
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en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/multimedia/chapter.sgml
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@ -351,6 +351,15 @@ pcm0: &lt;SB16 DSP 4.11&gt; on sbc0</screen>
<entry><para>There is not enough available memory to use
the device.</para></entry>
</row>
<indexterm><primary>DSP</primary></indexterm>
<row>
<entry><errorname>xxx: can't open /dev/dsp!</errorname></entry>
<entry><para>Check with <command>fstat | grep dsp</command>
if another application is holding the device open.
Noteworthy troublemakers are esound and KDE's sound
support.</para></entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>

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en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/sound/chapter.sgml
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@ -351,6 +351,15 @@ pcm0: &lt;SB16 DSP 4.11&gt; on sbc0</screen>
<entry><para>There is not enough available memory to use
the device.</para></entry>
</row>
<indexterm><primary>DSP</primary></indexterm>
<row>
<entry><errorname>xxx: can't open /dev/dsp!</errorname></entry>
<entry><para>Check with <command>fstat | grep dsp</command>
if another application is holding the device open.
Noteworthy troublemakers are esound and KDE's sound
support.</para></entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>