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Old 06-19-2005, 06:23 PM   #1
d_dallis_gr
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Find out which program is using which device

Hi everyone,
I am trying to find out in mandriva 10.2 which program is using the following device /dev/dsp. Is there any kind of command which I can use in order to find that out?

Thank you all
Adam
 
Old 06-19-2005, 06:45 PM   #2
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Hi.

Try doing 'lsof /dev/dsp' as root.

Dave
 
Old 06-19-2005, 07:01 PM   #3
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Unfortunatly that command doesnt exist in mandriva 10.2 anything else ?
 
Old 06-19-2005, 07:14 PM   #4
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It just might not be installed.
 
Old 06-19-2005, 07:29 PM   #5
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found the command but I couldnt find which process is using /dev/dsp/
 
Old 06-19-2005, 11:39 PM   #6
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lsof | grep /dev/dsp
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