Nice, this did the trick!&nbsp; I can&#39;t thank you enough.. what an annoying thing to have to restart my computer because I can&#39;t find what process is hogging audio.&nbsp; But no longer..<br><br>cheers,<br>Rich<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 4:29 AM, James McDermott &lt;<a href="mailto:jamesmichaelmcdermott@gmail.com">jamesmichaelmcdermott@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
This can help:<br>
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$ lsof | grep snd<br>
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I often have to close firefox, and I sometimes kill dbus-launch and/or<br>
dbus-launchd. I&#39;m sure that&#39;s not a recommended solution, but it&#39;s<br>
never caused a crash and it has allowed me to start Jack.<br>
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jmmcd<br>
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