Soundcard not working (AC97) OSS error

[ChristofferS]

On opening an ogg file, I get:

'OSS device /dev/dsp is already in use by another program'

'lspci':

0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133] (rev 02)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133 AGP]
0000:00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South]
(rev 40)
0000:00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc.
VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
0000:00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1
Controller (rev 16)
0000:00:07.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1
Controller (rev 16)
0000:00:07.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI]
(rev 40)
0000:00:07.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 AC97
Audio Controller (rev 50)
0000:00:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV15 [GeForce2
GTS/Pro] (rev a4)

'lscpi -n'

0000:00:00.0 Class 0600: 1106:0305 (rev 02)
0000:00:01.0 Class 0604: 1106:8305
0000:00:07.0 Class 0601: 1106:0686 (rev 40)
0000:00:07.1 Class 0101: 1106:0571 (rev 06)
0000:00:07.2 Class 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 16)
0000:00:07.3 Class 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 16)
0000:00:07.4 Class 0600: 1106:3057 (rev 40)
0000:00:07.5 Class 0401: 1106:3058 (rev 50)
0000:00:0c.0 Class 0200: 10ec:8139 (rev 10)
0000:01:00.0 Class 0300: 10de:0150 (rev a4)

I thought OSS was put in the dust bin ?

[Matt Zimmerman (mdz)]

This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 8237.