[MPlayer-dev-eng] /dev/dsp and xscreensaver fix
Jindrich Makovicka
makovick at kmlinux.fjfi.cvut.cz
Fri Mar 7 10:37:45 CET 2003
Tobias Geiger wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> me and a friend managed to fix the problem with xscreensaver having
> /dev/dsp after mplayer is finished.
>
> mplayer fails to close fds before executing the "xscreensaver" command,
> therefore /dev/dsp stays open.
This looks like a pretty dirty hack to me. In ao_oss.c, audio file
descriptor is set to close on exec, so it shouldn't be inherited in any
way. Just to be sure, I verified it using fuser and it's ok.
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Jindrich Makovicka
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