Why speaker test fails in RHEL6?

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Issue

  • Why speaker test fails with below error?

    [test@localhost]speaker-test 
    
    Playback device is default
    Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 1 channels
    Using 16 octaves of pink noise
    ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1029:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
    Playback open error: -16,Device or resource busy
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • alsa-lib-1.1.0-4.el6

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