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How can I find out what programs are using sound in Linux?

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Mar 15, 202619790 views
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Problem

Is there anyway of knowing what binaries are using the sound system/server ? Like seeing something in the directory (or ) ? After a while ALSA stops working , and I would like to know why.

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Fix for: How can I find out what programs are using sound in Linux?

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One of the following commands might give you what you are after: On this system, pulseaudio is the only thing making use of the sound device but this is a fresh Ubuntu 11.04 VM. You may have other things listed.

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