I am trying to get my Linux installation to play musix. I have debian Linux. The contents of /etc/debian\_version are:
6.0.2
I cannot seem to get any sound to play from my speakers and after looking through forum postings, I have hit a brick wall.
`lspci | grep Audio` gives the following:

```
02:00.0 PCI bridge: Creative Labs [SB X-Fi Xtreme Audio] CA0110-IBG PCI to PCIe Bridge
03:00.0 Audio device: Creative Labs [SB X-Fi Xtreme Audio] CA0110-IBG
0a:00.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc Cypress HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 5800 Series]

```

When I attempt to run the speaker-test command I the following error:

```
Playback open error: -16,Device or resource busy

```

So I look for the process which might be blocking the soundcard: `lsof | grep snd` (command taken from some forum). Once the process has been killed, I get the following error: 

```
Write error: -5,Input/output error
xrun_recovery failed: -5,Input/output error
Transfer failed: Operation not permitted

```