On Sunday 06 Jun 2010 17:25:23 Philipp Thomas wrote:
On Sun, 06 Jun 2010 11:05:25 -0400, "Michael S. Dunsavage"
wrote: http://linux.dsplabs.com.au/lsof-grep-snd-how-to-free-a-linux-sound-device -p25/, is a link to a web page that will tell you how to gain the resource back, but not how to remedy the problem in general.
The solution is to setup dmix and in such a way that it's the default sound output device.
Once again: when more then one sound sourece wants to output a signal something needs to multiplex the signals so that they can be output in (seemingly) parallel. Some sound chips can do it in hardware, others need a software multiplexer. For ALSA, dmix is such a multiplexer.
Philipp
Can someone please explain where this inability of sound systems to handle more than on e sound at a time has come from because before all this PulseAudio stuff and the rest of the messing about i had sound working perfectly now it is so completely borked it is untrue and IF a BIG IF you are lucky enough to get it working again then dont dare even think of updating anything as it is gaurented to screw it again that instant.. Never mind all the excuses can we please have a working sound system back and make things like PulseAudio choices with a DIRE warning this WILL screw your sound system up it is things like this that are chasing users away from Linux can we stop the messing and start releasing when PROVEN SAFE and working not may or may not work Pete . hoping Novell get out of opensuse and we get back to the old ways it ALWAYS worked back then -- Powered by openSUSE 11.2 Milestone 2 (x86_64) Kernel: 2.6.30-rc6-git3-4- default KDE: 4.2.86 (KDE 4.2.86 (KDE 4.3 >= 20090514)) "release 1" 17:51 up 45 days 5:33, 3 users, load average: 0.66, 0.64, 0.66