Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From: "Hemmann
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] alsa mixer question
Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2005 12:34:10
Message-Id: 200511051332.38779.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de
In Reply to: [gentoo-amd64] alsa mixer question by Steve Herber
1 On Saturday 05 November 2005 10:43, Steve Herber wrote:
2 > I am running a 2.6.14 kernel:
3 >
4 > uname -a
5 > Linux lurch 2.6.14-gentoo #1 PREEMPT Mon Oct 31 01:06:31 PST 2005 x86_64
6 > AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
7 >
8 > using the 2005.0 profile and ~amd64<F4> ARCH on a Shuttle SN85G4.
9 >
10 > In general a single sound application, xmms, mplayer, torcs, works. The
11 > problem is that the browser, galeon and others, often open /dev/sound/dsp.
12 > Then when I try to run a second application that also uses sound, the
13 > second application fails when it tries to open /dev/sound/dsp.
14 >
15 > Does anyone have recommendations that I could follow to more easily get
16 > multiple applications to work together?
17 >
18 > I just want to be able to start a browser, xmms, and then run a few laps
19 > with Torcs.
20 >
21
22 have you built everything with the alsa-useflag?
23 Are you using the latest alsa-libs?
24
25 If yes, go to alsa-project.org and read about dmix.
26
27 I have no problems to have douzends of apps playing sound simultanously (tried
28 with civclient+amarok+alsaplayer+wesnoth+other stuff)
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Re: [gentoo-amd64] alsa mixer question Ryan L <drseus88@×××××.com>