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From: Matthias Langer <mlangc@×××.at>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] another strange alsa problem [SOLVED]
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2006 13:21:39
Message-Id: 1165497424.7233.21.camel@sputnik886.lnet
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] another strange alsa problem by Matthias Langer
1 On Thu, 2006-12-07 at 13:18 +0100, Matthias Langer wrote:
2 > I'm using alsa for years now and it has always been fine; especially it
3 > has always been possible without any problems to have multiple apps
4 > running that access the sound card. For example i could start audacious
5 > to play some music and to totem and watch a movie _with_ sound; or play
6 > some music and start a game etc. .... Yesterday, i noticed, that this is
7 > no longer possible: For example, if i try to play a mp3 in gmplayer
8 > while running audacious i get:
9 >
10 > alsa-init: using device default
11 > alsa-lib: pcm_dmix.c:914:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
12 > alsa-init: playback open error: Invalid argument
13 > Could not open/initialize audio device -> no sound.
14 >
15
16 well, it finally turned out that this problems where related to an
17 ~/.asoundrc that has been created by some strange program. removing that
18 file made alsa happy again ...
19
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