linux-kernel - Re: Major Linux sound bugs

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Date:	Wed, 24 Mar 2010 18:51:24 -0600
From:	Robert Hancock <hancockrwd@...il.com>
To:	turbolad995@...oo.co.uk
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Major Linux sound bugs

On 03/24/2010 01:12 PM, turbolad995@...oo.co.uk wrote:
> Hi. I don't know who to contact about this, but nobody seems to know
> how to fix this problem or where/why it's occurring.  Here's the
> lowdown: in Linux distributions such as Ubuntu, some programs will
> only work with sound when you close ALL other programs first. I've
> mentioned this on Launchpad, but nobody seems to know why or how to
> fix it.
>
> Thank you for reading.

This isn't a kernel issue. Usually this is due to those programs 
incorrectly accessing device-specific ALSA devices like "hw:0", etc. 
rather than just using the "default" PCM device. Doing this bypasses 
software mixing and requires exclusive access to the sound device.
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