Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 24 Mar 2010 20:43:05 +0000 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: Major Linux sound bugs |
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On Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:12:05 -0000 turbolad995@yahoo.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.
Sound arbitration is pretty much entirely done in user space. You need to talk to your distribution about it and how the software it uses is configured. Probably some of what is shipped is not configured to share nicely or you've added something which doesn't play nice.
Alan
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