Steve Litt
2015-10-31 19:24:28 UTC
Hi all,
I was having the oft-reported problem of only one sound producing
program being able to use the sound system at once. Even if something
isn't currently playing, the fact that it's running and *has* made
sound prevents anything else from using the sound card.
Alsa's dmix plugin is supposed to fix that, but no dmix addition I made
to ~/.asoundrc would change it.
So I installed PulseAudio, and the problem just went away. I'm not
pleased with the added complication, and have had horrible ghost mute
problems with PulseAudio in the past, but so far, so good.
SteveT
Steve Litt
October 2015 featured book: Thriving in Tough Times
http://www.troubleshooters.com/thrive
I was having the oft-reported problem of only one sound producing
program being able to use the sound system at once. Even if something
isn't currently playing, the fact that it's running and *has* made
sound prevents anything else from using the sound card.
Alsa's dmix plugin is supposed to fix that, but no dmix addition I made
to ~/.asoundrc would change it.
So I installed PulseAudio, and the problem just went away. I'm not
pleased with the added complication, and have had horrible ghost mute
problems with PulseAudio in the past, but so far, so good.
SteveT
Steve Litt
October 2015 featured book: Thriving in Tough Times
http://www.troubleshooters.com/thrive