Bug#440852: daemon fails to start if sound/mixer device is open

[Nicolas Kratz]

Hello,

I just hit bug [1] on my sid box when installing timidity 2.13.2-25. In 
my case, iceweasel, running as my normal user, kept the sound device 
open, I assume via the flash plugin. Closed the browser -> daemon started.

My .asoundrc is attached, there is no /etc/asound*, and my sound card is 
 a cheap C-Media, lspci sez CM8738.

HTH in tracking down the issue, I'm not particularly bothered by it :)

Cheers,
Nick

[1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=440852
pcm.card0 {
        type hw
        card 0
        device 0
        nonblock yes
        rate 44100
}

pcm.!default {
        type plug
        slave.pcm "duplex"
}

pcm.duplex {
        type asym
        playback.pcm "dmixer"
        capture.pcm "dsnooper"
}

pcm.dsnooper {
        type dsnoop
        ipc_key 4096
        slave {
                pcm "card0"
                format S16_LE
                period_time 0
                period_size 1024
                buffer_size 8192
                rate 44100
                channels 16
        }
        bindings {
                0 0
                1 1
        }
}

pcm.dmixer  {
        type dmix
        ipc_key 1024
        slave {
                pcm "card0"
                format S16_LE
                period_time 0
                period_size 1024
                buffer_size 8192
                rate 44100
                channels 16
        }
        bindings {
                0 0
                1 1
        }
}

ctl.dmixer {
        type hw
        card 0
        device 0
}