> On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 05:55:24PM -0500, ho...@rumormillnews.com wrote: >> For years, ALSA has allowed me to have two apps open at one time - for >> example, a YouTube video could be playing in my browser while vlc was >> also >> open, paused on playback of a 3-hour mp3. >> >> That's changed with a recent Debian update. Now, if a YouTube video is >> playing and I try to start vlc, I get an error message: >> >> The audio device "dmix:CARD=CK804,DEV=0" could not be used: >> Device or resource busy. >> >> What changed with that recent update? I have no idea. After lots of >> Internet searching, I put this into an .asoundrc file: >> >> - >> >> pcm.!default { >> type plug >> slave.pcm "dmixer" >> } >> >> pcm.dmixer { >> type dmix >> ipc_key 1024 >> slave { >> pcm "hw:0,0" >> period_time 0 >> period_size 1024 >> buffer_size 4096 >> rate 44100 >> } >> bindings { >> 0 0 >> 1 1 >> } >> } >> >> ctl.dmixer { >> type hw >> card 0 >> >> - >> >> That made no meaningful change to the situation that I can see. How can >> I >> bring back the original ALSA behavior that served me so well for years? > > Do you know if pulseaudio is installed? > > dpkg -l | grep pulseaudio > > >> Thanks in advance. >> >> --hobie > > -- > Joel Roth
Hi, Joel - Thanks. :) Synaptic says "no" but running the dpkg -l command indicates pulseaudio 2.0.3 is present. (!) It isn't, but there's a fair number of residual files around from some earlier install, including things like the gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio plugin and PulseAudio client libraries. I don't _think_ there's anything there that would cause ALSA to block...? --hobie -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/8742c1c487c002195804001716ae43e0.squir...@dragon.rumormillnews.com