** Summary changed:
- when sound hardware fails, amarok locks the computer trying to play all songs
in playlist
+ Amarok loops through all songs when the sound device isn't unavailable
** Description changed:
Binary package hint: amarok
- This is rather unpleasant issue.
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- I'm having
I can confirm this issue.
Since I switched from `libsdl1.2debian-alsa' to `libsdl1.2debian-oss',
if Amarok starts playing when another program is using sound, it will
loop through all sounds until I manage to stop it. If I click on the
icon to make it's window visible, it displays a little
It happens to me in Gutsy, too. It also happens if the sound device
becomes unavailable (eg, using PulseAudio when the network fails).
It also happens when the _files_ become unavailable (eg, the remote
drive can't be accessed through the network anymore): Amarok cycles
through the entire
