Another program that will mysteriously hog alsa is the softmodem sl- modem-daemon.
I believe the hardware is capable of running both the modem and the sound card at once but the software is not. -- /dev/dsp busy, but no program using it https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/76876 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs