On , Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
> Francisco Ares wrote:

> Thank you all who replied my last messages.

> Now I am back to plain alsa, but no two programs can use it at the same  
> time. Alsa drivers are built on the kernel, and I have the following  
> packages installed:

> media-libs/alsa-lib-1.0.24.1:0
> media-plugins/gst-plugins-alsa-0.10.35:0.10
> media-sound/alsa-utils-1.0.24.2-r1:0.9

> The two first ones were puled by emerging "alsa-utils".

> I have lost "/etc/asound.conf", and I guess this is the key. Looking to  
> which package it belongs to, "equery" found none. I have put a quite  
> simple version (as explained here:  
> http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/ALSA#Default_Sound_Device)  
> http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/ALSA#Default_Sound_Device%29>::

> pcm.!default { type hw card Intel }
> ctl.!default { type hw card Intel }

> Any hints on how can I get all programs to mix up as before?

> Thanks again
> Francisco

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> and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have  
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> ideas." - George Bernard Shaw



> I build my audio drivers into my kernel. I also have these alsa related  
> packages installed:

> root@fireball / # equery list *alsa*
> * Searching for *alsa* ...
> [IP-] [ ] media-libs/alsa-lib-1.0.24.1:0
> [IP-] [ ] media-plugins/gst-plugins-alsa-0.10.35:0.10
> [IP-] [ ] media-sound/alsa-headers-1.0.24:0
> [IP-] [ ] media-sound/alsa-utils-1.0.24.2-r1:0.9
> [IP-] [ ] media-sound/alsamixergui-0.9.0.1.2-r4:0
> root@fireball / #

> See if yours looks something like this. I can watch videos and other  
> programs play sound at the same time.

> Dale

> :-) :-)

> --
> I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or  
> how you interpreted my words!

> Miss the compile output? Hint:
> EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--quiet-build=n"


In another machine I have at the office, sound works great without ever  
having pulse installed. And there is no "/etc/asoud.whatever"

I will recompile the kernel to remove a loop device that is going default  
every time.

Will post the results.

Thanks
Francisco