From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NGlIY-0004Bp-Af for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:27:06 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A018AE084E; Sat, 5 Dec 2009 03:26:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yw0-f181.google.com (mail-yw0-f181.google.com [209.85.211.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AE35E084E for ; Sat, 5 Dec 2009 03:26:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ywh11 with SMTP id 11so3017660ywh.9 for ; Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:26:55 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=+80Ya4uelEZMhA3Bl9YteqyutOwQ68fSlAbdrj87hxk=; b=i3VLuXoqqiyaHRSTgUPsv8XcqfvyOfhlGeMnh2Yb5BsJyQpDoo3vM02NtRyUTNZR5T byXMF3ObDTiAT9vFGA+/CJtdDpjhS0vVkVC3lbODNzp4dTcWyV9WKPH+T3zfJu8OJQdD mZr6Z2z80TbgAbhHudhSC69ES3mXCT4ubCpZ8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=sEAn2Q4N1G4pHpZzIuKJk+AJi9XNckp4DhX7DnJxPoydywd1Gk41oa12xquBWCRym8 BkrFay38q7XJmVv//sFVhpaBfK5K23nfLI0Aah7WttaC6LRgoyRm5ruP/V1AN3TaNTRH IdI9xh79gBcQ+MLpyPD6qCFuqYO+/wNAEZiHs= Received: by 10.90.245.3 with SMTP id s3mr6213512agh.43.1259983615080; Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:26:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.1.1? (adsl-0-94-29.jan.bellsouth.net [65.0.94.29]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 15sm1819638yxh.4.2009.12.04.19.26.50 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:26:54 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4B19D2F9.1020300@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:26:49 -0600 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.23) Gecko/20091201 SeaMonkey/1.1.18 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Sound card is only usable by one application at a time References: <4B188FA9.1080807@gmail.com> <3ac129340912041508y5db97a23x92e262df953bf79@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <3ac129340912041508y5db97a23x92e262df953bf79@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 5457a7c0-b0a2-4ede-9366-7cec9e85b722 X-Archives-Hash: b09eaefcba7f4690420f30af5d970d98 daid kahl wrote: >> I ran into a similar problem a good while back where only one sound would >> play at a time, it was annoying as heck. If I changed desktops, was playing >> a CD or even just left a tab open with some sound thingy playing, I couldn't >> hear anything else. I couldn't hear Kopete if someone was trying to get me >> on messenger, couldn't hear the little bell when I got a new email or >> anything. >> > > Oddly, since I updated my kernel the last few weeks, youtube and > flash-like things are whiny. At worst I have to restart firefox > and/or alsa. I'm pretty sure it's a simple fix, but, it's slightly > irritating. > I can't remember what I did to fix mine but that was the only time I can recall having sound trouble, other than having to unmute the sound the first time. I'm using 2.6.30-gentoo-r6 right now and I have no sound issues. I don't use modules tho. Everything is built into my kernel except for the nvidia drivers. > >> To say that a person only needs to hear one sound at a time is like telling >> someone to close one eye. >> > > Hey man, you're display's only 2D. What do you need that second eye for anyway? > > Regards, > daid > > I say that because I have a bad eye. I wish I could see good with both because things sure do look different. I can't just distance for example. When the kids want to play baseball, I see the ball but it looks the same at a distance as it does just before it hits me in the forehead. Well, it is a little bigger at that point. O_o Dale :-) :-)