Yesterday I was pulling my hair out over sound conflicts with a Genius soundcard I have (C-Media CM8738 using snd-cmipci).
1. mplayer wanted to use hw:0.1 (and therefore I had to switch Exchange DAC to ON for it to pipe to my speakers).
2. Audacity wanted to used hw:0.1, too (same deal with DAC switch).
3. System sounds wanted hw:0.0 (DAC to off in order to hear them).
4. Rhythmbox was hw:0.0, too (same DAC setting as system sounds).
[BTW, hw:0.0 is my first DAC and hw:0.1 is second DAC. Sound channel stuff on my cheapy sound card.]
Then I tested things with mpg321 (love it!) and got this error:
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ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:864:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
ALSA snd_pcm_open error: Device or resource busy
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USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/dsp: greg 3531 F.... esd
When I log into KDE or Fluxbox, all the programs mentioned above run perfect with no conflicts, no dog's breakfast... everyone is peachy and happy with defaults.
Is this a quirk with Gnome? Or am I missing some wee little piece of information what will allow me to continue using Gnome as my default desktop (I'm starting to get used to it, and like it a bit).
Thanks!
-Greg