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Sound only works with one application at a time

The title pretty much so explains it all. I'm running ALSA on an integrated VIA board. I used to run an SB Live! 5.1 in the computer as my primary card, until the two began to conflict and nothing worked. So I took it out. Now I'm using the VIA.

But now I can only get sound to work with one application at a time. For example, if I'm playing a song through Rhythmbox and I go to "Open Volume Control" on the Gnome volume control applet, I get an error saying "Sorry, no mixer elements and/or devices found." But when I pause playback on Rhythmbox, -- without closing the window -- I can get into volume control. This is very weird and a major inconvenience. Anyone have an ideas?

try telling everything to use alsa, and use the following .asoundrc file:

Code:

pcm.dmixer {

    type dmix

        ipc_key 1024

    slave {

            pcm "hw:0,0"

            period_time 0

            period_size 1024

            buffer_size 8192

      rate 44100

          }



      bindings {

              0 0

              1 1

          }

  }



  pcm.dsp0 {

      type plug

          slave.pcm "dmixer"

  }



  pcm.!default {

          type plug

          slave.pcm "dmixer"

  }



  pcm.default {

      type plug

        slave.pcm "dmixer"

  }



 ctl.mixer0 {

    type hw

        card 0

  }

I think thats a problem with alsa hope in next versions this thing will be solved

Alsa could indeed stand some improving. And now that it's an official part of the kernel, there's a high chance it'll get it!