Sound in linux
Hi all,
i just installed Mandrake and Ubuntu on my systems.
Mandrake is already installed for a few months and working great, i use it mainly as a game/web server for my clan.
Now i trying Ubuntu on my other client (first winXP) everything works fine except for a sound related thingy.
i use cedega on Ubuntu to run my games in (i.e. Call of Duty) this works okay (a bit lag but i think this is related to some setup/config probs)
But as i mentioned before, i have a clan, so we also use software to communicate with each other during games (skype to be exact).
Now comes my problem.
if i use Skype, i cant start the game because of missing sound files (the game cant communicate with the sound card because its already in use by Skype)
if i start the game first, i wont be able to start skype (skype runs but i cant answer the incoming call)
So the problem is that i need a way or program to share more sound sources at once in linux so i can use two or more (sound demanding)applications at once.
i searched the web already and cant find specific info on this item, found something about a soundserver named JACK i installed and try ed it but without success.
i hope i made my problem clear (because English isn't my native language)
Also my linux skills are not worthy, but i refuse to go back to winXP
thx for any help...
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