Hello, I am guessing this is a newbie question, but I couldn't find any
information about this on the Alsa webpage.   The documentation is
fairly poor, in my opinion, as there is no good introductory document
for new users of Alsa.  

I am using kernel 2.6.0-test4, which comes with Alsa 0.9.6.  I decided
to make the switch to Alsa from OSS.    The system is a Linux Mandrake,
with packages:
        alsamixergui-0.9.0-0.7rc1_2mdk
        libalsa2-0.9.6-2mdk
        libalsa-data-0.9.6-2mdk
        xmms-alsa-0.9.12-1mdk
        alsa-utils-0.9.6-1mdk

I have read that one of the features of Alsa is that multiple sound
sources can play at the same time.   So, I have tried... but if a
program is playing audio, and I start a second one, this one will block
until I stop the first one.  I have configured them both to use Alsa,
not OSS, as the audio output device.  

So my question is:  Do i have to configure Alsa in some way?  Is it a
problem with the programs i am using? (xmms with xmms-alsa plugin, and
mplayer with alsa support).

Second question:  is there some documentation about the /etc/asound.conf
file?   I don't even know whether I need one or not.  I dont have one in
my /etc.   

Just in case... my card is: Ensoniq 5880 AudioPCI (rev 02)

Audio works fine, if I only have one source at a time.

Any help is appreciated... thanks!

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Pedro Soria-Rodriguez
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