David Berg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 1/4/06, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> this is a problem I've struggled with for a long while. Basically, >> you can set up alsa to share the sound device by doing its own >> software mixing. If you google > > I've been pondering a similar problem of sharing the device in a multi > user setting (home computer). I often start a playlist in xmms then > go about some housework. The screen locks, then my wife or kid want > to start a movie or change the playlist and I have to unlock it (or if > I'm not around they wait). Take Andrew's .asoundrc file and put it in /etc as /etc/asound.conf -- John L. Fjellstad web: http://www.fjellstad.org/ Quis custodiet ipsos custodes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]