On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 08:11:10AM -0500, Laurence J. Lane wrote: > On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 06:29:15AM -0600, Rob VanFleet wrote: > > > Is this a known bug, and if so, is there a workaround? I tried > > searching the BTS, but I wasn't really sure which package to look for. > > Any given program can hog a single DSP.
I guess my question is, since the sound server isn't always playing sounds, shouldn't it relinquish control between events? > Here are a few workarounds: > > A) hardware that supports opening the DSP multiple times > B) hardware with multiple DSPs or multiple sound cards > C) software mixers (artsd, esound, etc) > D) alsa's dmix plug-in (see the alsa wiki for details) dmix sounds interesting, I'll check that out. Thanks. Rob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
