Odds are that your sound card does not support several simultaneous audio streams, even on Windows. Windows is mixing the streams for you.
I'd first try running this: gstreamer-properties Then, see what your sound is set to. Try setting Gaim to use the same thing. Alternatively, you might want to look at this HOWTO: http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=32063 I'm not sure how relevant that is in newer versions of Ubuntu. -- After shutting down Rhythmbox, previous Gaim sounds are played https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/38621 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
