> Unfortunately I did not follow this thread from the beginning. I > sometimes get a situation that (mostly after Firefox used some sound > file) my normal music player like Banshee does not make any sound.
That is exactly what happened to me, it was after firefox was using the sound application. > > I have, with help from this list and elsewhere put the following script > in ~/bin: > -------------------------- > #!/bin/bash > > for i in /dev/snd/*; do echo $i; sudo lsof $i; done > -------------------------- > > This identifies for me the process that keep the sound device busy. > Killing those processes - usually the ones where pulseaudio is involved > - restores my sound. I had seen your thread, but did not understand what to do, as even after I rebooted my system, suppossedly killing all processes that were keeping the sound device busy, I still had the problem... If it happens again, I will try your strategy as well. I hope someone can clarify how the new alsa configuration works.... Thanks Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110919123144.gb10...@earthlink.net
