I think this is specific to ALSA.  I find it irritating at times also - 
like right now, Mozilla has a lock on my sound device from a java applet 
that ended yesterday, and I can't listen to streaming audio until I quit 
Mozilla.

I've heard E-sound does not have that problem, but I do not know - not 
motivated (too lazy) to look into it.

George Toft, CISSP, MSIS
AGD,LLC
www.agdllc.com
623-203-1760


mike wrote:
> hi,
> 
> using fedora core 3 on a compaq laptop.
> sound card works great but only one application can use it at once.
> i've noticed this happening in the following scenario:
> 
> realplayer is streaming and i receive a message on gaim.
> 
> gaim gives the error 'sound will be send to the null device'
> 
> i dont' have the exact error but if it's necessary let me know.
> 
> basically gaim works fine when it's the only when using the sound card.
> ran some tests and basically one ONE application can use the sound card 
> at a time, whichever one used it first hogs the card and no other app 
> can use it.
> 
> any suggestions?
> 
> mike h
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