No Gaim Sounds with Rhythmbox playing.

[Rune Maagensen]

adx wrote:
> Most sound cards do not support hardware mixing so they don't support
> multiple opens of/dev/dsp.
> 
> If you run esd then you can get it all to work.  Here's how:
> 
I've tried esd, and have found to be much happier with alsa and dmix.

here's what I've done:

1) Make everything plays through alsa (or though esd through alsa)
2) make a ~/.asoundrc (see below)
3) if mplayer complains or the music skips when using console reading 
long lines $echo 1024 > /proc/sys/dev/rtc/max-user-freq (read the very 
end for howto do this permanently)
4) search google for "dmix alsa" if you want to know more

/Rune

$less ~/.asoundrc:
pcm.dmixer {
     type dmix
     ipc_key 1024
     slave {
         pcm "hw:0,0"
         period_time 0
         period_size 1024
         buffer_size 8192
    rate 44100
     }

     bindings {
         0 0
         1 1
     }
}

pcm.asymed {
         type asym
         playback.pcm "dmixer"
         capture.pcm "hw:0,0"
}



pcm.dsp0 {
     type plug
     slave.pcm "asymed"
}

pcm.!default {
         type plug
         slave.pcm "asymed"
}

pcm.default {
    type plug
    slave.pcm "asymed"
}

ctl.mixer0 {
     type hw
     card 0
}

---
For permanently $echo 1024 > /proc/sys/dev/rtc/max-user-freq at boot
1) sudo echo "echo 1024 > /proc/sys/dev/rtc/max-user-freq at boot" > 
/etc/init.d/local
2) sudo chmod u+x /etc/init.d/local
3) sudo update-rc.d local defaults