Soundserver Problem

[foodle]

Hi, I'm looking for a possibility to get the Z to play 2 sounds at the same time.

Example : "listening to music -> incoming icq message" -> the icq app tells me 'can't open /dev/dsp

I guess the xmms does add a write protection to /dev/dsp while using it.

-->I need some kind of sound server or workaround for this, so that it works like in kde.


regards

[lpotter]

Hi, I'm looking for a possibility to get the Z to play 2 sounds at the same time.

Example : "listening to music -> incoming icq message" -> the icq app tells me 'can't open /dev/dsp

I guess the xmms does add a write protection to /dev/dsp while using it.

-->I need some kind of sound server or workaround for this, so that it works like in kde.


regards
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Its actually the kernel that stops processes from sharing devices.

[foodle]

Its actually the kernel that stops processes from sharing devices.
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hmm, so what? Is there a kernel Patch available or somesort of Kernel Fral in /proc?


Thanks

[Borealid]

The way to fix this is to run a soundserver like esd, or to use ALSA with the dmix device.