Bug#600336: Acknowledgement (rhythmbox: Claims audio device all for itself)

[Josselin Mouette]

Le samedi 16 octobre 2010 à 10:15 +0200, Manuel Bilderbeek a écrit :
> $ fuser -v /dev/snd/*
>                       USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
> /dev/snd/controlC0:  manuel     3067 F.... pulseaudio
>                       manuel     3182 F.... mixer_applet2
> /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p:   manuel     3067 F...m pulseaudio
> 
> Purging and killing pulseaudio fixed the problem.
> 
> I guess it's a bug in pulseaudio or so? (So far, I have only seen 
> pulseaudio causing problems...)

It’s how pulseaudio works. It requires exclusive access to the audio
device. Using OSS applications such as play will not work without using
a LD_PRELOAD hack.

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