On Wed, 22 Oct 2003, John Nielsen wrote: > The problem I'm seeing is that when a java applet uses sound, and another > application tries to use sound, the applet crashes, soon followed by the > browser. Once the browser exits, the sound in the other application will > play. I am using KDE as my desktop, so I assume that this has something to > do with artsd. The other application in question that makes sounds in > kmess, which I use as an MSN Messenger clone. > > I don't know if this is a configuration issue or a bug, and if it's a bug I > don't know what program the bug is in. So I'm hoping someone can shed some > light on the situation--ideally one that leads to a solution. Any takers?
There's probably contention over the sound devices. Have a look at http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/sound-setup.html section 16.2.3 - maybe you can get the various subsystems using different virtual sound devices? -- jan grant, ILRT, University of Bristol. http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/ Tel +44(0)117 9287088 Fax +44 (0)117 9287112 http://ioctl.org/jan/ You see what happens when you have fun with a stranger in the Alps? _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"