On 5/9/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > well i have had this problem on and off with almost all > > versions > > of linux . It appears that the alsa sound stuff is insecure to run as > > root > > that's > > why it's disabled when you are root . I have also found that when multiple > > programs are accessing the sound driver (alsa) it does not work . To > > tackle > > this you need to have a smart sound handler daemon like ESD working . > > To avoid this particular issue, take a look at > http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_ALSA_sound_mixer_aka_dmix > Yes, alsa with dmix works really nice. I can run multiple instances of different audio/video programs at the same time. However, this is only possible for a single user, does not work when multiple users tries to access the sound i/o. Does anybody has faced this problem and if so is there any solution for it.
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