On Mon, 1 Jul 2002 21:52:42 +0100
LtCdData <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> how can i stop sounds queuing on mandrake 8.2
> while online sounds like "you-have-post.wav" and "anyMsg.wav"
> cannot play if i happen to have a movie playing at the same time.
> By the time the movie is about 2/3 the way through there can be so many
> sounds still unplayed the system can stop allowing any more apps to open.
>
> Dave
AFAIK if the hardware and driver don't support opening multiple PCM streams
for hardware mixing queing sounds is the normal behaviour.
The 'standard' way to solve this in mandrake 8.2 would be to use the KDE
arts soundserver which claims the card and applications should then connect
to the soundserver. HTH,
-Frans
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