This issue seems to be due to a design problem in ALSA and dmix in Linux 2.6.17. The design was changed in 2.6.18, so the problem should go away with Feisty.
-- alsa suddenly stopped working (dmix socket disappeared) https://launchpad.net/bugs/85157 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
