Concurrently playing sounds still an issue in 2007?

My notebook runs sid. I hope that’s what you mean.

How do you do that? kde-core depends on arts.

> Cards w/o hw mixing (most AC 97): Try using the “dmix” device.

What do you mean? Configure arts to play back via dmix? How do I do that?

“Sound server informational message: Error while initializing the sound driver: device: dmix can’t be opened for capture (Invalid argument)”

With hw:0,0, amarok complains that xine cannot initialize any hardware drivers (same issue as without “Override device location”)

With default:0, it complains that device: default cannot be opened for playback (invalid argument again).

$ dpkg --list ‘*alsa*’ | grep ‘^ii’ | awk ‘{print $2}’
alsa-base
alsa-oss
alsa-utils
alsaplayer-alsa
alsaplayer-common
alsaplayer-gtk
bluetooth-alsa
gstreamer0.10-alsa
libesd-alsa0
libpt-1.10.10-plugins-alsa
libwine-alsa
$ dpkg --list ‘*alsa*’ | grep ‘^ii’ | awk ‘{print $2}’ | xargs --max-lines=1 sudo dpkg-reconfigure
$ sudo alsactl names
$ ls -al /etc/asound.names
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3,5K 2007-11-04 16:09 /etc/asound.names
$ cat /etc/asound.names
ctl {
alsactl1 {
name hw:0
comment ‘Physical Device - Intel 82801DB-ICH4 with AD1981B at irq 11’
}
alsactl2 {
name hw:1
comment ‘Physical Device - Intel 82801DB-ICH4 Modem at irq 11’
}
}
pcm {
alsactl1 {
name default:0
comment ‘Abstract Device - Default Device (Duplex)’
}
alsactl2 {
name plug:default:0
comment ‘Abstract Device With Conversions - Default Device (Duplex)’
}
alsactl3 {
name front:0
comment ‘Abstract Device - Front Speakers (Duplex)’
}
alsactl4 {
name plug:front:0
comment ‘Abstract Device With Conversions - Front Speakers (Duplex)’
}
alsactl5 {
name ‘hw:0,0’
comment ‘Physical Device - Intel 82801DB-ICH4 (Duplex)’
}
alsactl6 {
name ‘plughw:0,0’
comment ‘Physical Device With Conversions - Intel 82801DB-ICH4 (Duplex)’
}
alsactl7 {
name ‘hw:0,1’
comment ‘Physical Device - Intel 82801DB-ICH4 - MIC ADC (Capture)’
}
alsactl8 {
name ‘plughw:0,1’
comment ‘Physical Device With Conversions - Intel 82801DB-ICH4 - MIC ADC (Capture)’
}
alsactl9 {
name ‘hw:0,2’
comment ‘Physical Device - Intel 82801DB-ICH4 - MIC2 ADC (Capture)’
}
alsactl10 {
name ‘plughw:0,2’
comment ‘Physical Device With Conversions - Intel 82801DB-ICH4 - MIC2 ADC (Capture)’
}
alsactl11 {
name ‘hw:0,3’
comment ‘Physical Device - Intel 82801DB-ICH4 - ADC2 (Capture)’
}
alsactl12 {
name ‘plughw:0,3’
comment ‘Physical Device With Conversions - Intel 82801DB-ICH4 - ADC2 (Capture)’
}
alsactl13 {
name ‘hw:0,4’
comment ‘Physical Device - Intel 82801DB-ICH4 - IEC958 (Playback)’
}
alsactl14 {
name ‘plughw:0,4’
comment ‘Physical Device With Conversions - Intel 82801DB-ICH4 - IEC958 (Playback)’
}
alsactl15 {
name surround40:0
comment ‘Abstract Device - Front and Rear Speakers (Duplex)’
}
alsactl16 {
name plug:surround40:0
comment ‘Abstract Device With Conversions - Front and Rear Speakers (Duplex)’
}
alsactl17 {
name surround51:0
comment ‘Abstract Device - Front, Rear, Center and Woofer (Duplex)’
}
alsactl18 {
name plug:surround51:0
comment ‘Abstract Device With Conversions - Front, Rear, Center and Woofer (Duplex)’
}
alsactl19 {
name spdif:0
comment ‘Abstract Device - S/PDIF (IEC958) Optical or Coaxial Wire (Playback)’
}
alsactl20 {
name plug:spdif:0
comment ‘Abstract Device With Conversions - S/PDIF (IEC958) Optical or Coaxial Wire (Playback)’
}
alsactl21 {
name default:1
comment ‘Abstract Device - Default Device (Duplex)’
}
alsactl22 {
name plug:default:1
comment ‘Abstract Device With Conversions - Default Device (Duplex)’
}
alsactl23 {
name ‘hw:1,0’
comment ‘Physical Device - Intel 82801DB-ICH4 Modem - Modem (Duplex)’
}
alsactl24 {
name ‘plughw:1,0’
comment ‘Physical Device With Conversions - Intel 82801DB-ICH4 Modem - Modem (Duplex)’
}
alsactl25 {
name phoneline:1
comment ‘Abstract Device - Phone Line Interface (Duplex)’
}
alsactl26 {
name plug:phoneline:1
comment ‘Abstract Device With Conversions - Phone Line Interface (Duplex)’
}
alsactl27 {
name modem:1
comment ‘Abstract Device - Soft Modem (Duplex)’
}
alsactl28 {
name plug:modem:1
comment ‘Abstract Device With Conversions - Soft Modem (Duplex)’
}
}
rawmidi {
}
timer {
alsactl1 {
name ‘hw:CLASS=1,SCLASS=0,CARD=-1,DEV=0,SUBDEV=0’
comment ‘Physical Device - system timer’
}
}
seq {
alsactl1 {
name default
comment ‘Default Device - Sequencer (Duplex)’
}
alsactl2 {
name hw
comment ‘Physical Device - Sequencer (Duplex)’
}
}
$

I can now, pointing both the KDE sound system and amarok to the “dmix” device, play back music and system sounds. This does however, only work when I disable full duplex for the KDE sound system (which will probably make me lose the soft phone, right)?