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Re: Sound Device Not Shared



David Berg <drberg1000@gmail.com> writes:

> On 1/4/06, Andrew Sackville-West <andrew@farwestbilliards.com> wrote:

>> this is a problem I've struggled with for a long while. Basically,
>> you can set up alsa to share the sound device by doing its own
>> software mixing. If you google
>
> I've been pondering a similar problem of sharing the device in a multi
> user setting (home computer).  I often start a playlist in xmms then
> go about some housework.  The screen locks, then my wife or kid want
> to start a movie or change the playlist and I have to unlock it (or if
> I'm not around they wait).

Take Andrew's .asoundrc file and put it in /etc as /etc/asound.conf

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John L. Fjellstad
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