[olug] Debian Sound Problem

[Luke -Jr]

On Monday 06 August 2007 13:52, Shawn L Djernes wrote:
> Why I recommend this method to check audio is that both KDE and GNOME us a
> sound server daemon as a middle man between them and the Unix kernel
> interfaces.  So if the daemon is miss behaving then you get no sound.

However, if either of these daemons are running, they are also likely locking 
your sound device. Which means unless a program goes through them, it won't 
be able to play any sound.