[GnomeMeeting-list] Re: GnomeMeeting-list Digest, Vol 15, Issue 8

[Antonio Carlos Ribeiro Nogueira <nog_1620 brturbo com>]

>   5. Gnomemeeting failed to work again (Stephen Liu)
>   6. Re: Gnomemeeting failed to work again (Julien PUYDT)
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> FedoraCore3
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> Gnomemeeting failed to work again.
>
> On connecting
> h323:h323.voxgratia.org
>
> following warning popup;
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> Could not open audio channel for audio transmission
>
> An error occured while trying to record from the
> soundcard for the audio transmission. Please check
> that your soundcard is not busy and that your driver
> supports full-duplex.
> The audio transmission has been disabled.
> <<<
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> # fuser /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p
> /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p:    4594  4594m
> # ps ax | grep 4594
> 4594 ?        S      0:30 /usr/bin/artsd -F 10 -S
> 4096 -d -m artsmessage -c drkonqi -l 3 -f
> 5656 pts/3    S+     0:00 grep 4594
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> # /usr/bin/artsshell status
> unable to connect to sound server
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> This happened after playing around on "XMMS" to play
> MP3.  Now MP3 is still working.  Both Gnomemeeting and
> timidity++ don't work.  Before both of them were
> working without problem
>
> It seems "XMMS" occupying the sound server.  Please
> advise how to fix this problem.
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> TIA
>
> B.R.
> Stephen Liu
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> Message: 6
> Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 15:16:53 +0200
> From: Julien PUYDT <jpuydt free fr>
> Subject: Re: [GnomeMeeting-list] Gnomemeeting failed to work again
> To: GnomeMeeting mailing list <gnomemeeting-list gnome org>
> Message-ID: <42CD2B45 1060801 free fr>
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> Stephen Liu a écrit :
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> > It seems "XMMS" occupying the sound server.  Please
> > advise how to fix this problem.
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> It's not exactly that. XMMS uses the sound server, and the sound server 
> blocks the device.
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> The result is the same: gnomemeeting can't access the audio device.
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> The solution is to force artsd to release it's lock on the device when 
> it's not playing.
>
> Snark on #gnomemeeting
>  
I have the same problem with Mandriva. How can we do artsd to relese 
it's lock on the device when it is not playing? May you teach step by step?

Thanks in advance.
Antonio Carlos