Re: [GnomeMeeting-list] Problems with ekiga.

[Hannes Ebner <dev stdout at>]

Damien Sandras wrote:
> apt-cache policy libasound2
> libasound2:
>   Installé : 1.0.11-3
> 
> No problem here.
> 
> I would guess that it automatically uses DMIX and DMIX is broken by
> default when it comes to recording/playing at the same time.
> 
> The link given by Yannick should fix this.

I upgraded again to experiment a bit.

I'm using kernel 2.6.16.9, so DMIX should work out of the box. I am
using a .asoundrc anyway, similar to the one in the Ekiga-wiki. I tried
a bunch of variations, no success. It used to work perfectly until I
upgraded to libasound2 1.0.11-3.

With libasound2 1.0.11 the sound is bad, no matter whether I use a
.asoundrc or not. Ekiga tends to crash or hang in addition to playing
bad sound.

Other applications using DMIX through the default interface work fine.
(At least playback, I didn't try recording and playing at the same time.)

Downgraded to libasound2 1.0.10 again.

Regards,
Hannes