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pulseaudio package

  1. Bug #202089
  2. Comment #19

Comment 19 for bug 202089

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Jerome Lacoste (jerome-lacoste) wrote : Re: [hardy] Pulseaudio is blocking normal sound after resume

Skype doesn't work for me because of the same reason. But I have a work-around

Problem description:

1. log in
2. open a terminal
3. start skype from terminal

Expected results:

Skype works...

Actual:

"ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:874:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave"

displayed 4 times, and sound doesn't work in skype (works in rest of desktop).

Work-around:

remove the snd_hda_intel module and reload it. To be able to remove it, I need to close all applications using it, i.e. pulseaudio. Thus I have to close my current session.

Detailed work-around

1- close session (log out)
2- CTRL+ALT+F1 to go to a tty
3- log in
4- sudo rmmod snd_hda_intel
5- sudo modprobe snd_hda_intel
6- CTRL+ALT+F7 and log in again

skype works :)

(or should I say :( as it isn't free)