Skype and Flash only mutually exclusive

[RomaHagen]

Hi all,

everything worked, but.. I upgraded to 11.2. Now only sound either in skype or flash is working.

In both cases I get:

pulseaudio[3528]: alsa-sink.c: Error opening PCM device front:0: Device or resource busy

Any ideas how can I fix it?

(I'm using latest beta skype for linux)

Regards,
Roman

[RomaHagen]

Does anybody has an idea how skype and flash are using audio devices?

[RomaHagen]

I've upgraded to openSuse 11.2 on 4 (!!!) computers and this problem is perfectly reproducible!

So.. I've spent the whole night resolving this issue and found out some other details.

I think the problem is Flash Player. It does not use sound device through Pulseaudio that's why blocks sound somehow. If I have sound in youtube I dont have it in Amarok and Skype. But Skype and Amarok can co-exist perfectly together.

I've intalled pavucontrol and there I can see sound levels if skype or amarok are using sound. But I can see nothing if flash player does.

Do you guys have the same problem?! I do not understand why can't I found anything in the forums.. since as I already said: on 4 computers I can reproduce this after upgrade from 11.1 to 11.2

Hope to hear ANY ideas,

Roman

[ijbreakey]

Hi,

I'm very sorry to hear about your predicament. Are you doing actual upgrades on these computers or are you fresh installing? I have a fresh install of 11.2 and I can use both youtube and amarok at the same time. I don't have pulseaudio installed though. Just thought I'd at least try to shed some light here.

Take Care,

Ian

[RomaHagen]

Hi,

thanks for your suggestion! However problem is Pulseaudio. So if you do not have it installed everything should work.

Just some minutes ago I've found a solution..

ALSA_CONFIG_PATH=/etc/alsa-pulse.conf firefox

Now, flash uses Pulseaudio! I wonder why is it not set by default?!

Regards,

Roman