Hello! My system is a Linux 3.2.11 (Archlinux) / KDE 4.8.1. The system used to work perfectly. Today I have installed a new soundcard (Asus Xonar Essence STX) in addition to my onboard soundcard. florian@horus ~ % cat /proc/asound/cards 0 [SB ]: HDA-Intel - HDA ATI SB HDA ATI SB at 0xfe024000 irq 16 1 [STX ]: AV200 - Xonar STX Asus Virtuoso 100 at 0xde00, irq 19 2 [Generic ]: HDA-Intel - HD-Audio Generic HD-Audio Generic at 0xfdefc000 irq 44 florian@horus ~ % cat /etc/asound.conf pcm.!default { type hw card STX device 0 } ctl.!default { type hw card STX device 0 } It seems that only one application can use the sound device. KDE phonon fails if vlc is active, same for flashplayer (which stays just silent) vlc reports that the sound device can't be opened. I will be happy to provide any more information! Thanks! Florian ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user