Dear list, I would like to setup my card so programs, like pulse, do not lock the hardware. I am not sure why it happens, this is my asound.conf file: pcm.!default { type plug slave.pcm { @func getenv vars [ ALSAPCM ] default "pcm.PCH" } } pcm.PCH { type asym playback.pcm { type dmix ipc_key 9175930 ipc_key_add_uid true slave { pcm "hw:PCH" } } capture.pcm { type dsnoop ipc_key 2412430 ipc_key_add_uid true slave { pcm "hw:PCH" channels 2 } } } The idea is to use a software mixer both for microphone and speakers via dsnoop and dmix respectably. While being able to select the hardware directly for programs who needs it (for example wine programs don't like to speak to dmix it seems) $ lspci | grep -i aud 00:03.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio Controller (rev 06) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset High Definition Audio Controller (rev 05) I see the problem mainly when I try to use Mumble and Simplescreenrecorder at the same time. I do this because I want to share the screen with a colleague when we are far away. Any idea how to fix or it is simply better to buy a cheap usb card to connect my microphone to it? Yours faithfully, Paolo ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157005751&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user