Sebastian Holtermann wrote: > I'm running Debian testing/stretch and since a few days (weeks?) > dmix refuses to work with a old SoundBlaster Live! card > when multiple applications try to play music. > [AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: pcm_direct.h:279:(snd_pcm_direct_semaphore_final) > invalid semaphore count to finalize 0: 0 This sounds like a bug in the alsa-lib package. Do you have the latest version (1.1.3)? Anyway, the "Live!" can do hardware mixing with resampling, so you don't need dmix. Regards, Clemens ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user