hi! this does not work for me. xmms and rhythmbox play fine, but gaim sound does not and gaim crashes when i try to close it. i am not a programmer but i test whatever you tell me :-) would be great if i could be helpful here... regards, christian > [snip] > > I have further suggestions: make the defult output device dmix, and > default input device dsnoop. Then create a default device with full > duplex, like this: > > # > # DMIX input device > # > pcm.!output { > type dmix > ipc_key 1234 > slave { > pcm "hw:0,0" > period_time 0 > period_size 1024 > rate 44100 > } > } > > > # > # DSNOOP output device > # > pcm.!input { > type dsnoop > ipc_key 1234 > slave { > pcm "hw:0,0" > period_time 0 > period_size 1024 > rate 44100 > } > } > > > # > # ASYM duplex device > # > pcm.!duplex { > type asym > playback.pcm "output" > capture.pcm "input" > } > > > # > # Make the duplex device default > # > pcm.!default { > type plug > slave.pcm "duplex" > } > > > # > # OSS Compability > # > pcm.!dsp0 { > type plug > slave.pcm "duplex" > } > > > ctl.!mixer0 { > type hw > card 0 > } > > This should enable sound mixing - both input and ouput - to /just work/ > for all supported cards. > > /Peter Backlund