On Fri, 2004-10-15 at 12:12 -0300, Patricio Bruna V. wrote: > hi, when i listen mp3 the other app (like gaim) can't play sounds, and > the sound get queued until xmms stop, and then all the sound are playing > together. How can i make that more that one app can access to the sound > device? First of all, I think this question is off-topic in this mailing list (which is dedicated to development discussion). You should probably ask in fedora-list or fedora-test. The answer to your question probably depends on: a) which program you are using to play mp3 b) which audio output (esd,ALSA, or OSS for example) the program is using. c) which sound card you have Regards, -- Ricardo Veguilla <veguilla@xxxxxxxxxxxx>