Brad Fuller wrote: > Anyone been able to use Skype with Alsa apps? When I try to start > Jack-Rack with Skype running Jack-Rack comes back with an error: > > === > Could not open ALSA sequencer, aborting > No such file or directory > Make sure you have configure ALSA properly and that > /proc/asound/seq/clients exists and contains relevant devices. > ==== > > Qjackctl also comes back with an error that it can't open ALSA > sequencer as a client. > > I traced it down to Skype. When I tried: alsasound stop (during or > after stopping Skype,) I received: > > ---- > [root@ives bfuller]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/alsasound stop > Shutting down sound driverERROR: Module snd_ice1712 is in use > ERROR: Module snd_ice17xx_ak4xxx is in use by snd_ice1712 > ERROR: Module snd_ak4xxx_adda is in use by snd_ice1712,snd_ice17xx_ak4xxx > ERROR: Module snd_cs8427 is in use by snd_ice1712 > ERROR: Module snd_ac97_codec is in use by snd_ice1712 > ERROR: Module snd_mixer_oss is in use > ERROR: Module snd_pcm is in use by snd_ice1712,snd_ac97_codec > ERROR: Module snd_timer is in use by snd_pcm > ERROR: Module snd_i2c is in use by snd_ice1712,snd_cs8427 > ERROR: Module snd_mpu401_uart is in use by snd_ice1712 > ERROR: Module snd_rawmidi is in use by snd_mpu401_uart > ERROR: Module snd_seq_device is in use by snd_rawmidi > ERROR: Module snd is in use by > snd_ice1712,snd_ice17xx_ak4xxx,snd_ak4xxx_adda,snd_cs8427,snd_ac97_codec,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_i2c,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device > > [ OK ] > ---- > > Even after I quit Skype, Qjackctl won't start at all. > > One time, when I found the Skype bkg process, I killed it and it made > everything work. But, I could only find it once! Strange. > > In the Hand/Headsets settings (options) the "Audio devices" are > devices on my PC: /dev/dsp. But the sequencer is /dev/snd/seq. > > Anyway, Skype has been handy for me for remote session directing > (better than a phone, and not all studios have ISDN.) If I could get > it to work on Linux (rather than windows) I would be much happier. > > brad > BTW: this didn't help me. Did it help anyone else? http://forum.skype.com/viewtopic.php?t=10858&sid=92ed156cbade7bea2fb0127a01d66c23 -- Brad Fuller (408) 799-6124 ** Sonaural Audio Studios ** (408) 799-6123 West San Jose (408) 799-6124 Cambrian ________________________________ Hear us online: www.Sonaural.com
