On Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:10:56 +0200 Hartmut Noack <zettberlin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Am 24.04.2013 15:51, schrieb Len Ovens: > > > > On Wed, April 24, 2013 6:26 am, Hartmut Noack wrote: > >> Hello, > >> > >> I run KXStudio on Ubuntu 12.10 on a Lenovo Ideapad with a MAudio Mobile > >> Pre USB1 interface. > >> > >> Normaly all this works near perfection but there is a problem starting > >> Jack: > >> > > > >> Tue Apr 23 09:58:52 2013: ERROR: cannot register object path > >> "/org/freedesktop/ReserveDevice1/Audio2": A handler is already > >> registered for /org/freedesktop/ReserveDevice1/Audio2 > >> Tue Apr 23 09:58:52 2013: ERROR: Failed to acquire device name : Audio2 > >> error : A handler is already registered for > >> /org/freedesktop/ReserveDevice1/Audio2 > > > > Ok, so what application already has the audio port? Are you running an > > audio or video player? Have you been using a web browser that was seeing a > > video or just hit a page with video adds? > > > > To put it another way, does this problem show up right after a fresh > > login? > > Exactly: after a fresh login. > > > or only after having used the system for a while. What does your > > desktop use for most of it's non-jack audio output? > > Before I do anything else, I check if Jack is running. Browser, Skype > and the like use Pulse Jack sink, so I let Cadence start pulse-jack > after starting Jack. The command "lsof /dev/snd/pcm*" should show a list of commands which are using any sound cards. Try it the next time the problem shows up. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user