[PlanetCCRMA] Fed 8 no midi, other sound problems.

[Fernando Lopez-Lezcano]

On Fri, 2008-01-18 at 21:57 +0100, Karsten Wiese wrote:
> 
> 
> 2008/1/18, bhaskins@chartermi.net <bhaskins@chartermi.net>:
>         On Fedora 8 (several kernels) my midi is gone.
>         Jack attempts to start and then I get this message.
>         "
>         the playback device "hw:0" is already in use. Please stop the
>         application using it and run JACK again. 
>         "
>         Often, after this all sound is gone until after reboot or, and
>         this is really weird, or until I
>         move ( wiggle ) the volume control slider.
>         
>         Previous versions fc3,4,5,6 worked fine on this equipment
>         ( Thinkpad A31 ).
> 
> f 8 has this new sound daemon, forgot its name.
> $ lsof +D /dev/snd
> will tell you...

It is called Pulse Audio. You probably need to temporarily stop it.
Sorry I'm not yet very familiar with it...

-- Fernando