Re: "xine was unable to initialize any audio drivers"

Matt Graham wrote:
> From: Wayne Davis <waydavis.phx.lists@gmail.com>
>
>>>> Kubuntu 8.04.2
>>>> This happens fairly frequently and the only thing (I) know to do
>>>> is a reboot. Is there a way to re-init the sound system without
>>>> rebooting? Any idea WHY this is happening?
>>>>
>> Pulseaudio is not in use on this system.
>> I wonder if "alsa resume" is what i'm after?
>>
>
> Kubuntu implies KDE. If KDE's sound server timeout is set too high,
> it's possible that it could hog the ALSA devices. I set the timeout
> on KDE's sound server to 30 seconds, but I don't even have any KDE
> sound events configured. (Computers should be quiet unless they're
> playing music, movies, or games....)
>
> Are there any common elements to when xine stops working? After the
> machine's been through a suspend-to-RAM/resume cycle, or something
> like that?
>
> No. I do not Hibernate any of my machines. When it does it again, I will try what has been presented. If nothing posted works, I will reply back to the group.
THANKS to all who responded :-)


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