"xine was unable to initialize any audio drivers"

[Wayne Davis]

Matt Graham wrote:
> From: Wayne Davis <waydavis.phx.lists at 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 :-)