Ubuntu 8.04 -- Sound: Rhythmbox blocks Skype

[pinguino]

Hi,

when I am using Rhythmbox and I get a call with Skype. The person, who call, get a message on the screen that my audio is not working and I can't heard nothing when I get a call but I can see on the screen that somebody call me.
Thanks

Regards

pinguino

[Elliot Hughes (elliot-hughes)]

Hi,
To help you with this bug I will need to know whether you experience this difficulty when using other media players with Skype, this is so I can make a decision over which package this would be best reported against.

Thanks for your bug report,
Elliot

[pinguino (pcboard)]

Hi,

Thanks for your answer. I can only report this situation. Rhythmbox with Skype. When I try to answer the skype call Skype crash. So I must to call the person again without Rhythmbox.
I was looking for a similar bug here and there are similar behavors in some threads.

I have found one on the net:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/fedora-35/sound-conflict-between-skype-and-xmmsrhythmbox-600347/

http://www.wlug.org.nz/UbuntuNotes

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=785159

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My computer data:

http://www.nethands.de/pys/show.php4?user=pinguino

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lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82845 845 [Brookdale] Chipset Host Bridge (rev 11)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82845 845 [Brookdale] Chipset AGP Bridge (rev 11)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 82)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL (ICH4/ICH4-L) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801DB (ICH4) IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 420 Go] (rev a3)
02:07.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB22/A IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)
02:09.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
02:0b.0 CardBus bridge: Toshiba America Info Systems ToPIC100 PCI to Cardbus Bridge with ZV Support (rev 32)
02:0b.1 CardBus bridge: Toshiba America Info Systems ToPIC100 PCI to Cardbus Bridge with ZV Support (rev 32)
02:0d.0 System peripheral: Toshiba America Info Systems SD TypA Controller (rev 03)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5212/AR5213 Multiprotocol MAC/baseband processor (rev 01)

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lshw

pinguino
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    vendor: TOSHIBA
    version: Version 1.0
    serial: 0000000000
    width: 32 bits
    capabilities: smbios-2.3 dmi-2.3
    configuration: administrator_password=disabled boot=normal chassis=notebook frontpanel_password=disabled keyboard_password=disabled power-on_password=disabled
  *-core
       description: Motherboard
       product: Portable PC
       vendor: TOSHIBA
       physical id: 0
       version: Version A0
       serial: 0000000000
     *-firmware
          description: BIOS
          vendor: TOSHIBA
          physical id: 0
          version: Version 1.50 (01/13/2005)
       ...

[Elliot Hughes (elliot-hughes)]

Thanks for the update - if you can get me a crash log as soon as possible I can confirm this for you.

Elliot

[Elliot Hughes (elliot-hughes)]

Hi,
It's nearly one week since your last communication. It would be brilliant if you could get back to me with crash logs as soon as you are next available.

[pinguino (pcboard)]

Hi,

Thanks for your comments. I have got a Skype call at 19:37 and the calling person tell me again that I have a problem with the sound because she get a skype message which it says: " My sound device has a problem"
I found the following lines under /var/log/syslog:

Jun 6 19:35:58 pinguino -- MARK --
Jun 6 19:44:02 pinguino pulseaudio[5636]: module-alsa-sink.c: Error opening PCM device front:0: Device or resource busy
Jun 6 19:55:58 pinguino -- MARK --
Jun 6 20:01:05 pinguino pulseaudio[5636]: module-alsa-sink.c: Error opening PCM device front:0: Device or resource busy

but I am not sure if this lines are the problem because I have seen the time and it was 19:37. Is it possible a difference between the hardware clock and the system clock in this case?

Do you know, where I can find another logs for Skype or Rhythmbox specially?

Thanks a lot

Regards

pinguino

[Elliot Hughes (elliot-hughes)]

Its unlikely that Rhythmbox will show errors as by the looks of things
its blocking the sound device. However try running both apps from a
terminal to see output.
E.g $ rhythmbox > rhythmboxlog.txt
Or
$ rhythmbox
By itself

[pinguino (pcboard)]

Hi,

I have started both programs and after that I have tried to make a call. On the terminal window from Skype (opened 2 terminal windows for each program) show me:

ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:874:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave

and on the GUI from Skype I can see " Problem with the audio"

[Elliot Hughes (elliot-hughes)]

Thanks for your work reporting this bug - it appears this bug is actually a duplicate of the bug #198453 - luckily there are a few possible workaround with that bug for you.

Thanks alot,

Elliot