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 ***************************************************** My computer data: http://www.nethands.de/pys/show.php4?user=pinguino ******************************************************** 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) ************************************************************************* lshw pinguino description: Notebook product: Portable PC 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) size: 128KiB capacity: 448KiB capabilities: isa pci pcmcia pnp apm upgrade shadowing vesa cdboot bootselect pcmciaboot edd int13floppytoshiba int13floppy720 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer acpi usb agp biosbootspecification netboot *-cpu description: CPU product: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz vendor: Intel Corp. physical id: 4 bus info: cpu@0 version: 15.2.9 slot: uFC-PGA Socket size: 2800MHz capacity: 2800MHz width: 32 bits clock: 133MHz capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe up pebs bts sync_rdtsc cid xtpr configuration: id=0 *-cache:0 description: L1 cache physical id: 12 slot: CPU Internal size: 8KiB capacity: 8KiB clock: 1GHz (1.0ns) capabilities: internal write-back data *-cache:1 description: L2 cache physical id: 13 slot: CPU Internal size: 512KiB capacity: 512KiB clock: 1GHz (1.0ns) capabilities: internal write-back *-memory description: System Memory physical id: 81 slot: System board or motherboard size: 1GiB capacity: 2GiB *-bank:0 description: SODIMM SDRAM Synchronous physical id: 0 slot: DIMM 0 size: 512MiB width: 64 bits *-bank:1 description: SODIMM SDRAM Synchronous physical id: 1 slot: DIMM 1 size: 512MiB width: 64 bits *-pci description: Host bridge product: 82845 845 [Brookdale] Chipset Host Bridge vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 100 bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0 version: 11 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz configuration: driver=agpgart-intel module=intel_agp *-pci:0 description: PCI bridge product: 82845 845 [Brookdale] Chipset AGP Bridge vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1 bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0 version: 11 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master *-display UNCLAIMED description: VGA compatible controller product: NV17 [GeForce4 420 Go] vendor: nVidia Corporation physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0 version: a3 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: pm agp agp-2.0 vga_controller bus_master cap_list configuration: latency=64 maxlatency=1 mingnt=5 *-usb:0 description: USB Controller product: 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1d bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.0 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: uhci bus_master configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd *-usb:1 description: USB Controller product: 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1d.1 bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.1 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: uhci bus_master configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd *-usb:2 description: USB Controller product: 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1d.2 bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.2 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: uhci bus_master configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd *-usb:3 description: USB Controller product: 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1d.7 bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.7 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0 module=ehci_hcd *-pci:1 description: PCI bridge product: 82801 PCI Bridge vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1e bus info: pci@0000:00:1e.0 version: 82 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master *-firewire description: FireWire (IEEE 1394) product: TSB43AB22/A IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) vendor: Texas Instruments physical id: 7 bus info: pci@0000:02:07.0 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm ohci bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=ohci1394 latency=64 maxlatency=4 mingnt=2 module=ohci1394 *-network description: Ethernet interface product: RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. physical id: 9 bus info: pci@0000:02:09.0 logical name: eth0 version: 10 serial: 00:08:0d:44:4e:61 size: 10MB/s capacity: 100MB/s width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=8139too driverversion=0.9.28 duplex=half latency=64 link=no maxlatency=64 mingnt=32 module=8139too multicast=yes port=MII speed=10MB/s *-pcmcia:0 description: CardBus bridge product: ToPIC100 PCI to Cardbus Bridge with ZV Support vendor: Toshiba America Info Systems physical id: b bus info: pci@0000:02:0b.0 version: 32 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pcmcia bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=yenta_cardbus latency=0 maxlatency=5 module=yenta_socket *-network description: AR5001-0000-0000 product: Wireless LAN Reference Card vendor: Atheros Communications, Inc. physical id: 0 version: 00 slot: Socket 0 resources: irq:11 *-pcmcia:1 description: CardBus bridge product: ToPIC100 PCI to Cardbus Bridge with ZV Support vendor: Toshiba America Info Systems physical id: b.1 bus info: pci@0000:02:0b.1 version: 32 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pcmcia bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=yenta_cardbus latency=0 maxlatency=5 mingnt=128 module=yenta_socket *-system UNCLAIMED description: System peripheral product: SD TypA Controller vendor: Toshiba America Info Systems physical id: d bus info: pci@0000:02:0d.0 version: 03 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm cap_list configuration: latency=0 *-isa description: ISA bridge product: 82801DB/DBL (ICH4/ICH4-L) LPC Interface Bridge vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1f bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: isa bus_master configuration: latency=0 *-ide description: IDE interface product: 82801DB (ICH4) IDE Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1f.1 bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.1 logical name: scsi0 logical name: scsi1 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: ide bus_master emulated configuration: driver=ata_piix latency=0 module=ata_piix *-disk description: ATA Disk product: SAMSUNG HM080HC physical id: 0 bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0 logical name: /dev/sda version: AM10 serial: S0CCJQSPA00373 size: 74GiB (80GB) capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=0006066b *-volume:0 description: EXT3 volume vendor: Linux physical id: 1 bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1 logical name: /dev/sda1 logical name: / logical name: /dev/.static/dev version: 1.0 serial: e14ceca3-a0a0-40dc-b415-ff37f59a9eab size: 4957MiB capacity: 4957MiB capabilities: primary bootable journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files recover ext3 ext2 initialized configuration: created=2008-05-22 18:12:50 filesystem=ext3 modified=2008-05-31 08:10:00 mount.fstype=ext3 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered mounted=2008-05-31 08:10:00 state=mounted *-volume:1 description: Extended partition physical id: 2 bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2 logical name: /dev/sda2 size: 69GiB capacity: 69GiB capabilities: primary extended partitioned partitioned:extended *-logicalvolume:0 description: Linux swap / Solaris partition physical id: 5 logical name: /dev/sda5 capacity: 1145MiB capabilities: nofs *-logicalvolume:1 description: Linux filesystem partition physical id: 6 logical name: /dev/sda6 logical name: /home capacity: 68GiB configuration: mount.fstype=ext3 mount.options=rw,relatime,data=ordered state=mounted *-cdrom description: DVD writer product: CD/DVDW SDR6572M vendor: TOSHIBA physical id: 1 bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0 logical name: /dev/cdrom logical name: /dev/dvd logical name: /dev/scd0 logical name: /dev/sr0 version: TR05 capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r configuration: ansiversion=5 status=open *-multimedia description: Multimedia audio controller product: 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1f.5 bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.5 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=Intel ICH latency=0 module=snd_intel8x0 *-communication UNCLAIMED description: Modem product: 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1f.6 bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.6 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm generic cap_list configuration: latency=0 *-network description: Wireless interface product: AR5212/AR5213 Multiprotocol MAC/baseband processor vendor: Atheros Communications Inc. physical id: 1 bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0 logical name: wifi0 version: 01 serial: 00:19:5b:7a:dd:9c width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list logical ethernet physical wireless configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath_pci ip=192.168.178.23 latency=168 maxlatency=28 mingnt=10 module=ath_pci multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11g *-scsi physical id: 2 bus info: usb@4:2 logical name: scsi2 capabilities: emulated scsi-host configuration: driver=usb-storage *-disk description: SCSI Disk product: MK1646GSX vendor: TOSHIBA physical id: 0.0.0 bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0 logical name: /dev/sdb size: 149GiB (160GB) capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos configuration: ansiversion=2 *-volume description: EXT3 volume vendor: Linux physical id: 1 bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0,1 logical name: /dev/sdb1 logical name: /media/disk version: 1.0 serial: 298c8a44-162b-405c-a745-21b7c4e9f63b size: 149GiB capacity: 149GiB capabilities: primary journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files recover ext3 ext2 initialized configuration: created=2008-03-29 20:27:22 filesystem=ext3 modified=2008-05-31 08:21:58 mount.fstype=ext3 mount.options=rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,data=ordered mounted=2008-05-31 08:21:58 state=mounted *-battery description: Lithium Ion Battery product: LPX45E vendor: TOSHIBA physical id: 1 version: 07/01/03 serial: 2200014410 slot: 1st Battery configuration: voltage=10.8V ***************************************************************************** I will post the logs when I get again the crash Thanks pinguino