Ubuntu
totem package

  1. Bug #213705
  2. Comment #18

Comment 18 for bug 213705

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marcos.carceles@gmail.com (marcos-carceles) wrote :

I have an Ubuntu 8.10 and have been experiencing the same problem for some time. I also noticed that some time after starting the computer rhythmbox couldn't play any song.

This post gave the solution:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/2073

Sorry if my description is not very accurate, but I don't know much linux.
After running 'lsof | grep /dev/snd' i saw that skype was blocking the device. Stopping skype solved the problem.