If skype is open and I fire up XMMS... it will crash every time I try to play something, even if I am talking to nobody in Skype. Using skype w/ artsdsp -m skype .... XMMS will still crash 90% of the time. I'm guessing it's related to ALSA? I am using kernel ALSA with the OSS emulation layer. Skype does work on my system w/ ALSA or ARTS, for what it's worth. I'm filing this as critical since it causes XMMS to completely crash so reliably. # eix xmms * media-sound/xmms Available versions: !1.2.8-r4 1.2.10-r13 1.2.10-r14 ~1.2.10-r15 Installed: 1.2.10-r15 Homepage: http://www.xmms.org/ Description: X MultiMedia System # uname -r 2.6.11-gentoo-r11 # eix skype * net-im/skype Available versions: ~1.0.0.7 1.0.0.20 ~1.1.0.3 ~1.1.0.3-r1 ~1.1.0.13 Installed: 1.1.0.13 Homepage: http://www.skype.com/ Description: skype is a P2P-VoiceIP client. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. # emerge skype xmms 2. Start Skype. 3. Now start XMMS and try to play something Actual Results: XMMS crashed -- a familiar sight these days ;) Expected Results: XMMS should have played some music. Portage 2.0.51.19 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.3.5-20050130, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r1, 2.6.11-gentoo-r11 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.11-gentoo-r11 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.6.12 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.5 [2.3.5 (#1, Apr 28 2005, 01:43:58)] ccache version 2.3 [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.5 sys-apps/sandbox: [Not Present] sys-devel/autoconf: 2.59-r6, 2.13 sys-devel/automake: 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.5, 1.4_p6, 1.6.3, 1.9.5 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r10 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.16 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4 -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4 -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X aac aim alsa apm arts audiofile avi berkdb bitmap-fonts bonobo bzip2 bzlib cdr clamav codecs crypt css cups curl dhcp directfb divx4linux dvd dvdr dvdread emboss encode esd ethereal fam ffmpeg flac foomaticdb fortran freetype gd gdbm gif gimp gimpprint gkrellm gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtkhtml icq imagemagick imlib ipv6 ithreads java jpeg junit kde libcaca libclamav libg++ libwww lirc live lm_sensors mad mikmod mixer mjpeg mmx motif mozilla mp3 mpeg mplayer msn mysql mythtv ncurses nls nvidia offensive ogg oggvorbis opengl oss pam pcap pdf pdflib perl png python qt quicktime rar readline screenshot sdl silc socks5 spell sse sse2 ssl svga svgz tcpd tetex threads tiff transcode truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts usb userlocales v4l v4l2 vcd vorbis wifi x86 xml xml2 xmms xv xvid yahoo zlib userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
Changing severity, there is no unbootable system, possibility of data loss or a breach of security.
This still happens now ? Please be more specific tell us what plugins you are using and the output you are using.
this rather sounds like like a conflict around excllusivity when XMMS tries to access the dsp. this seems due to either a bug in artsd or esd, or in the way skype init script (in gentoo) detects snd daemon to wrapp skype. This is likely to happen for people whoi have a poor snd card with only one DSP, or those who have multiple DSPs ( like sound blaster live), but configured only one in .asoundrc, or did not configure any thing. I did not encontour the bug myself, just trying to give ideas. I think it will be a bug hard to track since I really think it is reproductable, but heavily depends on the hardware, and the sound driver.
Updated xmms/alsa/skype to latest on this box as soon as I had access to it again. Problem no longer present.
