Lists wrote:
So I have pithos installed (an excellent Pandora client that skips
all
that nasty flash stuff
http://kevinmehall.net/p/pithos/) and Skype.
Whenever Skype makes a sound, it cuts out all other system sounds, plays
the sound, and then the rest of the system sounds resume.
I didn't have this problem with Fedora 16 doing the same thing with the
same programs (though I'm using an updated Skype client)
Skype is set to use PulseAudio server (local) and there's no option to
change to anything else.
It's possible skype is erroneously(?) using the pulseaudio corking feature
when playing it's audio. ie, normally you want your other audio to stop to
take a call, for example. see also,
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/pulseaudio-discuss/2011-
June/010300.html
To disable that feature,
edit /etc/pulse/default.pa and comment-out the line referencing
load-module module-role-cork
-- rex