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Date:      Sun, 11 Feb 2007 13:44:10 +0100
From:      Jan Henrik Sylvester <me@janh.de>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Cc:        phoenix.lists@gmail.com
Subject:   Re: skype on freebsd problem
Message-ID:  <45CF0F9A.1050107@janh.de>
References:  1171091823.17231.6.camel@pjfs.renzhichu.cc

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 > Hello, I install skype from port, but skype test call
 > give me "problem with sound device".
 >
 > I use freebsd6.2 with kde 3.5.
 >
 > Any suggestions?

Did KDE use the sound system recently? After about a minute without 
sound, KDE releases it. Then it is free for Skype.

(I am not sure, if the explanation is really correct, but waiting for a 
minute with KDE not using any sounds helped me with the same error.)

Jan Henrik



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