[linux-audio-user] Distros these days? What a mess!

[Bill Allen]

Ken wrote:
> Malte Steiner wrote:
>> just for information, recent Ubuntu update seems to break Alsa, I 
>> can't get jack running anymore, it always claims thas,
>> t the device is already busy. Fortunaly I can get back the last 
>> kernel+modules version which works.
>>
>>
> This happened to me recently on my laptop.  I am new to Ubuntu.  Will 
> they fix this, or is there some steps to restore alsa I can take?
> Thanks,
> Ken
I just noticed this. It seems that esd is running. Kill it and jack 
should work. I don't know any more than that.

Bill