Running Suse 10.1 64 bit

Skype connected to alsa

Skype has been running fine for months now I get "problems with sound device" errors when I try to connect. I had this problem before. Solved it by creating and running as a new user and all was good until now. I really don't want to do that again.

Ok I admit this is a general problem also lost the sound in FireFox and VMware. FireFox is also 32 bit (don't know what sound system it uses, alsa or OSS) VMware does use the OSS. All the 64bit stuff works amarok games etc.


running Skype from the command line give the followinf errors when trying to connect

ALSA lib pcm_direct.c:224:(make_local_socket) connect failed: �Z/tmp/alsa-dmix-5541-1166814379-648050: No such file or directory
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:895:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to connect client
ALSA lib pcm_direct.c:224:(make_local_socket) connect failed: �Z/tmp/alsa-dmix-5541-1166814379-648050: No such file or directory
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:895:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to connect client

anybody know how to fix this problem short of creating a new user???