[PLUG-TALK] xpdf (intermittently) blocks sound.

[Michael Rasmussen]

h/t to Russell Senior's memory banks.

xpdf can block your sound system from functioning by locking onto /dev/snd/timer and more.  For example:
michael at nest$ lsof | grep snd
xpdf.bin    418    michael   84r      CHR      116,2               12764 /dev/snd/timer
xpdf.bin    418    michael   95u      CHR      116,8               13418 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p

For other chat about this issue:
http://www.google.com/search?q=xpdf+%2Fdev%2Fsnd%2Ftimer

Other PDF viewers use xpdf as the render engine.

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      Michael Rasmussen, Portland Oregon  
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