Skype kills Gnome

[Tim]

On Thu, 2005-11-24 at 17:58 +0100, Albert A. Modderkolk wrote:
> I am running FC4-64 2.6.3-1, Gnome 2.10.0 and Skype 1.2.0.18.
> While chatting, I get messages like /dev/dsp-1: Device busy
> After a while Gnome freezes: the icons don't react anymore.
> Also X has a problem because, when I move a window from under another
> window, it doesn't refresh.  That window remains blank where it was
> hidden.
> 
> Two questions:
> 1. Has anybody else had this problem and found a solution?
> 2. Since Gnome is dead, I can't logout and login but have to reset.
> Is there some way to restart X and Gnome without hitting the Reset
> button?

I've had that *due* to skype.  I had to CTRL+ALT+F1 to get to a text
console, then manually kill off things associated with skype.

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