Two problems with sound

[Brian Bober]

> Problem one is that applications seem to hog the sound, and when I, say, play
a > song, then after I hear all the sounds like IM sounds and stuff that should
have > happened during the time the song was playing.

In case someone wanders upon this. That issue is talked about a lot in this
thread:

Named: Simultaneous sounds with ALSA?
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2004-April/thread.html#01388