This is actually specifically a problem with the current OpenAL library shipping i386 assembly for amd64, which interacts poorly with AMD SMP MMX support. The non-MMX backend used for powerpc works acceptably for AMD SMP machines. Personally, I'd prefer an update to OpenAL to disabling the current assembler, as upstream has improved AMD assembly support, but if this issue is to be solved quickly, simply disabling the use of the MMX instructions for AMD64 is a possible workaround.
Alternately, btanks could trap error conditions when accessing the sound device, but this repeated exception processing would likely have a significant impact on performance. -- Emmet HIKORY -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
