How does the new kernel work without running esd? I still stay away from esd because of the extra load. Cheers, Jake Johnson http://www.plutoid.com On Mon, May 24, 2004 at 03:04:08PM -0500, Jacob S. wrote: > On Mon, 24 May 2004 11:03:13 -0700 > Jake Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, May 24, 2004 at 09:17:31AM -0500, Jacob S. wrote: > > > I've got a computer running a mix of testing/unstable with the > > > latest updates with a weird problem. > > > > > > I upgraded to kernel-image-2.4.25 so I could take advantage of the > > > pre-compiled alsa modules available in alsa-modules-2.4.25. aRts > > > seems to recognize the sound card fine after the modules are loaded > > > - kscd plays an audio cd without any problems. However, when I load > > > xmms and try to play a song, it takes about 10 - 15 seconds for each > > > second of audio that it plays. I switched back to the OSS modules > > > and have the same problem. I then tried upgrading to 2.4.26, but it > > > still does the same thing. > > > > > > I have checked and it's not loading up the memory or cpu, so I can't > > > see what would be causing this. The computer is an AMD 2600 with > > > 512MB of ram. The sound card is built into a Gigabyte motherboard > > > using the Nvidia nforce2 chipset. I am trying both the i810_audio > > > and snd-intel8x0 modules. Occasionally I get this error from the > > > i810_audio module: kernel: i810_audio: drain_dac, dma timeout? > > > > > > Under kernel 2.4.20, before I did the recent updates, this sound > > > card and the i810_audio module worked great together. > > > > > > Has anyone else seen this problem before? > > > Did XMMS play correctly before you upgraded the Kernel? > > Hello Jake, > > I had not specifically checked the old kernel with the apt-get upgrade > updates, so I just rebooted and did some more playing. > > Sound does still work great, using the 2.4.20 kernel, i810_audio module, > esd & xmms. (Though using esd through artsdsp makes it very choppy.) > > In the process I found 2.4.23 seems to give me the same problem as > 2.4.25 and 2.4.26; xmms plays, but does it very, very slow. Something > must have been changed with the audio system in the kernel between > 2.4.20 and 2.4.23. (Maybe the soundcore module, since both the oss > drivers and the alsa drivers do it.) > > Thanks, > Jacob > > -- > GnuPG Key: 1024D/16377135 > > Random .signature #29: > Do you remember when you only had to pay for Windows when *you* were the > one that broke them?
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