On Wed, 24 Sep 2003, Squabsy wrote: > I'm really stumped & frustrated now. My PC is a similar spec to yours > Michael (but with a K6 processor) but my recording, even using this sox > rec, still hangs after 7 mins and creates a 2gb wav file with 7 mins of > music then 100 (approx) mins of d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d > > I was beginning to accept that it might be a ram issue but you only have > 256m like me. > > Disk space seems irrelevant also as it does the same on all my partitions > however much/little is free. > > using a different window manager made only a marginal diff (a few extra > seconds at most) > > I can therefore record an album one track at a time (unless it's Pink > Floyd :-) with an 8 min freak out ) but I would like to be able to leave > it running for a whole side then come back and slice it up. > > There must somewhere be an option or setting that I have set incorrectly > but I'm blowed if I know what it is
Have you checked the messages log for errors? I'm wondering if you have faulty hardware somewhere. Also, which kernel version are you running (uname -a)? -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lonni J Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo http://netllama.ipfox.com _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users