On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 11:21:56PM -0300, Gonzalo Lionel Rodriguez wrote:
> 2008/7/2 Jacob Meuser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> > On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 10:44:43PM -0300, Gonzalo Lionel Rodriguez wrote:
> > > Hi everyone, i have a problem with my Thinkpad T42 (1.5GB ram and a new
> > > Hitachi hdd 120GB), when I am using X (awesome) and listening to music
> > with
> > > mp3blaster (for example) when change tabs in Firefox (or load a web),
> > music
> > > stop and continuous (lag (?)), any idea?
> >
> > are you saying you get a moment of silnece when you change tabs in
> > firefox?
> >
>
> Yes.
>
>
> >
> > if so, then probably what's happening is firefox is using too much of
> > your system's resources to let mp3blaster feed the audio device quick
> > enough that the playback buffer doesn't run out. you can see how many
> > bytes are in the hardware playback buffer with 'audioctl play.seek'
> > and you can see how namy frames were missed with 'audioctl play.errors'.
> >
>
> $ audioctl play.errors
> play.errors=77824
> $ audioctl play.seek
> play.seek=65536
you should check play.seek as close to when the silence occurs as
possible. but you are obviously getting dropouts as shown in
play.errors.
>
>
> >
> > or are you saying the audio is contiuously messed up after changing
> > tabs in firefox?
>
>
> No, a moment of silence.
>
> Any idea to fix the problem?
well, it looks like mp3blaster uses the full 64k buffer, so suggesting
to make sure that is the case would be pointless.
you may have luck using nice(1) or renice(8), or that could cause
other problems.
>
> Regards
>
> >
> >
> >
> > > Here is my dmesg:
> > >
> > > OpenBSD 4.3-current (GENERIC) #940: Thu Jun 19 07:41:29 MDT 2008
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC
> > > cpu0: Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.60GHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-class)
> > > 1.60 GHz
> > > cpu0:
> > >
> > FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,TM,SBF,EST,TM2
> > > real mem = 1609461760 (1534MB)
> > > avail mem = 1547051008 (1475MB)
> > > mainbus0 at root
> > > bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+ BIOS, date 06/18/07, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xfd750,
> > > SMBIOS rev. 2.33 @ 0xe0010 (61 entries)
> > > bios0: vendor IBM version "1RETDRWW (3.23 )" date 06/18/2007
> > > bios0: IBM 2373RY1
> > > apm0 at bios0: Power Management spec V1.2
> > > apm0: battery life expectancy 89%
> > > apm0: AC on, battery charge high, charging
> > > acpi at bios0 function 0x0 not configured
> > > pcibios0 at bios0: rev 2.1 @ 0xfd6e0/0x920
> > > pcibios0: PCI IRQ Routing Table rev 1.0 @ 0xfdea0/272 (15 entries)
> > > pcibios0: PCI Interrupt Router at 000:31:0 ("Intel 82371FB ISA" rev 0x00)
> > > pcibios0: PCI bus #6 is the last bus
> > > bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0x10000 0xd0000/0x1000 0xd1000/0x1000
> > > 0xdc000/0x4000! 0xe0000/0x10000
> > > cpu0 at mainbus0
> > > cpu0: Enhanced SpeedStep 1600 MHz (1340 mV): speeds: 1600, 1400, 1200,
> > 1000,
> > > 800, 600 MHz
> > > pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (no bios)
> > > pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 82855PM Host" rev 0x03
> > > ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "Intel 82855PM AGP" rev 0x03
> > > pci1 at ppb0 bus 1
> > > vga1 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "ATI Radeon Mobility M7 LW" rev 0x00
> > > wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation)
> > > wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
> > > agp0 at vga1: aperture at 0xd0000000, size 0x10000000
> > > uhci0 at pci0 dev 29 function 0 "Intel 82801DB USB" rev 0x01: irq 11
> > > uhci1 at pci0 dev 29 function 1 "Intel 82801DB USB" rev 0x01: irq 11
> > > uhci2 at pci0 dev 29 function 2 "Intel 82801DB USB" rev 0x01: irq 11
> > > ehci0 at pci0 dev 29 function 7 "Intel 82801DB USB" rev 0x01: irq 11
> > > usb0 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0
> > > uhub0 at usb0 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1
> > > ppb1 at pci0 dev 30 function 0 "Intel 82801BAM Hub-to-PCI" rev 0x81
> > > pci2 at ppb1 bus 2
> > > cbb0 at pci2 dev 0 function 0 "TI PCI4520 CardBus" rev 0x01: irq 11
> > > cbb1 at pci2 dev 0 function 1 "TI PCI4520 CardBus" rev 0x01: irq 11
> > > em0 at pci2 dev 1 function 0 "Intel PRO/1000MT (82540EP)" rev 0x03: irq
> > 11,
> > > address 00:11:25:d5:bb:e2
> > > ipw0 at pci2 dev 2 function 0 "Intel PRO/Wireless 2100" rev 0x04: irq 11,
> > > address 00:13:e8:02:d6:9a
> > > cardslot0 at cbb0 slot 0 flags 0
> > > cardbus0 at cardslot0: bus 3 device 0 cacheline 0x8, lattimer 0xb0
> > > pcmcia0 at cardslot0
> > > cardslot1 at cbb1 slot 1 flags 0
> > > cardbus1 at cardslot1: bus 6 device 0 cacheline 0x8, lattimer 0xb0
> > > pcmcia1 at cardslot1
> > > ichpcib0 at pci0 dev 31 function 0 "Intel 82801DBM LPC" rev 0x01: 24-bit
> > > timer at 3579545Hz
> > > pciide0 at pci0 dev 31 function 1 "Intel 82801DBM IDE" rev 0x01: DMA,
> > > channel 0 configured to compatibility, channel 1 configured to
> > compatibility
> > > wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <Hitachi HTS541612J9AT00>
> > > wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA48, 114473MB, 234441648 sectors
> > > wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5
> > > atapiscsi0 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0
> > > scsibus0 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets, initiator 7
> > > cd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <TOSHIBA, DVD-ROM SD-R9012, 1121> ATAPI
> > > 5/cdrom removable
> > > cd0(pciide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2
> > > ichiic0 at pci0 dev 31 function 3 "Intel 82801DB SMBus" rev 0x01: irq 11
> > > iic0 at ichiic0
> > > spdmem0 at iic0 addr 0x50: 512MB DDR SDRAM non-parity PC2700CL2.5
> > > spdmem1 at iic0 addr 0x51: 1GB DDR SDRAM non-parity PC2700CL2.5
> > > auich0 at pci0 dev 31 function 5 "Intel 82801DB AC97" rev 0x01: irq 11,
> > ICH4
> > > AC97
> > > ac97: codec id 0x41445374 (Analog Devices AD1981B)
> > > ac97: codec features headphone, 20 bit DAC, No 3D Stereo
> > > audio0 at auich0
> > > "Intel 82801DB Modem" rev 0x01 at pci0 dev 31 function 6 not configured
> > > usb1 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0
> > > uhub1 at usb1 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1
> > > usb2 at uhci1: USB revision 1.0
> > > uhub2 at usb2 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1
> > > usb3 at uhci2: USB revision 1.0
> > > uhub3 at usb3 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1
> > > isa0 at ichpcib0
> > > isadma0 at isa0
> > > pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5
> > > pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
> > > pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot
> > > wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0
> > > pms0 at pckbc0 (aux slot)
> > > pckbc0: using irq 12 for aux slot
> > > wsmouse0 at pms0 mux 0
> > > pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
> > > midi0 at pcppi0: <PC speaker>
> > > spkr0 at pcppi0
> > > aps0 at isa0 port 0x1600/31
> > > npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: reported by CPUID; using exception 16
> > > biomask effd netmask effd ttymask ffff
> > > mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support
> > > ugen0 at uhub3 port 2 "STMicroelectronics Biometric Coprocessor" rev
> > > 1.00/0.01 addr 2
> > > uhidev0 at uhub2 port 2 configuration 1 interface 0 "Genius Optical
> > Mouse"
> > > rev 1.10/1.07 addr 2
> > > uhidev0: iclass 3/1
> > > ums0 at uhidev0: 3 buttons, Z dir
> > > wsmouse1 at ums0 mux 0
> > > softraid0 at root
> > > root on wd0a swap on wd0b dump on wd0b
> > >
> > > Regards!
> > > Gonzalo.
> > >
> >
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