On 5/20/07, Bill Unruh <unruh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hmm, it soulds like you initially fill the buffer, but the program never > receives a signal that the buffer is empty again and can be refilled. Thus > the program sits there waiting for the signal to refill the buffer, and the > sound card sits there waiting for new info to be put into the buffer. > Usually this means that your interrupt routing is broken, usually due to BIOS or ACPI issues. Check whether the interrupt count for the soundcard in /proc/interrupts continues to increase once the playback app hangs. If not then try booting with noacpi and/or noapic and see if the situation improves. > Have you tried the very latest alsa release? The kernel is always a month > or two behind in the alsa included. Usually these problems are outside the scope of ALSA, most often the bug is in the kernel's ACPI subsystem. But it's worth a try... Lee ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
