Kristin Low wrote: > I don't think it's using the modem... I do hear some sound; it just > cuts out if I select pulseaudio or ALSA. OSS works fine. Killing > pulseaudio forces me to use ALSA or OSS... And since pulseaudio dies > when ALSA hiccups, I think ALSA is the culprit. I thought I had the > latest drivers and libraries, but I'll look into it. > On modern systems, OSS is just an emulation of the original OSS using alsa. So when OSS runs fine, Alsa is running fine. And the fact that OSS works indicates that the modem isn't causing the problem, because OSS uses the sound device too. Pulseaudio is a sound server that uses alsa for the underlying sound. It takes over the sound device exclusively and only allows sound to play through itself. It just seems strange that OSS would work but using alsa directly wouldn't. And the only other item in this mix is pulseaudio, so it seems worth a try. Maybe there is a configuration option you can give to pulse to increase the buffer sizes it uses or something. It's still possible that direct alsa has an error while the emulation doesn't. That is, that there is a bug in the alsa library. It shouldn't be the driver because the driver is working fine for OSS (AOSS). You've reached the end of my knowledge here, so your next step is probably to go with a question on the alsa-devel list if nothing else works. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for chronic lameness and boredom. Vote Now at http://www.sourceforge.net/community/cca08 _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
