At Wed, 9 Jul 2008 20:31:19 -0400, Kristin Low wrote: > > Hi all, > > > I apologize if this isn't the right place to ask for help, but no one who > I've asked knows how to help and I'm somewhat new to Linux. > > I'm running Ubuntu Hardy Heron and haven't changed any config files > (practically a fresh install) however ALSA does not work properly and I > assume that because of this, Pulseaudio doesn't work either (it breaks when > ALSA does). Playing a song, I can hear the song for a random length of time > and then it cuts out. If I run VLC from a terminal, it claims "alsa output > error: write error (broken pipe)" as the cause and continues to write that > over the screen until I force VLC to quit. If I restart the song again, the > same thing occurs. Pulseaudio cuts out and says it gets a POLLERR from ALSA. > When I login, only part of the login sounds play and are cut just the same > as any songs or audio files I try. It seems like my sound card is detected > fine, and OSS works when I select to use it instead. It's on a laptop, a > Toshiba Satellite a70. Do you have any kernel error/warning messages? Also, do you mean "OSS works" that OSS emulation works? Takashi _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel
