On Wed, 2004-09-29 at 11:42, Mark Knecht wrote: > Lee Revell wrote: > > On Wed, 2004-09-29 at 09:55, Mark Knecht wrote: > > >>For me this is not a mere curiosity. Yesterday I brought up FC2 and > >>then, with much help from Steve Harris and Fernando, got a new Planet > >>kernel installed. No sooner than I had started Jack I then started using > >>my USB mouse and getting huge xruns. Since USB is shared with the sound > >>chip I think it's an example of what we ae talking about here. > > > > > > Not quite. If you have a USB sound card it's a different ball game, > > because you don't just have two separate devices sharing the interrupt, > > you actually have them competing for USB bus bandwidth. Although it > > should work if they are on different USB controllers. Unfortunately I > > am not an expert on USB so I can't help much more. > > > It is a PCI sound chip sharing an interrupt with a PCI USB OHCI (EHCI?) > contoller. There is no sharing of USB bandwidth. Sorry - that was > badly worded before... > Thanks for clarifying, I re-read your message and realized you might not have a USB sound device. Anyway, if by "new Planet kernel" you mean 2.6 with the VP patches, then mouse activity should not be causing xruns. I am not on the CCRMA list; if you have already posted your details then send a link. This should be investigated further as it definitely should work. Lee