On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 04:53:20PM -0400, Paul Winkler wrote: > write(4, > "\367\377\21\0\367\377\r\0\367\377\r\0\370\377\16\0\372"..., 16384) > = -1 EIO (Input/output error) > > ... and so on. A few things I might try if I were insistent enough: 1) Unload ALSA modules and load OSS drivers. strace again and see if you get the same errors. If so, do the same number of writes complete sucessfully? 2) I might try seating the card in a different slot or cleaning the PCI fingers to ensure it's getting a good connection. 3) If you know that your box has weird APIC/ACPI issues, you might want to try booting with acpi=off, noapic, and or pci=routeirq kernel options. But if you can find another for $10 on ebay, it's probably not worth your time. -- Ross Vandegrift ross@xxxxxxxxxxx "The good Christian should beware of mathematicians, and all those who make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that the mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and to confine man in the bonds of Hell." --St. Augustine, De Genesi ad Litteram, Book II, xviii, 37
