> On 09/15/2012 08:04 AM, peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >>> i've just switched over to jack1... it fails as well, with a different >>> error message (don't know if this sheds any more light on the >>> situation!): >>> >>> plutek@palnote:~$ jackd 0.122.0 >>> Copyright 2001-2009 Paul Davis, Stephane Letz, Jack O'Quinn, Torben >>> Hohn >>> and others. >>> jackd comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY >>> This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it >>> under certain conditions; see the file COPYING for details >>> >>> JACK compiled with System V SHM support. >>> loading driver .. >>> apparent rate = 44100 >>> creating alsa driver ... >>> hw:0,0|hw:0,0|256|2|44100|0|0|nomon|swmeter|-|32bit >>> control device hw:0 >>> configuring for 44100Hz, period = 256 frames (5.8 ms), buffer = 2 >>> periods >>> ALSA: final selected sample format for capture: 32bit integer >>> little-endian >>> ALSA: use 2 periods for capture >>> ALSA: final selected sample format for playback: 32bit integer >>> little-endian >>> ALSA: use 2 periods for playback >>> ALSA: prepare error for playback on "hw:0,0" (Input/output error) >>> DRIVER NT: could not run driver cycle >>> >>> **** alsa_pcm: xrun of at least 0.013 msecs >>> >>> thanks again for any help on this! >> >> ooops... getting rid of the extra -p flag, and going with -p1024, i get >> this: >> >> plutek@palnote:~$ jackd -dalsa -r44100 -p1024 -n2 -D -Chw:0,0 -Phw:0,0& >> [1] 3580 >> plutek@palnote:~$ jackd 0.122.0 >> Copyright 2001-2009 Paul Davis, Stephane Letz, Jack O'Quinn, Torben Hohn >> and others. >> jackd comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY >> This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it >> under certain conditions; see the file COPYING for details >> >> JACK compiled with System V SHM support. >> loading driver .. >> apparent rate = 44100 >> creating alsa driver ... >> hw:0,0|hw:0,0|1024|2|44100|0|0|nomon|swmeter|-|32bit >> control device hw:0 >> configuring for 44100Hz, period = 1024 frames (23.2 ms), buffer = 2 >> periods >> ALSA: final selected sample format for capture: 32bit integer >> little-endian >> ALSA: use 2 periods for capture >> ALSA: final selected sample format for playback: 32bit integer >> little-endian >> ALSA: use 2 periods for playback >> jackd watchdog: timeout - killing jackd > > All errors seem to point to a problem with interrupts. Somehow the > kernel is not handling interrupts from the soundcard, or the soundcard > is not generating them. Jack's driver waits for them and they never > arrive and as a result eventually the watchdog kills the whole thing in > the case of jack1. > > Anything in /var/log/messages? maybe, if i knew what to look for! ;-) comparing a 3.2.0 (jack fails) boot with a 3.1-6 (jack is ok) boot, i noticed two things: 3.2.0: NMI watchdog is active (disabling it via kernel params didn't fix jack) BOTH show this: Sep 15 10:52:17 palnote kernel: [ 0.810792] pci 0000:00:1c.3: PCI INT D -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19 Sep 15 10:52:17 palnote kernel: [ 1.391566] firewire_ohci 0000:0d:00.3: PCI INT D -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19 Sep 15 10:52:17 palnote kernel: [ 1.567717] ahci 0000:00:1f.2: PCI INT B -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19 Sep 15 10:52:17 palnote kernel: [ 11.827204] snd_hdsp 0000:05:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19 so, perhaps the hdsp sharing IRQ 19 with ohci and ahci is not a good thing?? but that's the same in BOTH boots, so i dunno.... anything else i should look for, or any other info you might be interested in seeing? big thanks for any help on this, fernando!! cheers! .pltk. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user