Re: XMMS (or some other audio player) 'hang' issues with intel8x0and dmix plugin [u]

From: Martin Schlemmer [c]
Date: Tue Nov 02 2004 - 20:47:59 EST


On Tue, 2004-11-02 at 16:43 +0900, Clemens Schwaighofer wrote:
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> On 11/01/2004 01:42 PM, Martin Schlemmer [c] wrote:

> | Now I mostly use XMMS for playing mp3's, and intermittently xmms
> | will just 'hang'. It is not locked or anything, but the 'graph'
> | just stand still, and no audio. If I press play again, it starts
> | to play for some time again. This is especially easy to duplicate
> | if the box is under heavy load. If I use the device directly,
> | without the dmix plugin, it works fine, or if I use oss emulation,
> | it works fine as well ...
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> I have the same problem at home, I changed something in the .asoundrc
> and it went away. it still plays a little bit skippy, but better than
> suddenly stop.
>
> I had this problem on a Sony Laptop (GRX series) with an i8x0 chipsetz
> and a yamaha soundchip (which is controlled by the i8x0 drivers).
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> I can give more info if needed.
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I would appreciate that. Any workaround currently will be nice.


Thanks,

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Martin Schlemmer

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