Hi...
In my Fedora Core 4 setup (256 MB RAM, 2.4 ghz Celeron processor, whitebox PC), for some reason, the sound in Rhythmbox keeps skipping (as if it were being fast-forwarded through the track) when I either launch some programs (even the terminal) or when I do something such as fetch email from the server with Evolution.
I'm not sure how to go about fixing this; any suggestions?
Anthony
On 7/29/05, Anthony Dean adean75@sbcglobal.net wrote:
Hi...
In my Fedora Core 4 setup (256 MB RAM, 2.4 ghz Celeron processor, whitebox PC), for some reason, the sound in Rhythmbox keeps skipping (as if it were being fast-forwarded through the track) when I either launch some programs (even the terminal) or when I do something such as fetch email from the server with Evolution.
Another one here: I've got exactly the same problem on a laptop using the snd_intel8x0 driver. First I thought it was about Rhythmbox not processing the cpu speed changes (speedstep) correctly, but since then I've found out it happens without speed changes too. I think you're right it's when the CPU load spikes. It's happening in XMMS too, but with different results (sound goes silent).
I'm not sure how to go about fixing this; any suggestions?
My current guess is it's a bug in the sound driver. Please post your sound card details (and lsmod output, I'm interested which driver you use).
Klaasjan
On Fri, 2005-07-29 at 08:50 +0200, Klaasjan Brand wrote:
On 7/29/05, Anthony Dean adean75@sbcglobal.net wrote:
Hi...
In my Fedora Core 4 setup (256 MB RAM, 2.4 ghz Celeron processor, whitebox PC), for some reason, the sound in Rhythmbox keeps skipping (as if it were being fast-forwarded through the track) when I either launch some programs (even the terminal) or when I do something such as fetch email from the server with Evolution.
Another one here: I've got exactly the same problem on a laptop using the snd_intel8x0 driver. First I thought it was about Rhythmbox not processing the cpu speed changes (speedstep) correctly, but since then I've found out it happens without speed changes too. I think you're right it's when the CPU load spikes. It's happening in XMMS too, but with different results (sound goes silent).
I'm not sure how to go about fixing this; any suggestions?
My current guess is it's a bug in the sound driver. Please post your sound card details (and lsmod output, I'm interested which driver you use).
Klaasjan
What I found when I used the hardware browser program (typing "lsmod" gave a "command not found" error message, though the man page for it is present...):
Intel corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller
Driver: snd-intel8x0
Anthony
On Fri, 2005-07-29 at 08:39 -0500, Anthony Dean wrote:
On Fri, 2005-07-29 at 08:50 +0200, Klaasjan Brand wrote:
On 7/29/05, Anthony Dean adean75@sbcglobal.net wrote:
Hi...
In my Fedora Core 4 setup (256 MB RAM, 2.4 ghz Celeron processor, whitebox PC), for some reason, the sound in Rhythmbox keeps skipping (as if it were being fast-forwarded through the track) when I either launch some programs (even the terminal) or when I do something such as fetch email from the server with Evolution.
Another one here: I've got exactly the same problem on a laptop using the snd_intel8x0 driver. First I thought it was about Rhythmbox not processing the cpu speed changes (speedstep) correctly, but since then I've found out it happens without speed changes too. I think you're right it's when the CPU load spikes. It's happening in XMMS too, but with different results (sound goes silent).
I'm not sure how to go about fixing this; any suggestions?
My current guess is it's a bug in the sound driver. Please post your sound card details (and lsmod output, I'm interested which driver you use).
Klaasjan
What I found when I used the hardware browser program (typing "lsmod" gave a "command not found" error message, though the man page for it is present...):
Intel corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller
Driver: snd-intel8x0
Anthony
adean75@sbcglobal.net PGP key: http://www.applelinks.net/adean/mykey.asc
Addenum to above: found the proper command for lsmod---here's what came up: Module Size Used by ppp_deflate 5953 0 zlib_deflate 22745 1 ppp_deflate ppp_async 12865 1 crc_ccitt 2113 1 ppp_async ppp_generic 39893 6 ppp_deflate,ppp_async slhc 7105 1 ppp_generic i915 19009 1 drm 70101 2 i915 autofs4 29253 2 i2c_dev 11073 0 i2c_core 21569 1 i2c_dev ipt_state 1857 2 ip_conntrack 41497 1 ipt_state iptable_filter 2881 1 ip_tables 19521 2 ipt_state,iptable_filter dm_mod 58101 0 video 15941 0 button 6609 0 battery 9413 0 ac 4805 0 md5 4033 1 ipv6 268097 8 uhci_hcd 35152 0 ehci_hcd 41037 0 parport_serial 8385 0 parport_pc 28933 1 parport_serial parport 40585 1 parport_pc snd_intel8x0 34689 1 snd_ac97_codec 75961 1 snd_intel8x0 snd_seq_dummy 3653 0 snd_seq_oss 37057 0 snd_seq_midi_event 9153 1 snd_seq_oss snd_seq 62289 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq_device 8781 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq snd_pcm_oss 51185 0 snd_mixer_oss 17857 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_pcm 100169 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss snd_timer 33605 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm snd 57157 11 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer soundcore 10913 1 snd snd_page_alloc 9669 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm 8139too 30017 0 mii 5441 1 8139too floppy 65269 0 ext3 132553 3 jbd 86233 1 ext3
At 8:39 AM -0500 7/29/05, Anthony Dean wrote:
What I found when I used the hardware browser program (typing "lsmod" gave a "command not found" error message, though the man page for it is present...):
As a newbie, I suggest whereis:
$ whereis lsmod lsmod: /sbin/lsmod /usr/share/man/man8/lsmod.8.gz
"/sbin" means that they think that lsmod is mainly for root to use, but, like many other such commands, it seems to work anyway. ____________________________________________________________________ TonyN.:' mailto:tonynelson@georgeanelson.com ' http://www.georgeanelson.com/
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