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