Re: Rhythmbox sound skips when launching other programs or checking mail
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(a)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
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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
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