This is a copy of a post I made to USENET, and a response I got.
> Neurophyre wrote: > > > Hi, I'm running Debian 2.2r3 with kernel 2.2.19 on an Asus A7v w/Duron > > 650. I've got a Creative Ensoniq AudioPCI sound card, on the top of > > the box it claims "model ES4815". After a bit of trial and error > > getting it to work a couple months ago, I found that the es1371 driver > > works with it, so I have it compiled statically into the kernel, not > > as a module. > > > > My problem is that the driver seems to have weird issues with queueing > > sounds when other sounds are playing, and with freezing for a > > noticeable period of time after certain sounds are played, when trying > > to play sounds from other programs. > > > > First, the freezing problem. This primarly happens with the console > > beep in KDE2's 'konsole' program. I can make the beep in konsole as > > many times as I like with no problems, but after a beep has been > > played in konsole, the sound driver goes into a weird state for around > > 30 seconds or more, where if any other program is loaded that tries to > > play sounds (xmms, snes9x, rocknes, and so forth) there will either be > > an error (rocknes says "Cannot find sound card"), or more commonly, > > the program will simply freeze hard for 30 seconds or so, and then > > start executing normally as soon as the driver decides it wants to > > work again. > > > > Secondly, the queueing problem. A good example of this is xmms + > > gaim. When I'm playing mp3s in xmms, if events happen in gaim that > > would normally cause a sound effect, I hear nothing... until the > > current mp3 is done playing. Then, all the sound effects seem to be > > played at once, that were made by gaim during the time the mp3 was > > playing! This is, obviously, sub-optimal behavior. Interestingly, if > > a console beep was made during mp3 play, it will often be played and > > then the driver will freeze just like it does in the above > > description, for some period of time, before it 'unfreezes' and xmms > > goes to the next file in the playlist. > > > > Any ideas if this is a fixable problem? It was present in 2.2.18 as > > well as 2.2.19. > > > > Can't help with xmms, but the problem does not lie with the es1371 driver in > the kernel, whether compiled in or loaded as a module. I had the same problem > when I was using the on-board via686a sound chip WRT KDE. Just wait a few > seconds and KDE releases the audio device. BTW, I use a 2.4.4 kernel on one > machine and a 2.2.19 on another. Problem exists on both. Perhaps if you try > using Gnome??? Not me, I detest Gnome. > > If you question what kind of sound card you have, the best place to > determine that is the big chip on the card. It will be marked with > something like ES1373 as on my card. > Gordon Morehouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.evernex.com
