On Fri, 2005-07-29 at 08:50 +0200, Klaasjan Brand wrote: > On 7/29/05, Anthony Dean <adean75@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxx PGP key: http://www.applelinks.net/adean/mykey.asc