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

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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@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
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> adean75@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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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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