Looping sound output from pcm

[Eric Anderson]

Robert Watson wrote:

>I ran aim after a recent kernel update, and had a rather odd problem.  I
>got an instant message from someone which resulted in a "ding" from aim. 
>However, the ding never stopped dinging -- the sample repeated over and
>over again, and continues as I type.  Even after the aim process exited. 
>Sending additional sound output didn't make it go away either.  KDE/arts,
>etc, don't seem to be involved in the problem, so it really seems like the
>kernel is looping the sample.  When I try to unload pcm, I get: 
>
>pcm0: unregister: channel pcm0:play:2 busy (pid 965)
>
>And there's no pid 965.
>
>paprika# cat /dev/sndstat 
>FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm)
>Installed devices:
>pcm0: <ESS Technology Maestro3> at io 0xd800 irq 5 (4p/1r/0v channels duplex default)
>
>Any suggestions welcome; in the mean time, I'll just listen to it ding
>away ad naueseum. 
>  
>
I've seen this happen before with irq problems.. if you're overlapping 
another device with the sound card's irq, it might cause a problem.  
That's all I know.. enjoy the dinging.. :)

Eric


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Eric Anderson	   Systems Administrator      Centaur Technology
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