Re: [SLE] SuSE 9.0 alsa problems still

From: Donald Henson (wepin_at_wepin.com)
Date: 10/31/03

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Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 05:40:00 -0700

    On Thu, 2003-10-30 at 22:41, Jonathan C. Sitte wrote:

    > I have a Sony PCG-V505BX running SuSE 9.0. Still getting choppy sounds.
    > I have tested Mandrake 9.2 also and has the same results with alsa. OSS
    > works fine with both. Also alsa works find with Mandrake 9.1 and SuSE
    > 8.2. I even tried updated alsa with no better results. I am thinking
    > that this may be some new code in the kernel? I am not sure but its a
    > shot in the dark at this time. The best thing for me right now is if I
    > can get other people with the same hardware to confirm this with me.
    > Every thing else in this machine is working perfectly. I love SuSE 9.0
    > so far. Its a great release of my favorite GNU/Linux distrobution.
    > Please let me know if this is a kernel issue. I guess I could always
    > start trying newer and older kernels. Before I start doing that though I
    > would love to confirm this with others with same hardware. I have
    > already tried using other WindowManagers etc. So I do know its not KDE.
    > In theory if OSS works fine then there must be something wrong with alsa
    > and the kernel. Possibly something in between. Anyways I will stop
    > ranting for now and keep everyone posted. If I get anoyed enough with
    > this I will contact mantel and see what I can get out of him. Nothing
    > seems to be working without doing some kernel hacking. I am about 90
    > percent sure that something new in the kernel is causing this to sound
    > poor under alsa.
    >
    > Cheers,
    > --
    > Jonathan C. Sitte <jcsitte@staticnull.org>
    >

    I guess that explains why I haven't been able to get some players to
    work properly. I thought I just had the sound card set up incorrectly. I
    didn't do any troubleshooting but I ran into the choppy sound using Juk.
    (I'm only assuming that it uses alsa.) I am running SuSE Linux 9.0 pro
    and used upgrade to go there from 8.2. FWIW, Real Player 8 sounds great
    so I'm assuming that it does not use alsa. If I can provide any further
    info, let me know. (However, I'm a Linux newbie.)

    Don Henson

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