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 -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Systems Administrator Centaur Technology All generalizations are false, including this one. ------------------------------------------------------------------Received on Mon Dec 22 2003 - 17:46:07 UTC
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