Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 14 Aug 1999 12:44:03 +0100 (BST) | From | Mike <> | Subject | Re: hdd & sound |
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On 13 Aug 1999, Doug McNaught wrote:
> I've been meaning to post on this issue for the last week or so. I'm > seeing system lockups when playing MP3 files off an IDE CDROM. The > system configuration is as follows: > This isn't the same problem... nobody else is reporting lockups AFAIK.
> When I play MP3's off the CDROM under 2.2.5-15 (Redhat Stock kernel) I > get a lot of skips, especially when switching virtual desktops under > X. The system works fine otherwise (I'm currently running the stock > kernel). > The skupping problem is known. Bump the priority of the mp3 player up a bit and see if that helps.
> With later kernels (I've tried 2.2.10-ac8, 2.2.11pre4, and 2.2.11pre7) > I get the same skipping behavior, plus the system seems to lock up > completely for up to thirty seconds at a time--no mouse movement, > nothing. If I switch out of X to VC1 I often see SCSI BUS > timeouts/resets, even though the I/O for the MP3 is coming from the > IDE CDROM. The system is otherwise idle. Eventually the system hangs > completely, and I have to hit reset and fsck. If I don't play MP3's > the later kernels seem OK (though I haven't done extensive testing). > > It seems strange to me that I get SCSI timeouts only when doing > semi-heavy IDE I/O. I've heard the Adaptec U2W cards are still a bit > flaky under Linux--could this be part of the problem? > Very probably. It sounds more like a SCSI problem than a sound one, BICBW. Other people have been seeing problems with SCSI stuff recently, but I haven't really been following it since my SCSI is very happy.
-- Mike <rickettm@ox.compsoc.net>
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