Re: [Alsa-user] Fw: Help pls, w/ aplay: pcm_write:1146: write error

[Lee R. <rlr...@jo...>]

On Fri, 2005-11-04 at 21:43 +0100, Peter Zubaj wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> "write error: Input/output error"
> 
> This error most of time means problems with irq (sound card doesn't
> generate interrupts).

Which usually indicates an ACPI problem.  Can you post "dmesg" output?
Do you get the same problem if you boot with "pci=noacpi"?

Also check /proc/interrupts to see which interrupt the card is on, then
see if the number of interrupts increases when you try to play sounds.

Lee