Re: [Alsa-user] aoss hang in snd_pcm_dmix_drain

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

On Thu, 2005-11-10 at 10:33 -0500, Steve Magoun wrote:
> I'm trying to get aoss to work with Firefox 1.5b2 and the Flash 7 
> plugin on an XScale (PXA 270) running Linux 2.6.13.4. Problem is, the 
> browser hangs when navigating off a page that has Flash w/ sounds. The 
> problem only happens when using aoss. GDB reports that the browser's 
> hung up in snd_pcm_wait_nocheck, called from snd_pcm_dmix_drain.
> 
> This sounds a bit like bug 1306 
> <https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/view.php?id=1306>, which 
> was reportedly fixed in ALSA 1.0.9a. 2.6.13.4 uses ALSA 1.0.9b, so 
> theoretically I'm clear of that bug.
> 
> I tried upgrading alsa-oss to 1.0.10rc3, but that didn't help. Is there 
> some other fix I need to apply?

You need to upgrade alsa-lib to 1.0.10-rcX too, that's where the dmix
plugin lives.  If that does not work then please file an ALSA bug report
(or add to #1306 if you think it's the same bug).

Lee