[linux-audio-dev] DRI + Jack conflict?

[Dave Phillips]

Hi Chris:

  Well, the soundcard is an SBLive Value that I've used for quite a 
while without problems.

  Yes, I'll try removing things and seeing what happens next. The nVidia 
driver is the first to go...

Best,

dp




Chris Pickett wrote:

> Dave Phillips wrote:
>
>>  So I'm wondering how I can best troubleshoot my system. The problem 
>> appears to be either JACK, the video driver, or maybe something to do 
>> with disk I/O (? it's an ext3 system). If anyone else out there is 
>> using a similar setup please let me know if you've done anything 
>> special to reduce digital noise.
>>
>>  Machine is an 800 MHz AMD w. 512 MB RAM, system is Planet CCRMA RH 9. 
>
>
> Maybe it's your sound card.  I know that my crap laptop sound card 
> definitely responds to keyboard, mouse, and cpu activity.  Maybe 
> though it's some kind of audio buffer problem.  What happens to audio 
> if you don't run X?
>
> Best way in theory to troubleshoot is to divide the problem in half by 
> taking away half of the pieces, and iterate until you find it.  In 
> practice it can be hard to determine where "half" is.  Try no X :)
>
> Chris
>