[linux-audio-user] snd freezes when recording

[Ralf Haller]

Hi Ivan,

I am using the KDE desktop. I changed the settings of the sound server 
like you said. Snd still freezes, whereas your ruby scripts runs fine 
without freezing.

r at l.f


Ivan Z. Ganza wrote:

>Ralf,
>
>Would you describe your desktop?  Is it booting into kde, gnome,
>etc..?
>
>Even after a clean boot, say if you are in kde, it may grab the
>soundcard on you.  (I had to go into sound config and tell the
>soundserver to 'suspend' after 5 seconds of inactivity.  By default it
>sets to something like 60 seconds or never, in which case, it would
>keep the card happily locked forever...) -- this is specific to kde.
>
>Try to open the card manually from the command with the snippet of ruby
>code below.  If this just freezes and never comes back then the
>soundcard is being held by something else...
>
>-Ivan/
>
>----
>#!/usr/local/bin/ruby -w
>
>f = File.new("/dev/dsp", "r+")
>----
>
>Ralf Haller <ralf at brap.de> writes:
>
>  
>
>>Hi Ivan,
>>
>>that's not the case here. Trying record with snd on a freshly booted
>>system still freezes snd...
>>
>>
>>r at l.f
>>
>>
>>Ivan Z. Ganza wrote:
>>
>>    
>>
>>>Hi Ralf,
>>>
>>>I have had the same problem with the snd program that you describe.
>>>
>>>This seems to be caused when the soundcard is already opened by
>>>another program.
>>>
>>>Make sure nothing else has opened the soundcard.
>>>
>>>Ralf Haller <ralf at brap.de> writes:
>>>
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>>Fernando Pablo Lopez-Lezcano wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>>>>when I try to record with snd by selecting record in the file menu,
>>>>>>the record window opens but freezes without properly displaying the
>>>>>>controls. Recording with other tools like sweep works without any
>>>>>>problems.
>>>>>>       I am using RedHat 8.0 and installed the kernel and alsa
>>>>>>drivers
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>>>>>>from planet ccrma.
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>>>       Any clues?
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>>>>>What soundcard are you using?
>>>>>-- Fernando
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>It's a Philips PCA721AF based on the Opti 82C925 sound chip...
>>>>
>>>>r at l.f
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>
>>>      
>>>
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