[LAU] Xruns and Thinkpad T60

[Raphael Bollen]

> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: Arnold Krille
> Verzonden: vrijdag 21 december 2007 18:07
> Aan: linux-audio-user at lists.linuxaudio.org
> Onderwerp: Re: [LAU] Xruns and Thinkpad T60
> 
> 
> Am Freitag, 21. Dezember 2007 schrieb Raphael Bollen:
> > Thank you for this information and sorry I couldn't reply 
> sooner. I have
> > now found that the soundcard is sharing  its interrupt with 
> ipw3945 (wifi
> > driver) and it's probably the reason for the xruns.
> 
> That is especially annoying when everything is working as 
> expected at home 
> (where there is wifi) but you keep getting xruns on the 
> gig/venue (because it 
> scans for a known wifi all the time). Kept me busy for an 
> afternoon. Until I 
> stopped all the unnecessary things like network devices...
> 
> BTW: I wouldn't try to use any laptops internal soundcard for 
> more than 
> rehearsal with headphones in the train. The quality you get 
> from these 
> devices is not even worth start jack... Something with usb 
> (1.1) or firewire 
> is much better. And some even have symmetric outputs to keep 
> your tech happy 
> on the stage.
> 

I completely agree with you, the owner of the laptop has a Fast Track Pro, but for the troubleshooting I was first trying only with the HDA. I also wonder who dared call this High Definition Audio?

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