I can't set the temorary location, monitor Line1 input, or write a new track. In fact I have to xkill audacity after attempting to use it. There was an error message window about checking the rate, but it wasn't related to the problem. The problem shows only on 2.6.17_rc1 - returning to 2.6.16.1 clears it! p4pe ~ # einfo *** Deprecated use of action 'info', use '--info' instead Portage 2.1_pre7-r4 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.4.5, glibc-2.3.5-r2, 2.6.16.1 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.16.1 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.12.0_pre16 ccache version 2.4 [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.5, 2.4.2-r1 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.17 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r7 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/eselect/compiler /etc/gconf /etc/splash /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" DISTDIR="/mnt/hdb9/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig ccache distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://trumpetti.atm.tut.fi/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo ftp://mirrors.blueyonder.co.uk/mirrors/gentoo http://mirror.gentoo.no/ http://ds.thn.htu.se/linux/gentoo" LC_ALL="en_US.utf8" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/mnt/hdb9/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/mnt/hdb9/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage/" USE="x86 X a52 aac aalib alsa apm arts asf audiofile berkdb bitmap-fonts bzip2 cddb cdparanoia crypt cups curl directfb dri dts dvd dvdr dvdread eds emboss encode esd exif ffmpeg flac foomaticdb gdbm gif gpm gstreamer gtk2 hddtemp idn imagemagick imlib ipv6 isdnlog java javascript jpeg junit kde lcms ldap libcaca libg++ libwww live lm_sensors mad matroska mikmod mmx mng motif mp3 mpeg nas ncurses network nls nptl ogg oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png ppds pppd python qt quicktime readline real rtc sdl slang spell sse sse2 ssl svga tcltk tcpd theora tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode usb vorbis win32codecs wxgtk1 xine xml xml2 xmms xv xvid zlib elibc_glibc kernel_linux userland_GNU" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS dmesg output: Apr 7 09:26:28 p4pe [4294847.843000] ALSA sound/core/oss/pcm_oss.c:1872: BUG? (substream != ((void *)0)) Apr 7 09:26:28 p4pe [4294847.843000] <c034ea42> snd_pcm_oss_release+0xd1/0xe5 <c015bbd0> __fput+0x12e/0x15a Apr 7 09:26:28 p4pe [4294847.843000] <c015a2a4> filp_close+0x46/0x87 <c015a336> sys_close+0x51/0x62 Apr 7 09:26:28 p4pe [4294847.843000] <c0102d63> sysenter_past_esp+0x54/0x75 Apr 7 09:26:28 p4pe [4294847.843000] ALSA sound/core/oss/pcm_oss.c:561: BUG? (asubstream != ((void *)0)) Apr 7 09:26:28 p4pe [4294847.843000] <c034c9b8> snd_pcm_oss_get_active_substream+0x97/0x9e <c034d85c> snd_pcm_oss_get_formats+0x1d/0x13e Apr 7 09:26:28 p4pe [4294847.843000] <c0181fa5> inotify_inode_queue_event+0xe0/0x16b <c034d9ad> snd_pcm_oss_set_format+0x30/0x74 Apr 7 09:26:28 p4pe [4294847.843000] <c034ef3e> snd_pcm_oss_ioctl+0x4e8/0x667 <c016c7c9> do_ioctl+0x6d/0x7a Apr 7 09:26:28 p4pe [4294847.843000] <c016c919> vfs_ioctl+0x65/0x1d4 <c016cacd> sys_ioctl+0x45/0x6c Apr 7 09:26:28 p4pe [4294847.843000] <c0102d63> sysenter_past_esp+0x54/0x75 Apr 7 09:26:28 p4pe [4294847.843000] ALSA sound/core/oss/pcm_oss.c:561: BUG? (asubstream != ((void *)0)) Apr 7 09:26:28 p4pe [4294847.843000] <c034c9b8> snd_pcm_oss_get_active_substream+0x97/0x9e <c034da08> snd_pcm_oss_get_format+0x17/0x2c Apr 7 09:26:28 p4pe [4294847.843000] <c034ef3e> snd_pcm_oss_ioctl+0x4e8/0x667 <c016c7c9> do_ioctl+0x6d/0x7a Apr 7 09:26:28 p4pe [4294847.843000] <c016c919> vfs_ioctl+0x65/0x1d4 <c016cacd> sys_ioctl+0x45/0x6c Apr 7 09:26:28 p4pe [4294847.843000] <c0102d63> sysenter_past_esp+0x54/0x75 Apr 7 09:26:28 p4pe [4294847.843000] ALSA sound/core/oss/pcm_oss.c:1872: BUG? (substream != ((void *)0)) Apr 7 09:26:28 p4pe [4294847.843000] <c034ea42> snd_pcm_oss_release+0xd1/0xe5 <c015bbd0> __fput+0x12e/0x15a Apr 7 09:26:28 p4pe [4294847.843000] <c015a2a4> filp_close+0x46/0x87 <c015a336> sys_close+0x51/0x62 Apr 7 09:26:28 p4pe [4294847.843000] <c0102d63> sysenter_past_esp+0x54/0x75 Apr 7 09:26:33 p4pe [4294853.211000] ALSA sound/core/oss/pcm_oss.c:1872: BUG? (substream != ((void *)0)) Apr 7 09:26:33 p4pe [4294853.211000] <c034ea42> snd_pcm_oss_release+0xd1/0xe5 <c015bbd0> __fput+0x12e/0x15a Apr 7 09:26:33 p4pe [4294853.211000] <c015a2a4> filp_close+0x46/0x87 <c015a336> sys_close+0x51/0x62 Apr 7 09:26:33 p4pe [4294853.211000] <c0102d63> sysenter_past_esp+0x54/0x75 Apr 7 09:26:33 p4pe [4294853.211000] ALSA sound/core/oss/pcm_oss.c:561: BUG? (asubstream != ((void *)0)) Apr 7 09:26:33 p4pe [4294853.211000] <c034c9b8> snd_pcm_oss_get_active_substream+0x97/0x9e <c034d85c> snd_pcm_oss_get_formats+0x1d/0x13e Apr 7 09:26:33 p4pe [4294853.211000] <c0181fa5> inotify_inode_queue_event+0xe0/0x16b <c034d9ad> snd_pcm_oss_set_format+0x30/0x74 Apr 7 09:26:33 p4pe [4294853.211000] <c034ef3e> snd_pcm_oss_ioctl+0x4e8/0x667 <c016c7c9> do_ioctl+0x6d/0x7a Apr 7 09:26:33 p4pe [4294853.211000] <c016c919> vfs_ioctl+0x65/0x1d4 <c016cacd> sys_ioctl+0x45/0x6c Apr 7 09:26:33 p4pe [4294853.211000] <c0102d63> sysenter_past_esp+0x54/0x75 Apr 7 09:26:33 p4pe [4294853.211000] ALSA sound/core/oss/pcm_oss.c:561: BUG? (asubstream != ((void *)0)) Apr 7 09:26:33 p4pe [4294853.211000] <c034c9b8> snd_pcm_oss_get_active_substream+0x97/0x9e <c034da08> snd_pcm_oss_get_format+0x17/0x2c Apr 7 09:26:33 p4pe [4294853.211000] <c034ef3e> snd_pcm_oss_ioctl+0x4e8/0x667 <c016c7c9> do_ioctl+0x6d/0x7a Apr 7 09:26:33 p4pe [4294853.211000] <c016c919> vfs_ioctl+0x65/0x1d4 <c016cacd> sys_ioctl+0x45/0x6c Apr 7 09:26:33 p4pe [4294853.211000] <c0102d63> sysenter_past_esp+0x54/0x75 Apr 7 09:26:33 p4pe [4294853.211000] ALSA sound/core/oss/pcm_oss.c:1872: BUG? (substream != ((void *)0)) Apr 7 09:26:33 p4pe [4294853.211000] <c034ea42> snd_pcm_oss_release+0xd1/0xe5 <c015bbd0> __fput+0x12e/0x15a Apr 7 09:26:33 p4pe [4294853.211000] <c015a2a4> filp_close+0x46/0x87 <c015a336> sys_close+0x51/0x62 Apr 7 09:26:33 p4pe [4294853.211000] <c0102d63> sysenter_past_esp+0x54/0x75
Kernel team can someone take a look?
this problem has been solved in 2.6.17_rc2