xmms just stops playing in the middle of songs. It seems to happen at random times, but usually only when there is high CPU usage. From searching forums.gentoo.org it seems only people using dmix are having the problem, a couple people using Beep Media Player have reported the problem as well (though others have claimed success with bmp). Renicing xmms doesn't help. Reproducible: Sometimes Steps to Reproduce: 1.Configure alsa to use dmix 2.Run xmms 3.Listen to music and wait Actual Results: xmms stops. The progress bar remains in the same spot, but hitting play restarts the song. Expected Results: Play the song the whole way through. I've had this problem for quite some time (since March 2004 -- just hadn't filed a bug report before because I didn't think about it too often), so it's not limited to the current versions of alsa and xmms. # emerge info Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Portage 2.0.51.19 (default-linux/x86/2004.3, gcc-3.3.5, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r1, 2.6.11-gentoo-r5 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.11-gentoo-r5 i686 Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 1.80GHz Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.4-r1 [2.3.4 (#1, Mar 15 2005, 05:06:03)] dev-lang/python: 2.3.4-r1 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.59-r6, 2.13 sys-devel/automake: 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.5, 1.4_p6, 1.6.3, 1.9.4 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.10-r4 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=pentium4 -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium4 -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.usu.edu/mirrors/gentoo/ http://gentoo.osuosl.org http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X aac aalib acpi aim alsa apm avi bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts bmp bzlib calendar canna cdr cjk crypt dbm divx4linux doc encode exif flac font-server fortran ftpgd gdbm gif gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 guile imap imlib javascript jikes jpeg lesstif libcaca libg++ libpng libwww mad mikmod mime mmap mmx mng motif mozilla mp3 mpeg msn ncurses nls offensive ogg oggvorbis openal opengl oss pam pdflib perl plotutils png pnp posix python quicktime readline sdl sockets spell sse ssl svg svga tcpd threads tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode usb vcd videos xine xml2 xmms xv yahoo zlib" Unset: ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
Same problem here. Using alsa and dmix. installed versions: media-libs/alsa-lib-1.0.9_rc2-r1 media-sound/alsa-driver-1.0.9_rc2 media-sound/alsa-headers-1.0.9_rc2 media-sound/alsa-utils-1.0.8 media-sound/alsa-firmware-1.0.8 media-sound/xmms-1.2.10-r13 emerge --info: Portage 2.0.51.19 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.4.3-20050110, glibc-2.3.4.20050125-r1, 2.6.11-gentoo-r6 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.11-gentoo-r6 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.6.10 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.5 [2.3.5 (#1, Apr 10 2005, 13:10:30)] dev-lang/python: 2.3.5 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.59-r6, 2.13 sys-devel/automake: 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.5, 1.4_p6, 1.6.3, 1.9.5 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r8 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.14 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r4 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O3 -march=pentium4 -mtune=pentium4 -fforce-addr -momit-leaf-frame-pointer -fomit-frame-pointer -ftracer -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -march=pentium4 -mtune=pentium4 -fforce-addr -momit-leaf-frame-pointer -fomit-frame-pointer -ftracer -pipe -fvisibility-inlines-hidden" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo http://gentoo.osuosl.org http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" LANG="nl_NL.utf8" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X acpi alsa apm avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cjk crypt cups curl dvd dvdread emboss encode foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gphoto2 gpm gtk gtk2 imagemagick imlib ipv6 ithreads java jpeg ldap libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx mmxext mp3 mpeg ncurses nls nptl nvidia offensive oggvorbis opengl pam pdflib perl png pthreads python qt quicktime readline scanner sdl sse sse2 ssl svga tcpd tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode usb xml2 xmms xv xvid zlib linguas_en" Unset: ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS cat ~/.asoundrc: pcm.dmixer { type dmix ipc_key 1024 slave { pcm "hw:0,0" period_time 0 period_size 1024 buffer_size 8192 rate 44100 } bindings { 0 0 1 1 } } pcm.dsp0 { type plug slave.pcm "dmixer" } pcm.!default { type plug slave.pcm "dmixer" } pcm.default { type plug slave.pcm "dmixer" } ctl.mixer0 { type hw card 0 }
i get this sometimes too.. alsa+dmix, nforce2 audio using 2.6 kernel's supplied intel8x0 driver (no alsa-drivers) # emerge info Portage 2.0.51.22-r1 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.3.4, glibc-2.3.5-r0, 2.6. 12-gentoo-r3-lucienne i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.12-gentoo-r3-lucienne i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+ Gentoo Base System version 1.6.12 distcc 2.18.3 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [enabled] ccache version 2.4 [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.5, 2.4.1-r1 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.10 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, 1.9.5 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.18-r1 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=i386 -m32 -m80387 -mfancy-math-387 -fomit-frame-pointer - pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/ share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb / usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=i386 -m32 -m80387 -mfancy-math-387 -fomit-frame-pointer - pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig ccache distcc distlocks fixpackages sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.isp.net.au/pub/gentoo/ http://mirror.aarnet.edu. au/pub/gentoo/ http://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/Gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j10" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.au.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 3dnow 3dnowex 3dnowext S3TC X X509 Xaw3d a52 aac acpi alsa apm arts athena audiofile avi bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts bzip2 bzlib caps cdda cddb cdio cdparanoia cdr cdrom crypt cscope css cups curl dba dga directfb divx4linux dnd dts dv dvb dvd dvdr dvdread emboss encode erandom exif expat extensions faad fam fame ffmpeg flac foomaticdb fping ftp gd gd-external gdbm ggi gif gimp gimpprint glut gnutls gphoto2 gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 guile ieee1394 imagemagick imlib inifile ipv6 jack jack-tmpfs java jbig jce jpeg jpeg2k kde kdeenablefinal kdexdeltas kqemu ladcca libg++ libwww lirc live lm_sensors logitech-mouse lzo mad mailwrapper mapeditor md5sum mikmod mime mjpeg mmap mmx mmxext mng motif mozdevelop mozsvg mozxmlterm mp3 mpeg mysql mythtv ncurses network nls nodrm nptl nvidia ogg oggvorbis openexr opengl pam pam_chroot pam_console pam_timestamp pcre pdflib perl perlsuid php png posix povray ppds python qt quicktime rar rdesktop readline real rtc ruby samba scanner sdk sdl session sharedext sharedmem silc slp sockets socks5 speex sql sse ssl stream subtitles subversion svg sysfs tcltk tcpd tetex theora threads tiff timidity tokenizer toolbar truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts ucs2 unicode urandom usb utf8 v4l v4l2 vcd vhosts vim-with-x vlm vorbis wifi win32codecs winbind wmf wozxmlterm xanim xine xml xml2 xmlrpc xmms xosd xprint xrandr xsl xv xvid xvmc yv12 zeroconf zlib zvbi userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS
Can you try with alsa-* 1.0.9? (alsa-driver-1.0.9b, not in-kernel)?
Any more feedback on this ? Sounds like an alsa bug. Reopen if you still have the same problem.
