Bug 11736 – trying to use esound output while esd is not running causes hard crash

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED INVALID

[Description Will Reinhart 2002-12-07 13:33:25 UTC]

If I start esd, then play a sound with esdplay, the sound plays successfully.   
However, if esd is NOT running, the system hangs when I use esdplay, or the 
gaim or xmms esd output plugins.  When the system hangs, no error messages are 
written to the logs.  The only way to reboot the system is the hardware reset 
button; alt+sysreq key codes do nothing, and remote ssh login fails.  
  
Possibly helpful configuration info:  
esd version: 0.2.29 (latest available in portage)  
kernel version: 2.4.19-gentoo-r10  
sound driver: via82cxxx_audio  
CFLAGS="-mcpu=athlon -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"

[Comment 1 foser (RETIRED) 2002-12-09 12:16:10 UTC]

cant you move out of X either (alt+f1), sounds like a hardware problem of some
sort to me. It shouldn't make your system crash.

[Comment 2 Will Reinhart 2002-12-12 11:51:24 UTC]

It might be hardware, but I doubt it since esd is the only thing that can cause 
the crash.  Playing sound via xmms or aRts or even just cat > /dev/dsp works 
perfectly.  My guess is that this is some sort of bug in libesd, or in the 
via-82cxxx_audio module (or both!). 

[Comment 3 Will Reinhart 2002-12-12 15:37:39 UTC]

Alright, you can mark this one invalid.  I put in my old Soudblaster PCI, and  
now it doesn't crash, so it's probably not an ESD bug.  It's either a bug in 
the driver or bad hardware. Either way, it's not a gnome problem. 

[Comment 4 foser (RETIRED) 2002-12-12 15:56:17 UTC]

ok, closing -> you can close the ones you opened yourself btw ;)

[Comment 5 Marius Mauch (RETIRED) 2003-10-09 15:40:34 UTC]

*** Bug 7737 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***