Re: ALSA - looping sound

> I tried to install suse 9.3 just to test something new and it looks
> like things moved a bit since I installed gentoo 2004.3. With the
> default install suse has suspend to disk working just fine on TC1000.
> I haven't tried nvidia driver yet or pen driver but with nv driver it
> hibernates and resumes quite fine with usb and X display working. Nice
> to see it can work.

thanks for sharing experience!

>
> But back to the question. The default sound driver in suse is ALSA and
> it doesn't work correctly. I had the same problem when testing some
> version of KNOPPIX with 2.6 kernel.

I tried knoppix-3.8.1- with kernel 2.6.11, and was surprised to see that
it detected many things, including sound. (I can't remember if it
detected sound by itself, or I run detection process - but it was
extremenly easy, so I even did not notice)

I was not able to boot from external CD-ROM, so used HD-configuration...

PCMCIA was also detected good, and both network cards.

Video works good, and switching to X11 and to console is possible
(unlike some configurations when once you'll see X11 you'll never see
console until reboot)
The only problem with video - several times graphics display becames
whiter and whiter and then gets all white, and I am unable to switch to
console or do something useful, and computer still seen from network at
the same time.

>
> Anybody has ALSA working fine on TC1000 with 2.6 kernel? What tweaks
> it needs? The sound output starts but then it loops and it takes ages
> to play short sample (logon/logoff sound).
>
> Fortunately the OSS driver is also available and when used instead of
> alsa modules sound works fine but it would be nice to have alsa
> running. Any tips?

I supposed to think that you need to try different versions of Knoppix,
Which version do you use??

Best regards,
Vadim,
Received on Tue Aug 16 2005 - 11:43:23 EDT