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Hi,
i have this problem already for a while (also with 2.6.31)
i'm running the latest packages from core (2.6.32 etc) using a normal alsa setup.
basically when i play music (with mpd), every minute or so, the audio has a small hickup: it's interrupted for 0.5s or so.
my system is not really loaded. nothing taking much cpu, no iowait etc.
dieter@dieter-ws-a7n8x-arch $ vmstat 1
procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- -system-- ----cpu----
r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa
0 0 3384 41364 81044 397496 0 0 29 10 361 865 13 3 83 1
0 0 3384 41356 81044 397488 0 0 0 0 337 908 10 1 89 0
0 0 3384 41300 81052 397484 0 0 0 44 358 886 9 1 90 0
0 0 3384 41272 81052 397488 0 0 0 0 380 1019 33 1 66 0
0 0 3384 41272 81052 397488 0 0 0 0 409 796 45 6 50 0
0 0 3384 41272 81052 397488 0 0 0 0 367 924 12 2 86 0
0 0 3384 41272 81060 397484 0 0 0 12 361 895 10 0 89 1
0 0 3384 41272 81060 397488 0 0 0 0 340 1063 9 1 90 0
0 0 3384 41272 81060 397488 0 0 0 0 352 959 7 2 91 0
0 0 3384 41272 81060 397488 0 0 0 0 357 983 9 2 89 0
0 0 3384 41272 81060 397488 0 0 0 0 364 1080 11 0 89 0
^C
dieter@dieter-ws-a7n8x-arch $ uname -a
Linux dieter-ws-a7n8x-arch 2.6.32-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Dec 26 08:26:17 UTC 2009 i686 Unknown CPU Typ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
Last edited by Dieter@be (2010-01-01 21:35:42)
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Hi, first post :)
Have you tried this from the wiki?
"If you have sound skipping when playing MP3 files and you have more then 2 speakers attacked to your computer (i.e. > 2 speaker system), run alsamixer and disable the channels for the speakers that you DON'T have (i.e. don't enable the sound for the center speaker if you don't have a center speaker"
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ALSA
Maybe this isn't at all your problem, but I ran in to it erlier today when looking to solve another problem of my own, just thought it might help.
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Try a decent kernel scheduler - pf is a convenient patchset.
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Try a decent kernel scheduler - pf is a convenient patchset.
I cannot believe everyone runnig a default kernel is bound to have stuttery audio, especially on an unloaded system.
@Habmala welcome!
oddly enough, since today i don't have the problem anymore, even though i had it for weeks :rolleyes:
i shall keep my eyes (well, ears) open for when this happens again. maybe it happens after i start a specific program.
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Check your cronjobs? Try turning crond off for a while and see if that's the cause.
Otherwise, maybe a plugin to firefox or your email program is messing things up (for example, Evolution accessing a local maildir made my system spike all the time couple of months back).
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