I've reported this before and the latest CVS still has the problem. I'm running linux-2.4.22 on a sony Z505S laptop. Alsa used to run (CVS versions) on earlier versions of the kernel (at least up to 2.4.19), but hasn't worked on the latest. I have both the preemptive and lowlatency patches installed.
Usually what happens is I lock up, but occasionally I get to see an oops on the screen, and even more infrequenty, am still running. This happened yesterday. I did a build/install of the current CVS and then ran aplay. Here's what ksymoops reports: ksymoops 2.4.9 on i686 2.4.22. Options used -V (default) -k /proc/ksyms (default) -l /proc/modules (default) -o /lib/modules/2.4.22/ (default) -m /usr/src/linux/System.map (default) Warning: You did not tell me where to find symbol information. I will assume that the log matches the kernel and modules that are running right now and I'll use the default options above for symbol resolution. If the current kernel and/or modules do not match the log, you can get more accurate output by telling me the kernel version and where to find map, modules, ksyms etc. ksymoops -h explains the options. Warning (compare_maps): ksyms_base symbol IO_APIC_get_PCI_irq_vector_R__ver_IO_APIC_get_PCI_irq_vector not found in System.map. Ignoring ksyms_base entry Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000 c0113b58 *pde = 00000000 Oops: 0000 CPU: 0 EIP: 0010:[<c0113b58>] Not tainted Using defaults from ksymoops -t elf32-i386 -a i386 EFLAGS: 00010086 eax: cbf49d84 ebx: c7792000 ecx: 00000000 edx: 00000003 esi: cbf49d84 edi: c337b0e0 ebp: c7793f20 esp: c7793f00 ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 Process aplay (pid: 7898, stackpage=c7793000) Stack: c5707a00 cbf49c00 c337b0e0 cbf49d88 cc8b61e0 00000001 00000286 00000003 cbf49d4c cc8af805 c337b0e0 00000000 00000286 cbf49d5c cbf49d5c c4fef3a0 cbf49c00 cc8b10bd cbf49c00 c337b0e0 00000000 c4fef3c0 cbf49d5c c337b0e0 Call Trace: [<cc8b61e0>] [<cc8af805>] [<cc8b10bd>] [<c0136bc4>] [<c0135827>] [<c013588b>] [<c0106d9b>] Code: 8b 01 85 45 fc 74 6a c7 45 f0 00 00 00 00 9c 5f fa ff 43 04 >>EIP; c0113b58 <__wake_up+48/ec> <===== >>eax; cbf49d84 <_end+bcb17d4/c582ab0> >>ebx; c7792000 <_end+74f9a50/c582ab0> >>esi; cbf49d84 <_end+bcb17d4/c582ab0> >>edi; c337b0e0 <_end+30e2b30/c582ab0> >>ebp; c7793f20 <_end+74fb970/c582ab0> >>esp; c7793f00 <_end+74fb950/c582ab0> Trace; cc8b61e0 <[snd]snd_fops+0/60> Trace; cc8af805 <[snd]snd_card_file_remove+b5/e0> Trace; cc8b10bd <[snd]snd_ctl_release+11d/140> Trace; c0136bc4 <fput+4c/f8> Trace; c0135827 <filp_close+93/a0> Trace; c013588b <sys_close+57/7c> Trace; c0106d9b <system_call+33/38> Code; c0113b58 <__wake_up+48/ec> 00000000 <_EIP>: Code; c0113b58 <__wake_up+48/ec> <===== 0: 8b 01 mov (%ecx),%eax <===== Code; c0113b5a <__wake_up+4a/ec> 2: 85 45 fc test %eax,0xfffffffc(%ebp) Code; c0113b5d <__wake_up+4d/ec> 5: 74 6a je 71 <_EIP+0x71> Code; c0113b5f <__wake_up+4f/ec> 7: c7 45 f0 00 00 00 00 movl $0x0,0xfffffff0(%ebp) Code; c0113b66 <__wake_up+56/ec> e: 9c pushf Code; c0113b67 <__wake_up+57/ec> f: 5f pop %edi Code; c0113b68 <__wake_up+58/ec> 10: fa cli Code; c0113b69 <__wake_up+59/ec> 11: ff 43 04 incl 0x4(%ebx) 2 warnings issued. Results may not be reliable. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here's how my kernel's sound section is configured: CONFIG_SOUND=m CONFIG_SOUND_OSS=m CONFIG_SOUND_TRACEINIT=y CONFIG_SOUND_VMIDI=m CONFIG_SOUND_NM256=m everything else is not set. David ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: ApacheCon 2003, 16-19 November in Las Vegas. Learn firsthand the latest developments in Apache, PHP, Perl, XML, Java, MySQL, WebDAV, and more! http://www.apachecon.com/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel