> On Tue, Nov 02, 2004 at 04:07:44PM -0500, Eric Sharkey wrote: > > > The i386 install had one major obstacle, > > > > Have you tried audio/ALSA? (For a good test app, play a game of > > bumprace.) > > bumprace, what's that? ;-)
apt-get install bumprace. The reason I mention it as a test app is because it's relatively small and easy to install, don't require 3D X accelleration (or much video at all) and it it's a good example of an app that sounds absolutely awful on my i386/sid Athlon64. Basically, when the CPU load goes above 1 (which will happen quite easily with bumprace) audio seems to just go to pieces. Stuttering and dropping out, but also speeding up and changing volume erratically. Happens with all apps which put the CPU under load, AFAICT, and a few that don't, too, but most simple single-thread audio producing applications like saytime will sound just fine. Eric
