Nope, still freezes. I'm trying to disable HDMI sound in modprobe. And posted in the Debian forum for suggestions.
On Sun, 2 Nov 2025 at 18:10, Fraser Wright <[email protected]> wrote: > I think I've found the problem. It is not a wsjtx bug, but a problem in > how sound is handled when the screen goes to sleep. This problem affects > other programs which are recording audio such as fldigi too. > > This post on Ask Ubuntu hints at a similar problem. I think the screen > going to sleep (and hdmi sound stopping although I'm not using hdmi sound) > is somehow changing how audio is being piped to the software. > The post suggests disabling 'module-switch-on-port-available' in > /etc/pulse/default.pa. > > https://askubuntu.com/questions/776883/pulseaudio-drops-hdmi-output-at-screen-power-save > > My system runs the Debian Trixie pipewire with pulseaudio modules. I have > disabled module-switch-on-port-available and restarted pipewire/pulseaudio > and it seems to have fixed the problem, it's been working with the screen > asleep. > I'll leave it running overnight to confirm. > > Fraser > > On Fri, 19 Sept 2025 at 07:51, Fraser Wright <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Some further info. I have noticed when I log in after being away and >> WSJTX appears frozen, it is using 100% processor. If I leave it for a few >> minutes minutes it eventually recovers. However while frozen like this it >> stops reporting to PSK reporter. >> >> I have a low power processor: Intel J5040 from 2019 (10W passively cooled >> mini ITX board). WSJTX usually uses about 7% CPU and jt9 uses about 12-20% >> when everything is normal. >> >> I usually use the USB audio >> "alsa_input.usb-Burr-Brown_from_TI_USB_Audio_CODEC-00.iec958-stereo" for >> the rig, but it also freezes using the pulseaudio default with analogue >> 3.5mm cable. Freezing also happens when I disable the rig connection and >> just use a stand alone shortwave radio. >> >> I haven't seen freezes with interactive use, or when it is running in the >> background and I am using the computer. >> >> Any ideas why CPU is pegged at 100% when I've been away for a while? >> Perhaps this happens to other people, but with a faster CPU the recovery is >> quick enough they don't notice. >> >> On Tue, 16 Sept 2025 at 21:43, Fraser Wright <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> I haven't seen any audio delays or problems. >>> The program is just frozen, does not respond to UI elements, it doesn't >>> redraw the window, and doesn't respond to closing it with the window >>> manager X icon, until the window manager (xfce4) offers to kill it. Then I >>> have to kill jt9 otherwise it complains about that being frozen when >>> restarted. That might be a clue, but I've never used jt9. >>> >>> I'll install the newest version from unstable and see if it persists. >>> Fraser >>> >>
