Package: xmms
Version: 1.2.10-2
Severity: normal
I'm using ALSA sound drivers with software mixing via the ALSA dmix plugin. My
/etc/asound.conf is attached at the end of the bug report. Sometimes, often
when e.g. maximizing a window or switching browser tabs, output suddenly stops.
Xmms' playing time indicator just freezes, the "play" symbol still appears next
to it. I believe this is linked to alsa buffer underruns like they are
sometimes reported by mplayer and mpg123 on my system, but these programs
handle them gracefully (typical mplayer output: "alsa-space: xrun of at least
0,003 msecs. resetting stream"). Xmms does not.
I have increased the software mixer's buffer size in my asound.conf to a very
high value. This seems to alleviate, but not solve the problem. When using a
low buffer size, even plugging and unplugging an usb mouse almost consistently
freezes xmms output.
--- /etc/asound.conf ---
pcm.!default {
type plug
slave.pcm "swmixer"
}
pcm.swmixer {
type dmix
ipc_key 123456
slave {
pcm "hw:0"
period_time 0
period_size 1024
buffer_size 131072
rate 48000
}
bindings {
0 0
1 1
}
}
pcm.dsp0 {
type plug
slave.pcm "swmixer"
}
ctl.mixer0 {
type hw
card 0
}
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.10-ck1
Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=ISO-8859-15)
Versions of packages xmms depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-20 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libglib1.2 1.2.10-9 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgtk1.2 1.2.10-17 The GIMP Toolkit set of widgets fo
ii libice6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-12.0.1 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libsm6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-12.0.1 X Window System Session Management
ii libx11-6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-12.0.1 X Window System protocol client li
ii libxext6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-12.0.1 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii libxi6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-12.0.1 X Window System Input extension li
ii xlibs 4.3.0.dfsg.1-12 X Keyboard Extension (XKB) configu
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