sometimes, when i try to use realplayer 7.0 with ALSA oss emulation, it puts my Trident 4D-NX card into a messed up state in which even native ALSA apps (e.g. aplay) will not work (they hang on an ioctl, though i haven't tracked down which one). removing the ALSA modules and reinstalling them (presumably, reinitializing the trident h/w) fixes the problem. but its funny: yesterday, i listened for 15mins to what was probably an 8 bit stream from National Public Radio - no problems. today, i was listening to www.trancedomain.com, and after a few seconds of actual playback, it predictably failed very time (i tried 4 times). if anyone has seen this behaviour, or has any ideas (!), let me know. --p
