On Mon, Dec 29, 2003 at 12:16:45AM +0200, Can Ugur Ayfer wrote: > I've been having some weird problem with my new mainboard which has an > onboard VIA ac97 sound card > > When I set everything for OSS drivers, xmms plays mp3 files like > a stuck record player. I can move around the music file but it gets > stuck in the first second.
Sounds like an IRQ-related problem - the audio driver works fine, but doesn't get notified properly when the next chunk of data is required. If there's a way to tinker with the ac97 IRQ settings (usually provided in the BIOS setup menu), try something in the lower (1-15) range - IRQs above 15 require a slightly different handling method. Other options... try an ACPI-enabled kernel (or vice versa), double-check that you've got 82cxx turned on in the kernel settings (VIA82CXXX option in the ATA/IDE block devices menu), maybe even turn on the local APIC option as well. good luck...
