On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 05:27:16PM +1000, Tom wrote: > > > Hi Cool Linux People, > > I don't think I can provide enough information to allow people > to come up with definitive answers, so I'm more asking how I might > approach troubleshooting this problem. > > When displaying TV on my PC, xawtv loses sound after > a relatively short period of time. Oddly enough, it appears to me to > be related to my mouse. I've not played with it overly much, but a > small tap on the mouse usually brings sound back, with superstition > leading me to prefer X axis motion over Y axis motion. Occasionally > I have to give it a few tries, sometime interspersed with vigorous > mouse action. If all else fails, restarting xawtv always works. > I've not seen this behaviour for playing CD's, window manager bells > and chimes, or anywhere else. (Lack of > kernel/distro/sound-card/tv-tuner-card etc... > details is intentional, as I don't know what is important!) > > Could this be related to interrupts?? > > Tips for approaching troubleshooting this?
sounds like you need to wave a dead chicken over it. > > Know of any good Linux sound FAQ's? the Linux Audio Quality HOWTO is pretty good (but unfortunately not part of the LDP): http://www.linuxdj.com/audio/quality/ K. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
