From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 24 04:32:30 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52C9C16A4CE for ; Thu, 24 Jun 2004 04:32:30 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.boundariez.com (mail.boundariez.com [216.36.108.139]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D729243D2F for ; Thu, 24 Jun 2004 04:32:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Ralph@boundariez.com) Received: from [10.24.24.110] ([10.24.24.110] unverified) by mail.boundariez.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Thu, 24 Jun 2004 00:31:55 -0400 From: "R. M. Los" To: FreeBSD Questions Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Boundariez Message-Id: <1088051366.9483.5.camel@frog.boundariez.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 00:29:26 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 24 Jun 2004 04:31:55.0468 (UTC) FILETIME=[2E0318C0:01C459A4] Subject: Sound on Dell laptop is messed up... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 04:32:30 -0000 Hi, I've apparently got something wrong. I'm running a Dell Inspiron 8100 laptop, with XMMS for playing MP3's, and streaming audio. Every 10 or so seconds the audio has this 1-second "sieze"; the best I can explain it is it's the sound when you're playing an MP3, and your CPU spikes to 100% and the sound goes all robotic... except that my processor is usually normal (idle -> 70%) and nothing is out of the ordinary. What could be causing this? ... and more importantly, how do I fix it??? Thanks, Ralph -- Mr. R M Los - Information Security Consultant Ralph (at) boundariez (dot) com