From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 30 20:37:43 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 EB7B816A4D0 for ; Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:37:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sherlingj@hotmail.com) Received: from bay0-omc3-s20.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc3-s20.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.220]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6F8F43D46 for ; Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:37:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sherlingj@hotmail.com) Received: from BAY115-W4 ([65.54.250.104]) by bay0-omc3-s20.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Mon, 30 Oct 2006 12:37:32 -0800 X-Originating-IP: [66.114.145.222] X-Originating-Email: [sherlingj@hotmail.com] Message-ID: From: Jeremy Sherling To: Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 12:37:31 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 30 Oct 2006 20:37:32.0145 (UTC) FILETIME=[3963EE10:01C6FC63] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Problems with sound playback X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:37:43 -0000 Hello, I am having a problem with sound playback on FreeBSD 6.2. I have ha= d this problem for quite a while, but have not had time to try to figure it= out until just now. (Had it with 6.0 - 6.2) When I first boot my machine= , it works great, but after it has been on=0A= for 24 to 48 hours, the ram usage climbs up until there is about 70=0A= megs free. From what I have read, I think this is normal. (560~ megs=0A= in inactive) When the computer gets to this state mp3 playback begins to s= tutter, getting worse and worse. top shows 60 - 85% idle. the machine is = a 2.0 pentium 4 with a gig of ram. I am running x.org 7.1 with gnome 2.16,= gaim, bitchx, azureus and amarok for mp3 playback. (mp3s are on a local d= rive) Using OSS or ESD for playback doesn't seem to make any difference. = I have tried playing mp3s in xmms, and I still get stutters. I even get st= uttering in system sounds. Everything else on the machines seems to be act= ing normaly. No weird errors in any logs that I have found. So, I am wond= ering if anyone can help me track this down, or if anyone has seen somethin= g like this before. Any help would be great! Let me know if more informat= ion is needed.Thanks,Jeremy _________________________________________________________________ Call friends with PC-to-PC calling -- FREE http://get.live.com/messenger/overview=