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Date:      Wed, 10 Jun 1998 09:19:41 +0930 (CST)
From:      Michael Gratton <mike@vee.net>
To:        Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>
Cc:        multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: High weirdness with the pcm driver
Message-ID:  <XFMail.980610091941.mike@vee.net>
In-Reply-To: <199806090805.KAA17559@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>

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On 09-Jun-98 Luigi Rizzo wrote:
>>   - The volume balance between the left and right channels may change.
>>   - Normal playback may cease, replaced with static.
> 
> i have heard reports about this.
> 
>> 99 times out of 100 getting X to do something else "non-trivial" (switching
>> between virtual desktops is the easiest way) will kill the static and normal
>> playback will return or the balance will again change.
> 
> this is new to me :)

Yeah, it's real weird.

>> Anyone know why? Will the latest pcm snapshot (snd980607) fix it?
>> 
>> Here's my system's specs:
>>   FreeBSD 2.6.6 (current)
>>   the PCM driver included w/ 2.6.6
> 
> the pcm code in 2.2.6, -stable and -current is the same and based on
> the feb. snapshot. There have been enhancements to the Vibra16 support
> in april, so snd980607 might help. How much, I don't know, but if you
> test it at least i can have some good feedback.

Okay, I'll give snd980607 a try and let you know what happens, but it may take
a while before my machine has to restart - FreeBSD is just far too stable. 8)

What were the Vibra16 imporvements, just out of matter of interest?

/Mike.

* Mike Gratton - mike@vee.net
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