Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 20:56:20 -0500 From: Michael E Mercer <mmercer@nc.rr.com> To: Jim Arnold <jim0266@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sound vchans and gaim sound conflict Message-ID: <3DD99A44.5B10CF49@nc.rr.com> References: <20021118161759.60959.qmail@web13305.mail.yahoo.com>
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Jim, I had this problem for a bit, but just recently cvsup'd source and saw a sound.c change. I rebuilt world and I haven't had that annoying buzzing since.... Not sure if it will help you but its probably worth a try... later Michael Mercer Jim Arnold wrote: > Sometimes when I use Gaim and I get too many sounds > going at once my sound card gets confused and starts a > loud buzzing that can only be stopped by a reboot. > This seems to happen when two people IM me at the same > time. > > I turned off the sound in Gaim for all but incoming > messages but I still have that problem on occasion. > Having to reboot for this is pretty lame. > > My sysctl.conf is set to: hw.snd.pcm0.vchans=4 > Xmms uses dev/dsp0.3 and Gaim uses /drv/dsp0.1 > > Here's my audio card: > pcm0: <AudioPCI ES1373-B> port 0xe800-0xe83f irq 9 at > device 11.0 on pci0 > > The above did eliminate those annoying messages that > another app had grabbed the sound card. Any ideas on > how to get this to stop? Is it just a byproduct of a > cheap sound card? > > Thanks, > Jim > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your site > http://webhosting.yahoo.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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