[ale] Bizarre sound problem... anyone know?

[Geoffrey]

Stab in the dark with dull fork, dma???

Ken Arromdee wrote:
> I just got a new hard drive and Mandrake 9.0.
> 
> The problem is: When I play a DVD with Xine (and Alsa 0.9), I get wobbly
> sound.  The sound card is a Shark Predator ISA.  Kernel is 2.4.19-16mdk.
> 
> Some details:
> -- The problem happens only when sound plays while the DVD drive's light is
> on.  If I replay a section of a DVD that was just played, there is no sound
> problem because the data is cached and not being read from the drive.
> -- In fact, I can play a DVD silently and run a separate program that makes
> sound, like an MP3 player.  The sound still has problems whenever the DVD
> drive's light is on.
> -- The problem doesn't happen on Mandrake 8.0, which is what I had on my old
> drive, even using the exact same versions of Xine and Alsa (and compiling an
> old Alsa on Mandrake 9 is an adventure by itself).  If I swap in my old drive
> and boot off of it, sound is fine.
> -- Yes, I have DMA enabled for the drive.
> 
> I'm completely at a loss here--all I can think of that could cause this is
> kernel bugs.  (And there's no way I could find those.)
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-- 
Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net

I didn't have to buy my radio from a specific company to listen
to FM, why doesn't that apply to the Internet (anymore...)?

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