Re: 2.3.x sound problems

iehrenwald@earthlink.net
Mon, 29 Nov 1999 21:48:50 -0500 (EST)

> I'm using fbcon, but I don't believe scrolling is the sole cause. I'm
> getting the sound dropouts with a quiet screen. Something as simple as
> a cron job kicking off in the background to download mail will trigger a
> sound pause. It seems as if there is no buffering of output where there
> was before.

My previous message just got through to the list [puts foot in mouth].
Alan Cox said :

"Welcome to VESA frame buffer. It uses BIOS functions. These can lock the
interrupts off for a long time. Basically no cure available."

So I guess that just about sums up my problem. Back to text mode for me.
I don't know if that helps you any, but every little bit counts.

--Ian Ehrenwald

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