On Sun, 02 Mar 2008 the mental interface of Ian Zimmerman told: > > Ian> After this alsa upgrade, there's a new unpleasant effect with my > Ian> laptop sound (Intel 82801DB-ICH4 on IBM Thinkpad R40) which used to > Ian> just work. Namely, there seems to be a finite ramp-up time shaved > Ian> off from the beginning of sound files. This happens both with > Ian> "aplay" and "play" (from the sox package), but the effect is more > Ian> pronounced (so to speak) with aplay. For instance, executing > Ian> > Ian> aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Rear_Left.wav > Ian> > Ian> sounds more like "Ir Left". > > Elimar> What is the bug here? aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Rear_Left.wav > Elimar> works as espected. Do you have any more problems to use alsa? > Elimar> Does playing music files work with sound apps, like xmms, > Elimar> audacity etc, well? > > I believe my report was clear enough :-(
Which driver version? I suppose this isn't changed so you're using the same driver as in the working version. Try Debian's alsa-source 1.0.16. There are many fixes for your sondcard! > I don't use this laptop for music - the sounds I play are all of this > type, short blurbs. It could be very helpful to know wether sound works in general or not ;) > Alerts for instant messaging, alerts when my > opponent moves in the chess game, etc. etc. Do you think it is not > a problem when these get cut off? I think the files in /usr/share/sounds/alsa > were meant for accessibility - audible feedback for people who don't > get a full visual one. Still not a problem? Yes, it is unreproducable for me :( Elimar -- On the keyboard of life you have always to keep a finger at the escape key;-)
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