<crimsun> poolie: RE: 122215, can you reproduce the symptoms using another app (not Skype), e.g., Rhythmbox directed to play through your usb headset? <poolie> how can i tell rhythmbox to play through my headset? <crimsun> System> Preferences> Sound <poolie> oh, that's new <crimsun> you may need to restart Rhythmbox for it to take effect <poolie> cool <poolie> hm * poolie has a sense of dread <poolie> oh well, i'll try it <crimsun> I have a feeling it's linux-source-2.6.20, specifically snd-usb-audio.ko, since there's something funky in the ALSA usb driver right now. <poolie> so far so good <poolie> i'll let you know <poolie> it does seems unlikely that a solely userspace bug could cause such a hard hang <poolie> there is a lot of distortion <crimsun> that can be tweaked with alsa-lib parameters like sample method and virtual device usage <poolie> interesting <crimsun> I'm more concerned about possible mutex abuse <poolie> after playing for a while it gets distorted; kind of ringing maybe? <poolie> stopping and restarting fixes it <poolie> i've heard this with skype as well and thought it was just network dropouts <crimsun> that symptom is alsa-lib's fault <crimsun> should be fixed in gutsy <crimsun> anyhow, apologies for being offtopic; just figured I'd ping you in this channel since you're present <poolie> not at all <poolie> thanks <poolie> do you work at canonical? <crimsun> no <poolie> is there any workaround for the alsalib bug? <crimsun> unfortunately, no <crimsun> I'd be interested in seeing if you can reproduce the distortion with `aplay -Dplughw:1 /usr/share/sounds/*up.wav` (you'll need to close Rhythmbox first)
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