X still locks up

[Gwyn Judd]

On Sun, Jul 09, 2000 at 01:58:42AM +0100, Iain Sandoe wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Jul 08, 2000 at 11:06:40PM +0100, Iain Sandoe wrote:
> >> Three things:
> >>
> >> 1/ did you try the backported audio stuff I posted yesterday - there were
> >> some issues that were resolved between 2.2.xx and 2.3/4.xx these should be
> >> present in the backport.  It does work OK against 2.2.17pre10-ben1.
> >
> > Oh whoops can you send that to me or tell me where I can get it? I
> > thought it was part of bens kernel.
>
> Well, I wish it might be one day - but it's quite new (yesterday) and it
> will take a bit more testing before it's accepted.
>
> here's the URL:
>
> http://quimby.gnus.org/circus/dmasound_backport.patch.bz2
>
> (but there's no reference to it anywhere higher up so use something like
> anarchie/interarchy get via http - or whatever).

Okay I tried that one by applying the patch to the current stable kernel
(2.2.17 I believe). Once gnome started up I got an error message "No
mixers found". When I tried to play an mp3 through xmms X locked up
completely although I was able to change VT's, however I was unable to
kill X or reboot properly. Oh well at least fsck is getting a work-out
this week :).

I'm going back to 2.2.14 for a bit to see if I get the same problem with
a slightly older kernel.

--
Gwyn Judd (b.judd at xtra.co.nz)
I hate quotations.

		-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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