[Sheflug] Xfree and sound - the saga is now on hold

["Chris J/#6" <nospam [at] nccnet.co.uk>]

Well...after fiddling with X and various kernels, I did the only thing I 
hadn't actually done...

I downgraded from XFree 4.0.3 to XFree 3.3.6, and I'm pleased to say that 
the sound now plays quite happily whilst an ls -l is going on in other 
windows.

So...I conclude that XFree86 4 is not very friendly on other hardware. 
Maybe it's becuase I've got an ISA sound card? Maybe it's because my 
machine can't handle huge amounts of bandiwdth being passed over its busses?

What ever XFree 4 does, Xfree 3.3 doesn't, and that's all that matters...so 
now I can listen to music without it stuttering.

I may revisit this at some point, and stick XFree 4 back on six months down 
the line after XFree 4.1 has been released...until then, I'm happy not 
being at the cutting edge :)

Chris...


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