[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#238212: pcm.c:5889: snd_pcm_mmap_commit still fails; even in 1.0.3b

[Fernando J. Rodríguez]

Package: libasound2
Version: 1.0.3b-1
Severity: normal
Followup-For: Bug #238212


I've just updated libasound2 from 1.0.2c to 1.0.3b and many ALSA-using
programs became broken.

One of such programs is ogg123 which after playing some file for a little while
(using -d alsa09) crashes with this message:

ogg123: pcm.c:5899: snd_pcm_mmap_commit: Assertion `frames <= snd_pcm_mmap_avail(pcm)' failed.

Another such program is artsd, which simply does not start (at KDE start time),
and then in turn a lot of arts-using programs fail.

I didn't manage to reproduce the bug when artsd is manually started from a terminal,
but if I set up artsmessage from kcontrol to report debugging information, I get
a bunch of windows saying:

Sound server warning message:
unix_connect: can't connect to server (unix:/tmp/mcop-groucho/antro-046a-406f565c)


After downgrading libasound2 back to 1.0.2c everything started to work fine again.

I advice this bug to be considered of "important" rather than of "normal" severity,
because at least for me it has a major effect on the usability of the package, but
(who knows?) it does not render the package completely unusable to everyone.

Regards,
Herr Groucho


-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.3-1-k7
Locale: LANG=es_AR, LC_CTYPE=es_AR

Versions of packages libasound2 depends on:
ii  libc6                       2.3.2.ds1-11 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an

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