Bug#366429: [Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#366429: alsa-utils: aplay randomly hangs

[Elimar Riesebieter]

On Mon, 08 May 2006 the mental interface of
kronos at kronoz.cjb.net told:

> Package: alsa-utils
> Version: 1.0.11-2
> Severity: normal
> 
> 
> Hello,
> I've already reported this issue upstream but got no replay.

In that case we would do the same, though.

> With the upgrade from 1.0.10 to 1.0.11 aplays randomly hangs,
> sometimes (not always) with the following message:
> 
> *** glibc detected *** free(): invalid pointer: 0x08081628 ***
> 
> When it happens aplay is stuck:
> 
> USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
> /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p    kronos    15872 f...m  aplay
>                      kronos    15874 f...m  aplay
> /dev/snd/timer       kronos    15872 f....  aplay

[...]

> It's not 100% reproducible, but running something like:
> 
>         for i in `seq 1 100`; do aplay whatever.wav; done
> 
> is likely to leave a couple of hung processes. The wav files that I'm
> using are the ones from amsn package (/usr/share/amsn/skin/default/sound).
> 
> Kernel is 2.6.17-rc1, this is the soundcard:

1. This Kernel isn't uploaded to Debian repos -> no official support
   then :(
2. Please build your card driver out of alsa-source 1.0.11-1

Report your test here and let us know about the progress of your
alsa bug report. Which is the #?

> 00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 40)
>         Subsystem: Unknown device 1695:3004
>         Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 5
>         I/O ports at e000 [size=256]
>         Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2
> 
> (it'a VT8233A)

I've noticed some abnormal behaviour of via82xx in the past. Please
have a look at the alsa bts (search for via82xx).

ELimar


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