[PlanetCCRMA] alsaplayer failure

[Steve Harris]

On Fri, Dec 27, 2002 at 05:19:46 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote:
> On Mon, 2002-12-23 at 06:10, Steve Harris wrote:
> > On Sun, Dec 22, 2002 at 09:50:01 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote:
> > > [mark@Godzilla mark]$ alsaplayer
> > > alsaplayer: pcm.c:6293: snd_pcm_unlink_ptr: Assertion `0' failed.
> > > AlsaPlayer interrupted by signal 6
> > 
> > Yes, exactly the same, last time I tried it (before apt updateing) it was
> > an assertion failure in the hammerfall code though.
> > 
> Steve,
>    I'm just home now and getting back to all of this. What exactly do
> you mean "an assertion failure in the hammerfall code". Are you saying
> that the Hammerfall driver isn't working right? If so, we should ask to
> get it fixed, or fix it ourselves. 

I think that the assertion message come fomr in the Hammerfall code last
time I checked it, but its not now.

I suspect these problems are what Fernando reported with alsaplayer not
liking multichannel cards.
 
>    Is 'pcm.c' a part of the Hammerfall or Alsa driver, and not part fo
> Alsaplayer?

I think its ALSA.

- Steve