[ATrpms-users] Alsa 1.0.13 crashes my system hard

[Axel Thimm]

On Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 11:46:48PM -0500, Barry Stewart wrote:
> Axel Thimm wrote:
> > On Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 12:37:27PM -0500, Barry Stewart wrote:
> >> I upgraded alsa to version 1.0.13 on my FC6 dual core AMD x86_64 (Asus
> >> A8N-VM CSM) system with nVidia sound (AD1986A using snd-hda-intel).  I did
> >> this in an attempt get full surround sound support, which I don't get with
> >> stock FC6 rpms.  However, when I attempt to play a sound (i.e. 
> >> speaker-test -c 6), my system crashes hard.  No keyboard, mouse, not even
> >> a blinking cursor; I have to power cycle the box.  Is any one else having
> >> this problem?
> >>
> >> I'm using the 2.6.18-1.2849 kernel, if that helps.
> > 
> > I have never heard of alsa being able to break your system that
> > hard. What did you update? Both alsa-lib and alsa-driver-(kmdl)?
> > 
> > What graphics card do you have? Is the kernel otherwise tainted?
> > 
> > Do you have a second host to log onto the one with the lasa before the
> > system hangs? If so can you check that it really hangs, or perhaps
> > only the screen freezes?
> 
> I updated alsa-lib, alsa-kmdl, alsa-driver and libasound2.  I have three 
> nvidia cards in a triple-head setup using the latest stable driver from 
> nvidia.

Can you try hanging the system w/o using nvidia's driver? E.g. on an
untainted kernel?

> The system definitely hangs.  I cannot ping or ssh into the box from 
> another computer, even when booting into runlevel 3 and removing the 
> nvidia module.
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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