Bug 1485645

Summary:	Disable var_periodsize as default
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	Reporter:	GV <rhel>
Component:	alsa-lib	Assignee:	Jaroslav Kysela <jkysela>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Ken Benoit <kbenoit>
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Version:	7.4	CC:	c.affolter, jshortt, rasibley
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Description GV 2017-08-26 15:55:20 UTC

Description of problem:

Please consider disabling var_periodsize as default. See:
https://www.spinics.net/lists/alsa-devel/msg61714.html

"The recently added variable period-size feature for dmix & co seems
causing a regression on some old applications; e.g. Audacious aborts
with an error:

  ALSA error: snd_pcm_hw_params_set_buffer_time_near failed: Invalid argument.

As a quick fix, disable the feature as default.  One can still enable
it via asoundrc.

Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1033179
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx>"

Comment 3 Ken Benoit 2017-11-30 18:39:52 UTC

Installed RHEL-7.5-20171129.n.4 different test systems and audio is working fine. Verified the patch is in place in the source of alsa-lib-1.1.4.1-2.el7.src.rpm. Marking as verified.

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2018-04-10 17:09:00 UTC

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2018:0928