Description of Problem: When using the default xmms and esd with the Red Hat 8 distribution (versions 1:1.2.7-13.p and 1:0.2.28-1, respectively), the playlist occasionaly stops, giving me an error dialog that it could not output audio. When I hit play, everything works again for a while. This happens with varying frequency, but it's normally about once an hour. I'm using the Gnome desktop, my soundcard is an AC97 which is (i believe) using the i810 driver. I have a Dell Latitude C610 laptop. Here are the messages logged to /var/log/messages when the error occurs: Dec 10 16:02:31 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-slot-1 Dec 10 16:02:31 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-service-1-0 How Reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. open xmms with a playlist 2. hit play Actual Results: Occasionally, play stops and I must close an error message Expected Results: It should play until I hit stop Additional Information: I have attached more of my /var/log/messages file which pertains to the loading of the sound card driver on boot, as well as a screenshot of the error message.
Created attachment 88304 [details] error screenshot
Created attachment 88305 [details] soundcard detection messages in /var/log/messages
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 64069 ***
I had the same occasional problem. I noticed that my esd was being started with the option "-as 2" (free audio device after 2 seconds inactivity) and I also noticed that my xmms defaulted to a pause of 2 seconds between tracks. I thought there might be a conflict there, so I changed the esd option to "-as 5" in /etc/esd.conf and restarted esd. Xmms has been running perfectly for me ever since, so it seems to have worked for me. Hope this helps.