[Python-Dev] test_ossaudiodev hanging again (original) (raw)

Mark Hammond mhammond@skippinet.com.au
Sun, 27 Apr 2003 13:00:29 +1000

[Greg]

On 25 April 2003, Guido van Rossum said: > It probably never stopped hanging. It only runs when you pass > "-u audio" to regrtest though. > > I note that it passes for me with Red Hat 7.3, so you might want to > upgrade. :-)

Could be hardware, or it could be the device driver in the kernel. Jeremy, what audio software do you use regularly -- xmms? play? anything? ossaudiodev currently goes to great pains to open the audio device in what seems to be the right way, but I have no idea if it really is.

It fails for me too, RH8:

Linux bobcat 2.4.18-14 #1 Wed Sep 4 13:35:50 EDT 2002 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

Install is pure vanilla on an asus laptop. As far as I can tell, there is no sound driver installed (but I'm not sure :) Gnome desktop is not starting the "sound server". I have never heard a sound through these speakers under Linux (so the fact Python can't play a sound isn't a problem, but the fact write() hangs is)

Note that as mentioned this only fails/hangs when the audio resource is enabled, so in general I don't have a problem but thought the data point may be interesting.

Mark.