Bug#284981: libarts1: frequent static and skipping of audio

[Kevin McKernan <screamkev@comcast.net>]

Package: libarts1
Version: 1.3.2-1
Severity: important


Since upgrading to the latest version of aRts and restarting the sound server, the audio 
skips and there is static while doing nearly anything involving more than just typing or 
moving the mouse in X. This includes switching virtual desktops, minimizing or 
maximizing windows, and even switching tabs in Firefox.

Downgrading to the libarts1 3.1-1 available in testing resolves this problem completely 
(at the cost of breaking some -dev package dependencies, forcing me to remove them). Only 
aRts output is affected, which is unfortunate, as I use JuK to listen to all of my music 
and this essentially makes it unlistenable.

In case any of this information may help, I use a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz soundcard using 
the Cirrus Logic ALSA Module available in the kernel (SND_CS46XX). I also have an nVidia 
GeForce 2 MX which I use the NVIDIA drivers for (currently using version 6629).

Sorry if my description isn't helpful enough. I can try to elaborate if you need me to.

Thanks.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.9
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages libarts1 depends on:
ii  libartsc0         1.3.2-1                aRts Sound system C support librar
ii  libasound2        1.0.7-3                ALSA library
ii  libaudio2         1.7-1                  The Network Audio System (NAS). (s
ii  libaudiofile0     0.2.6-5                Open-source version of SGI's audio
ii  libc6             2.3.2.ds1-19           GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libesd-alsa0 [lib 0.2.35-2               Enlightened Sound Daemon (ALSA) - 
ii  libgcc1           1:3.4.3-4              GCC support library
ii  libglib2.0-0      2.4.8-1                The GLib library of C routines
ii  libice6           4.3.0.dfsg.1-8         Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libjack0.80.0-0   0.99.0-2               JACK Audio Connection Kit (librari
ii  libmad0           0.15.1b-1              MPEG audio decoder library
ii  libogg0           1.1.0-1                Ogg Bitstream Library
ii  libpng12-0        1.2.8rel-1             PNG library - runtime
ii  libqt3c102-mt     3:3.3.3-7              Qt GUI Library (Threaded runtime v
ii  libsm6            4.3.0.dfsg.1-8         X Window System Session Management
ii  libstdc++5        1:3.3.5-3              The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libvorbis0a       1.0.1+gt3b2+20040215-3 The Vorbis General Audio Compressi
ii  libvorbisenc2     1.0.1+gt3b2+20040215-3 The Vorbis General Audio Compressi
ii  libvorbisfile3    1.0.1+gt3b2+20040215-3 The Vorbis General Audio Compressi
ii  libx11-6          4.3.0.dfsg.1-8         X Window System protocol client li
ii  libxext6          4.3.0.dfsg.1-8         X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii  libxt6            4.3.0.dfsg.1-8         X Toolkit Intrinsics
ii  xlibs             4.3.0.dfsg.1-8         X Window System client libraries m
ii  zlib1g            1:1.2.2-4              compression library - runtime

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