Bug#299122: totem: crash when 'snd_intel8x0m' kernel module loaded

[Paul Brossier]

Hi Loïc,

On Thu, Aug 04, 2005 at 10:53:47AM +0200, Loïc Minier wrote:
>         Hi,
> 
> On jeu, aoû 04, 2005, Paul Brossier wrote:
> > i think i just faced this bug or a similar one on a dell inspiron 510m
> > after a fresh sarge install. totem video thread was working fine, but no
> > sound and a crash dialog was opening after 2 seconds or so. the problem
> > was that both i810_audio and snd-intel8x0 were being loaded. adding
> > snd-intel8x0 in /etc/modules and rebooting fixed it.
> 
>  snd_intel8x0m is for modems, I suppose it provide the modem speaker to
>  the OS, but it might also permit I/O, I have no idea.

sorry, me neither. i just did the install on that machine and do not
have access to anymore.

>  Please try to read files with the "playbin" GStreamer element and this
>  module loaded:
>     % gst-launch playbin uri=file:///home/piem/some_video.ogg
> 
>  You can try to set the GStreamer 0.8 audiosink and videosink to
>  "fakesink" via gconf-editor under /system/gstreamer/0.8/.
> 
>  If using the fakesink audiosink avoids the problem, please try with
>  osssink and alsasink.

given that totem-xine is the one installed on desktop installs, i would
not suspect gstreamer, but i may be wrong here.

ciao, piem