[ALSA - driver 0000671]: ALSA sound cuts out w/ message: ALSA sound/pci/via82xx.c:737: invalid via82xx_cur_ptr, using last valid pointer

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<https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/view.php?id=671> 
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Reported By:                brentcfisher
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    ALSA - driver
Issue ID:                   671
Category:                   PCI - via82xx
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   minor
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     new
Distribution:               Gentoo
Kernel Version:             2.6.8.1
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Date Submitted:             11-24-2004 06:36 CET
Last Modified:              11-25-2004 06:45 CET
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Summary:                    ALSA sound cuts out w/ message: ALSA
sound/pci/via82xx.c:737: invalid via82xx_cur_ptr, using last valid pointer
Description: 
Particularily noticeable when watching a DVD via xine using AC3 Pass
Through.  Sound will cut out momentarily (usually for no more than a
second).  The skip is always accompanied by multiples of this message in
the /var/log/messages file:

Nov 23 22:33:06 hostname ALSA sound/pci/via82xx.c:737: invalid
via82xx_cur_ptr, using last valid pointer
Nov 23 22:33:06 hostname ALSA sound/pci/via82xx.c:737: invalid
via82xx_cur_ptr, using last valid pointer
Nov 23 22:33:06 hostname ALSA sound/pci/via82xx.c:737: invalid
via82xx_cur_ptr, using last valid pointer

These messages appear in the log file once or twice a minute although the
sound only noticable cuts out every few minutes .  Very annoying on an
HTPC.
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 brentcfisher - 11-25-04 01:59 
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No, it's not a Realtek chip - ICEnsemble VT1616i is reported.  But the
symptoms do sound very similar to those that you report.  Have you
recompiled your kernel to enable Alsa debugging?  The messages did not
appear in the log until I had enabled this debugging.

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 squarooticus - 11-25-04 06:45 
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I enabled debugging, but don't see any interesting messages when this
problem occurs.  (I've seen similar invalid ptr messages from the
intel_8x0 code, but they don't always occur in relation to this problem. 
I think the two are separate, though they may be triggered by the same
conditions.)

Issue History
Date Modified  Username       Field                    Change              
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11-24-04 06:36 brentcfisher   New Issue                                    
11-24-04 06:36 brentcfisher   Distribution              => Gentoo          
11-24-04 06:36 brentcfisher   Kernel Version            => 2.6.8.1         
11-24-04 06:47 brentcfisher   Note Added: 0002541                          
11-24-04 06:48 brentcfisher   Issue Monitored: brentcfisher                    
11-24-04 23:50 squarooticus   Note Added: 0002584                          
11-25-04 01:59 brentcfisher   Note Added: 0002585                          
11-25-04 06:45 squarooticus   Note Added: 0002586                          
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