[ut2004] hit-hit-hitching on debian etch

Abram B Olson schwarzgerat at gmail.com
Fri May 4 05:04:09 EDT 2007


Looks like snd_hda_intel


On Fri, 2007-05-04 at 15:40 +0100, Alex Boag-Munroe wrote:
> Out of curiousity what sound driver are you using for your sound card?
> 
> On 04/05/07, Abram B Olson <schwarzgerat at gmail.com> wrote:
>         Nope all I'm running normally is a gnome desktop. I've been
>         closing all 
>         open applications before I start the game. I've even tried
>         stopping the
>         gdm session and starting the game from the terminal using
>         xinit ut2004
>         and it still does it.
>         
>         I've actually already tried the 1000Hz setting. By default
>         debian uses 
>         250Hz so I learned how to compile my own kernel and changed it
>         to
>         1000Hz. I've also tried all three schedulers just to see if
>         some goofy
>         scheduling was causing this.
>         
>         
>         Abe
>         
>         
>         On Fri, 2007-05-04 at 09:23 +0100, Alex Boag-Munroe wrote: 
>         > Have you got any funky visual programs running on your
>         desktop or
>         > desktop widgets or anything like that?
>         >
>         > Also as per a previous thread on this list, check the kernel
>         timer in
>         > the kernel config.  It doesn't affect everyone like this,
>         but it did 
>         > me.  Should be set to 1000Hz.
>         >
>         > On 03/05/07, Abram B Olson <schwarzgerat at gmail.com> wrote:
>         >         yep still does it. So it's probably not the audio. 
>         >
>         >
>         >         On Thu, 2007-05-03 at 15:13 -0400, Michael wrote:
>         >         > try starting with --nosound, that might help
>         isolate the
>         >         problem.
>         >         >
>         >         > > Ok I did that and it did seem to lessen the
>         hitching quite 
>         >         a bit although
>         >         > > it did not go away entirely.
>         >         > >
>         >         > > Just to clarify, in /usr/lib there was
>         libopenal.so.0
>         >         which was a link to 
>         >         > > libopenal.so.0.0.0.0 does it matter which one I
>         copy to
>         >         the games System
>         >         > > directory and do I need to rename it to
>         libopenal.so?
>         >         > > 
>         >         > > Also, any other suggestions? I'm not afraid to
>         compile my
>         >         own kernel if
>         >         > > that's what it takes :-)
>         >         > >
>         >         > > Thanks again. You all are awesome. 
>         >         > >
>         >         > > Abe
>         >         > > Sent via BlackBerry from Cingular Wireless
>         >         > >
>         >         > > -----Original Message-----
>         >         > > From: "Steve Ellis" < icarus.lnx at gmail.com>
>         >         > > Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 11:43:00
>         >         > > To:ut2004 at icculus.org
>         >         > > Subject: Re: [ut2004] hit-hit-hitching on debian
>         etch 
>         >         > >
>         >         > > Try forcing it to use the system provided
>         openal.so driver
>         >         provided,
>         >         > > I've seen it cause problems like this with ALSA
>         >         > > 
>         >         > > copy your system openal.so into the
>         ut2004/system...at
>         >         least it's
>         >         > > worked for me and a few others...
>         >         > >
>         >         > > 
>         >         > >
>         >         > > On 5/3/07, Abram B Olson
>         <schwarzgerat at gmail.com> wrote:
>         >         > >> Ok so now that I can play the game I've found
>         that it is 
>         >         hitching like
>         >         > >> crazy. I'm using the stock debian kernel for
>         etch, I've
>         >         tried both the
>         >         > >> nvidia 97.55 and 100.14.03 drivers and my
>         hardware is 
>         >         this:
>         >         > >>
>         >         > >> core2 duo E6400
>         >         > >> asus p5b
>         >         > >> 2 gigs ddr2 6400
>         >         > >> nvidia 8800gts 
>         >         > >> on-board audio
>         >         > >> 1280x1024 native resolution lcd
>         >         > >>
>         >         > >> It happens regardless of the settings in game.
>         It feels 
>         >         like the game
>         >         > >> just isn't responding for a fraction of a
>         second.
>         >         > >>
>         >         > >> I've played ut2004 in linux many times before
>         and I've 
>         >         never seen it do
>         >         > >> this.
>         >         > >>
>         >         > >> Anyone have any suggestions for things to look
>         at that
>         >         might be causing
>         >         > >> this?
>         >         > >>
>         >         > >>
>         >         > >> Abe
>         >         > >>
>         >         > >>
>         >         > >
>         >         > 
>         >         >
>         >
>         >
>         >
>         >
>         > --
>         > Alex Boag-Munroe
>         >
>         > Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an
>         emergency on
>         > mine.
>         
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Alex Boag-Munroe
> 
> Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on
> mine.




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