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when i enter

"modprobe slamr"

this is my modem driver, it tells me its tainted adn i should visit tux.org/something for more info and it said it was loaded with warnings :000!

then when I enter

"slmodemd"


[root@localhost epro]# slmodemd
SmartLink Soft Modem: version 2.9.6 Feb 29 2004 18:44:05
modem `slamr0' created. TTY is `/dev/pts/1'
symbolic link `/dev/ttySL0' -> `/dev/pts/1' created.
Use `/dev/ttySL0' as modem device, Ctrl+C for termination.

looks right, right?
not exactly
If i start playing music it will go into a complete freeze
I mean a COMPLETE freeze mouse is frozen and everything
it works just fine in windows


and when i hit control - c and start playign music....

IT WORKS!

when I play music before connecting it wont freeze untill i switch songs

it freezes when ANY kind of audio is played...CD,MP3, and even sound server

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The symptoms described by — a complete system freeze whenever audio and the modem user-space component are both active — fit a class of problems seen with integrated modem/sound hardware and/or buggy binary drivers. and suspected the combo-chip angle, and pointed at BIOS/resource workarounds; the next step is to gather decisive diagnostic data so the cause can be confirmed rather than guessed.

Collect kernel and resource information while reproducing the freeze (or just before it). Useful commands to run now and to paste back when asking for help:

uname -a
dmesg -T | tail -n 200
journalctl -k -b
lspci -nnk
cat /proc/interrupts
lsmod

If the machine hard-freezes and local logs disappear, capture kernel output remotely (serial console or netconsole) from another host so the kernel oops or panic trace can be preserved. Also try reproducing the problem on a current live Linux image or newer kernel to check whether the issue is already fixed upstream.

Isolation tests to try next (one change at a time): stop or unload the modem user-space/service and retest audio; boot with IRQ-related kernel boot options (temporary test) or try a kernel that changes IRQ handling; and test audio with a minimal player (ALSA/OSS) to rule out the sound-server layer. If kernel oops messages implicate the vendor/firmware module, note that binary-only drivers often require vendor support; include the logged oops text when reporting.

When posting results back, include the exact kernel version and the outputs requested above. That will let responders determine whether this is a resource/IRQ conflict, a kernel-driver oops, or a configuration issue, and point to a targeted fix instead of replacement-by-guesswork.

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This may not be of great help, but those modem + sound-in-one combo cards seem to be nothing but a pain. Sometimes even when used in Windows with the manufacturer's drivers. Which card is this in particular?

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Link i686 said, if you have one of those modem/sound card combos... well, good luck getting it to work. I spent a week looking at documentation for the riptide drivers for the soundcard that comes on this hp pavilion 8776c. The modules would not work, so i looked on google groups and found that NOBODY has gotten the riptide drivers to work. So once I get more monies, I'm going to purchase a cheap sound card.

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when i enter

"modprobe slamr"

this is my modem driver, it tells me its tainted adn i should visit tux.org/something for more info and it said it was loaded with warnings.

If i start playing music it will go into a complete freeze
I mean a COMPLETE freeze mouse is frozen and everything
it works just fine in windows.

and when i hit control - c and start playing music....
IT WORKS!
when I play music before connecting it wont freeze until i switch songs it freezes when ANY kind of audio is played...CD,MP3, and even sound server

I agree with the others here--get yourself a cheap sound card. The cheapest I would go is a SoundBlaster Live! OEM, at about $30 US. It's well-supported(!) under Linux and decent.

Until that time, go into your BIOS setup screen, find the item Plug and Play aware OS (or something like that-- it may vary) and set it to NO (default is usually YES). It doesn't matter for Windows and it interferes with Linux. This may well clear things up for you.

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Buying a cheap sound card might be the best solution. Especially since you have seemed to have had lots of trouble with these drivers from the very beginning!

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