[pulseaudio-discuss] skipping sound for one user, but not the other

[Leo List]

I have two users on my box. For one user, the sound works perfectly, the
other experiences 'skips'. starting pulseadio with -vvv gives the
following output (edited)

----------------------- works ----------------

I: client.c: Client 5 changed name from "Native client (UNIX socket
client)" to "ALSA plug-in [amarokapp]"
I: module-volume-restore.c: Restoring sink for
<pulsecore/protocol-native.c$ALSA plug-in [amarokapp]>
I: module-volume-restore.c: Restoring volume for
<pulsecore/protocol-native.c$ALSA plug-in [amarokapp]>
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Trying resume...
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Resumed successfully...
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Starting playback.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.hw_0_1 becomes idle.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.hw_0_1 becomes busy.
I: resampler.c: Using resampler 'speex-float-1'
I: resampler.c: Using float32le as working format.
I: resampler.c: Choosing speex quality setting 1.
I: sink-input.c: Created input 0 "ALSA Playback" on alsa_output.hw_0_1
with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map
front-left,front-right
D: memblockq.c: memblockq requested: maxlength=4194304, tlength=176384,
base=4, prebuf=154336, minreq=22048
D: memblockq.c: memblockq sanitized: maxlength=4194304, tlength=176384,
base=4, prebuf=154336, minreq=22048

--------------------------------------------------

----------------------- skips ---------------------
I: client.c: Created 0 "Native client (UNIX socket client)"
I: protocol-native.c: Got credentials: uid=1001 gid=100 success=1
I: protocol-native.c: Enabled SHM for new connection
I: client.c: Client 0 changed name from "Native client (UNIX socket
client)" to "amarokapp"
I: module-volume-restore.c: Restoring sink for
<pulsecore/protocol-native.c$amarokapp>
I: module-volume-restore.c: Restoring volume for
<pulsecore/protocol-native.c$amarokapp>
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Trying resume...
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Resumed successfully...
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Starting playback.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.hw_0_1 becomes idle.
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.hw_0_1 becomes busy.
I: resampler.c: Using resampler 'speex-float-1'
I: resampler.c: Using float32le as working format.
I: resampler.c: Choosing speex quality setting 1.
I: sink-input.c: Created input 0 "Audio Stream" on alsa_output.hw_0_1
with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map
front-left,front-right
D: memblockq.c: memblockq requested: maxlength=132300, tlength=88200,
base=4, prebuf=86436, minreq=1764
D: memblockq.c: memblockq sanitized: maxlength=132300, tlength=88200,
base=4, prebuf=86436, minreq=1764

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Now to state the obvious, the major difference is around the requested
memory block

My questions are:

      * Would this explain the skipping
      * Why would this be different. There are no special files in
        ~/.pulse
      * How can I increase the size of the memory block


Thanks,

Leo

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