recording wavs

[Squabsy]

On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 09:27:54 -0400 (EDT), "Net Llama!"
<netllama at linux-sxs.org> said:
> On Wed, 24 Sep 2003, Squabsy wrote:
> > I'm really stumped & frustrated now. My PC is a similar spec to yours
> > Michael  (but with a K6 processor) but my recording, even using this sox
> > rec,  still hangs after 7 mins and creates a 2gb wav file with 7 mins of
> > music then 100 (approx) mins of d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d
> >
> > I was beginning to accept that it might be a ram issue but you only have
> > 256m like me.
> >
> > Disk space seems irrelevant also as it does the same on all my partitions
> > however much/little is free.
> >
> > using a different window manager made only a marginal diff (a few extra
> > seconds at most)
> >
> > I can therefore record an album one track at a time (unless it's Pink
> > Floyd :-) with an 8 min freak out ) but I would like to be able to leave
> > it running for a whole side then come back and slice it up.
> >
> > There must somewhere be an option or setting that I have set incorrectly
> > but I'm blowed if I know what it is
> 
> Have you checked the messages log for errors?  I'm wondering if you have
> faulty hardware somewhere.  Also, which kernel version are you running
> (uname -a)?
> 

Rich at linux:~> uname -a
Linux linux 2.4.20-4GB #1 Mon Mar 17 17:54:44 UTC 2003 i586 unknown
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