Solved. I took amigos advice and this little pup went to play with the big dogs over at linuxquestions.org The answer lies with the kernel configuration options (CONFIG_HZ, CONFIG_NO_HZ, CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS) and hardware clocks precision. Also running under any debugger/tracer (strace included) w...

Thanks amigo, I will do so.

Greetings, Can anyone tell me if the time shown with "strace -T" for each system call is at all representative of the actual time taken when the program executes that sys_call? For example I write a program in C with a printf("hello"); then I do a strace with the -T option, among...

Hi,

I suspect it's the shoddy coding in the flash plug-in that does not release the sound card
when it's done playing.

Nooby,

If I'm not mistaken the 196KH refers to 196KHz sampling rate that the
newer HDaudio sound cards can support.

When ever I make recordings, I always set my sample rate to 44.1KHz,
more then good enough.

Here it is.
Hope it's of help.

No problem, will do so.

Nooby, Some laptops (like mine), have no line input at all. As you may know, the sensitivity of the mic input is around 2 -3 millivolts where as line input is around 700 miilivolts hence the distortion when feeding inputs that are meant for the line in into the mic in. Also the mic input has a small...

I'm also willing to bet that a lot of the technology the authorities use to
spy on us is Linux/open source based.

Talk about making a rod for your own back.

Hi nooby, Your anonymity on the internet is the least of your worries. How about things like your phone calls, credit card purchases, the books you lend from the library, the medicines you buy, your credit record, where you eat with your family and friends? Personally I don't give a monkey's #$% tha...

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Thank you seaside, I suspect your example will be of help to many.