[fluid-dev] System freeze when running latest cvs

[Carmelo Piccione]

System info below:
> cat /proc/asound/cards
0 [V8235          ]: VIA8233 - VIA 8235
                    
VIA 8235 with ALC250 at 0x1000, irq 201
1 [modem          ]: VIA82XX-MODEM - VIA 82XX modem
                    
VIA 82XX modem at 0x1400, irq 201

alsa-driver-1.0.10

distro :gentoo amd64 install on a Gateway 7422GX Laptop.

kernel: linux-2.6.14-gentoo-r2 

I compiled with debugging enabled
.
I can't save the error easily because it freezes as it displays. Essentially I run

"fluidsynth myfont.sf2 -v"

and it prints out what I believe is an alsa bank / instrument list,
shows the prompt and freezes about 1 second later. It also says
something about an alsa sequencer device being intialized. I tried
using jack instead. The same problem happens. No errors are apparent in
either case. I suspect its an alsa bug but no other app that uses the
alsa API freezes the system except for fluidsynth (rosegarden, jack,
timidity don't). It feels alot like some sort of bizarre race condition.

Thank you,

Carmelo