I'm a long-time listener/first-time caller and would like to know what I should do to have my patch examined. I've included a description of the patch below. Cheers, -chris ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [reference: python-Patches #412553] Problem: test_linuxaudiodev.py failed with "Resource temporarily busy message" (under the cvs version of python) Analysis: The lad_write() method attempts to write continuously to /dev/dsp (or equivalent); when the audio buffer fills, write() returns an error code and errorno is set to EAGAIN, indicating that the device buffer is full. The lad_write() interprets this as an error and instead of trying to write again returns NULL. Solution: Use select() to check when the audio device becomes writable and test for EAGAIN after doing a write(). I've submitted patch #412553 that implements this solution. (use python21-lihnuxaudiodev.c-version2.diff). With this patch, test_linuxaudiodev.py passes. This patch may also be relevant for the python 2.0.1 bugfix release. System configuration: linux kernel 2.4.2 and 2.4.3 SMP on a dual processor i686 with the soundblaster live value soundcard.