Index: linuxaudiodev.c
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Modules/linuxaudiodev.c,v
retrieving revision 2.13
diff -c -c -r2.13 linuxaudiodev.c
*** linuxaudiodev.c	2001/01/17 19:31:29	2.13
--- linuxaudiodev.c	2001/03/31 14:41:33
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*** 174,191 ****
  {
      char *cp;
      int rv, size;
! 	
      if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s#:write", &cp, &size)) 
  	return NULL;
  
      while (size > 0) {
          if ((rv = write(self->x_fd, cp, size)) == -1) {
!             PyErr_SetFromErrno(LinuxAudioError);
!             return NULL;
!         }
!         self->x_ocount += rv;
!         size -= rv;
!         cp += rv;
      }
      Py_INCREF(Py_None);
      return Py_None;
--- 174,213 ----
  {
      char *cp;
      int rv, size;
!     fd_set write_set_fds;
!     struct timeval tv;
!     int select_retval;
!     
      if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s#:write", &cp, &size)) 
  	return NULL;
  
+     /* use select to wait for audio device to be available */
+     FD_ZERO(&write_set_fds);
+     FD_SET(self->x_fd, &write_set_fds);
+     tv.tv_sec = 4; /* timeout values */
+     tv.tv_usec = 0; 
+ 
      while (size > 0) {
+       select_retval = select(self->x_fd+1, NULL, &write_set_fds, NULL, &tv);
+       tv.tv_sec = 1; tv.tv_usec = 0; /* willing to wait this long next time*/
+       if (select_retval) {
          if ((rv = write(self->x_fd, cp, size)) == -1) {
! 	  if (errno != EAGAIN) {
! 	    PyErr_SetFromErrno(LinuxAudioError);
! 	    return NULL;
! 	  } else {
! 	    errno = 0; /* EAGAIN: buffer is full, try again */
! 	  }
!         } else {
! 	  self->x_ocount += rv;
! 	  size -= rv;
! 	  cp += rv;
! 	}
!       } else {
! 	/* printf("Not able to write to linux audio device within %ld seconds\n", tv.tv_sec); */
! 	PyErr_SetFromErrno(LinuxAudioError);
! 	return NULL;
!       }
      }
      Py_INCREF(Py_None);
      return Py_None;