On Wed, 27 Dec 2006, Michael Lorenz wrote:

> 'digital transfer mode' is simply 'rip the CD and feed the data to
> /dev/audio' or something like that. Looks like ripping doesn't work as
> intended here.

Yeah, well it doesn't work whether I use "digital" or not.  The only 
difference is whether or not I get those nasty missed interrupts!  :)

It's a relatively new box, so it shouldn't be using any obsolete HW.