--- arts-1.3.2.orig/flow/audioioalsa9.cc	2004-05-26 20:50:18.000000000 +0200
+++ arts-1.3.2/flow/audioioalsa9.cc	2005-05-20 11:08:54.000000000 +0200
@@ -263,15 +263,40 @@
 
 int AudioIOALSA::getParam(AudioParam p)
 {
+	snd_pcm_sframes_t avail;
 	switch(p) {
 
         case canRead:
 		if (! m_pcm_capture) return -1;
-		return snd_pcm_frames_to_bytes(m_pcm_capture, snd_pcm_avail_update(m_pcm_capture));
+		while ((avail = snd_pcm_avail_update(m_pcm_capture)) < 0) {
+			if (avail == -EPIPE)
+				avail = xrun(m_pcm_capture);
+#ifdef HAVE_SND_PCM_RESUME
+			else if (avail == -ESTRPIPE)
+				avail = resume(m_pcm_capture);
+#endif
+			if (avail < 0) {
+				arts_info("Capture error: %s", snd_strerror(avail));
+				return -1;
+			}
+		}
+		return snd_pcm_frames_to_bytes(m_pcm_capture, avail);
 
 	case canWrite:
 		if (! m_pcm_playback) return -1;
-		return snd_pcm_frames_to_bytes(m_pcm_playback, snd_pcm_avail_update(m_pcm_playback));
+		while ((avail = snd_pcm_avail_update(m_pcm_playback)) < 0) {
+			if (avail == -EPIPE)
+				avail = xrun(m_pcm_playback);
+#ifdef HAVE_SND_PCM_RESUME
+			else if (avail == -ESTRPIPE)
+				avail = resume(m_pcm_playback);
+#endif
+			if (avail < 0) {
+				arts_info("Playback error: %s", snd_strerror(avail));
+				return -1;
+			}
+		}
+		return snd_pcm_frames_to_bytes(m_pcm_playback, avail);
 
 	case selectReadFD:
 		return -1;