diff -ur alsa-lib-1.0.10.orig/src/pcm/pcm_dmix.c alsa-lib-1.0.10/src/pcm/pcm_dmix.c
--- alsa-lib-1.0.10.orig/src/pcm/pcm_dmix.c	2006-03-06 10:23:44 +0200
+++ alsa-lib-1.0.10/src/pcm/pcm_dmix.c	2006-03-06 10:27:55 +0200
@@ -532,6 +532,12 @@
 			return 0;
 		}
 	}
+
+	if (dmix->state == SND_PCM_STATE_XRUN) {
+		snd_pcm_dmix_drop(pcm);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	stop_threshold = pcm->stop_threshold;
 	if (pcm->stop_threshold > pcm->buffer_size)
 		pcm->stop_threshold = pcm->buffer_size;