--- libao2/ao_alsa9.c.orig	Wed Jul 30 11:29:25 2003
+++ libao2/ao_alsa9.c	Wed Jul 30 13:37:28 2003
@@ -722,18 +722,9 @@
 {
     int err;
 
-    if (!ao_noblock) {
-      //drain causes error in nonblock-mode!
-      if ((err = snd_pcm_drain(alsa_handler)) < 0)
-	{
-	  printf("alsa-pause: pcm drain error: %s\n", snd_strerror(err));
-	  return;
-	}
-    }
-    else {
-      if (verbose>0)
-	printf("alsa-pause: paused nonblock\n");
-
+    if ((err = snd_pcm_drop(alsa_handler)) < 0)
+    {
+      printf("alsa-pause: pcm drop error: %s\n", snd_strerror(err));
       return;
     }
 }