Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 11 Apr 1999 02:24:08 -0700 (PDT) | From | jumeaux lists <> | Subject | Re: Sound error: Couldn't allocate DMA buffer |
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> > Hi there. I keep getting this sort of thing in my syslog when > > something's trying to play through /dev/dsp: > > > > Apr 9 13:11:29 odin kernel: Sound error: Couldn't allocate DMA buffer > > Apr 9 13:12:00 odin last message repeated 48 times > > Apr 9 13:13:01 odin last message repeated 121 times > > You are out of big physically contigious blobs of memory under 16MBs for > DMA buffers. You can put in dmabuf=1 as an option to sound.o or set a > config param at compile time if you dont use modules.
thanks - thought it might be something to do with fragmentation, but i wasn't aware of the <16mb restrictions on isa cards.
*but*, does this solution apply to kernel 2.0.36? i see it in the docs for 2.2, but not 2.0, and when i try adding
options sound dmabuf=1
in /etc/conf.modules under 2.0.36 and then modprobing sound.o i get:
/lib/modules/2.0.36/misc/sound.o: symbol for parameter dmabuf not found
..unfortunately i've had some problems experimenting with 2.2 and don't want to upgrade yet. anything else i can do? (or does anyone want to come over and help me work the kinks out of 2.2 on my system? ;)
thanks...
-damon
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