Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sat, 22 Jun 1996 20:55:14 -0700 | From | Steve VanDevender <> | Subject | Problem with sound driver in 2.0.0 |
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Chris Adams writes: > I am trying to use the sound driver in 2.0.0 with a ProAudio Spectrum 16 > sound card, and it doesn't work. All I get is: > > Sound: DMA (output) timed out - IRQ/DRQ config error? > > I have tried every combination of IRQ/DMA setting I can think of, and I > still get the above message. I think it used to work with older kernels > (I haven't used the sound card in a while), and it works fine under > MS-DOS (I tried the settings I use under DOS first). > > I have a Intel Triton motherboard with a Pentium 100. I don't have an > Adaptec 1542 (the HOWTOs and READMEs say there are problems with these). > the only other card in the computer (other than video) is a Linksys > NE2000 compatible ethernet card. I have tried with the PAS16 SCSI > configured and without, and with and without the NE2000 driver. This is > all on a RedHat 3.0.3 system upgraded using the packages at RedHat's > site.
I get similar messages with my Gravis Ultrasound, but intermittently. I have only been able to get them to happen while playing DOOM; normal /dev/audio use doesn't seem to trigger it, although something possibly related causes very infrequent and intermittent failures of programs that use /dev/audio. However, in those cases the "DMA (output) timed out" message doesn't appear; the program just says it failed to open /dev/audio that time.
I know there aren't any IRQ or DRQ conflicts on my system, and I have a busmastering SCSI controller that uses DMA and doesn't exhibit problems of this sort. I also believe there was a time when the sound driver didn't exhibit this problem, but sadly I can't remember exactly when I saw the problem start.
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