Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 15 May 1999 11:36:13 +0100 (GMT) | From | "Alex Butcher(linkern)" <> | Subject | Re: Sound problems in 2.2.7 and 2.2.8? |
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On Thu, 13 May 1999, Tim Smith wrote:
> I've been seeing random sound failures with 2.2.7 and 2.2.8. I ran 2.2.1 > for a long time with no such problems. The problem is sound stops working, > and I get "kernel: Sound error: Couldn't allocate DMA buffer" in my logs, > or "kernel: DMA memory shortage. Temporarily falling back on virtual DMA". > It usually works if I try again a little later, although once it remained > broken until I rebooted. > > Anyone else see this? I'm using a SoundBlaster 32.
Yup, this happens if you run out of ISA DMA'able free memory (the first 16MB).
I pre-load my sound and floppy modules during boot to work around this issue.
> --Tim Smith
Alex (Have I told anyone that PeeCee hardware sucks? :)
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