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SubjectRe: Sound problems in 2.2.7 and 2.2.8?
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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