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SubjectRe: Sound error: Couldn't allocate DMA buffer
On Wed, Jun 30, 1999 at 01:56:08PM +0200, Brian Schau wrote:
> Daniele Bernardini wrote:
> >
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > I keep on getting this error.
> > Dunno what it means, but my sound system works fine, apart from
> > some rare case when I get no sound at all from KDE. Restarting KDE
> > everything works fine again. Probably this is not even related.
> >
> > I have an AWE64 isa pnp.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Daniele
>
>
> I get these errors too, from time to time. Re-inserting the sound
> modules usually cures the problem ...
>

I had this problem too, but the solution seems to be to edit
your /etc/modules file (Debian) and load the sound module like this:

sound dmabuf=1
<insert your other sound stuff later>

Read linux/Documentation/sound/README.modules.

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