Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: nm256_audio.o | From | NyQuist <> | Date | 12 Feb 2002 16:31:59 +0000 |
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On Tue, 2002-02-12 at 16:14, Bruce Harada wrote: > On 12 Feb 2002 16:02:15 +0000 > NyQuist <NyQuist@ntlworld.com> wrote: > > > Hi > > I've a problem with this module. For some reason it locks up my laptop > > when modprobed. I'm running redhat's 2.4.7-10 on an i686 and i'm using > > the neomagic 256 chipset which I believe is a graphics/sound combination > > (with 4 meg or so of mem), the comp is a dell latitude ls. > > The card does work, as it runs under the commercial oss drivers, thing > > is because the machine locks tight running the kernel 256_audio, I can't > > get any debug information, the machine has to be physically > > unplugged/debatteried (lucky I run ext3 :) Not even a messages error. > > Anyone with any info? I'm gonna have a look and try to debug, but i'm no > > kernel hacker. > > A vague memory of when I used to use a neomagic-based laptop tells me that you > might want to try giving lilo (or whatever bootmanager you're using) a > parameter to limit your memory to 1MB less than your actual memory... although > this is from way back in 2.2.[789] days, I think. (For lilo, that would mean > typing mem=xxxM or adding append="mem=xxxM" to /etc/lilo.conf, where xxx is > your total RAM minus 1.) Still not working, but thanks for the info anyway. Tried with 1,2 and a couple of megs down from the physical memory from meminfo, but still no dice. Afaik, i remember something about the memory of the graphics and audio being shared, and since X cuts in first, it gobbles the memory up. Not sure about that one as it still doesn't work if i run init3 and kill X.
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