Re: hdd & sound

Mike (mike@oxlug.org)
Sat, 14 Aug 1999 12:27:04 +0100 (BST)


On Thu, 12 Aug 1999, Scandella Florian wrote:

> I read the thread about hdd & sound in the mailing list archive. I don't
> want to subscribe to the kernel list, so I ask you to forward this mail,
> please.
>
Ok. No problem.

> I have the same problem with sound. I think in the kernel is something
> wrong with DMA's. If linux fscks my partions on booting, esd does not
> start afterwards. It says something about DMA and to few memory ( No I
> have memory : X works ).
>
Uhm. You are running out of DMA memory - there is a strict limit on what
memory can be used for DMA, and the sound modules need a sizeable chunk of
this. I can't see why fscking should eat DMA memory, but it is possible.

> I have linux 2.2.10, scsi hd, isa soundcard ( es1688 ), alsa drivers (
> oss/lite is the same ), Celeron 400 Mhz, 128Mb Ram.
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> Flo
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