Sound error: Couldn't allocate DMA buffer

[Andy Spiegl <debian-user.andy@spiegl.de>]

Hi!

After my system (kernel 2.2.5) is running for more than a few days,
I can't play sounds anymore and get these syslog messages:

 Aug  4 12:37:40 eule kernel: Sound error: Couldn't allocate DMA buffer

Unloading the sound kernel modules doesn't help either.  I have no
idea what is causing this.  Anyone seen this before?

Some more infos on my system:
>cat /proc/dma 
 1: SoundBlaster8
 2: floppy
 4: cascade
 5: SoundBlaster16

>cat /dev/sndstat
OSS/Free:3.8s2++-971130
Load type: Driver loaded as a module
Kernel: Linux eule 2.2.5 #11 Don Jul 1 15:21:11 CEST 1999 i686
Config options: 0

Installed drivers: 

Card config: 

Audio devices:
0: Sound Blaster 16 (4.16) (DUPLEX)

Synth devices:
0: Yamaha OPL3
1: AWE32-0.4.3 (RAM512k)

Midi devices:
0: Sound Blaster 16
1: AWE Midi Emu

Timers:
0: System clock

Mixers:
0: Sound Blaster

Thanks a lot for any hint!
 Andy.
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