Re: Sound error: Couldn't allocate DMA buffer
Quoting 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.
No, that should make things worse.
> I have no
> idea what is causing this. Anyone seen this before?
Look at the May 1999 archives for this list, with the subject
Can't allocate DMA buffer
(as opposed to Couldn't!) for a clearer explanation than I could give.
Cheers,
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