Re: Sound error: Can't allocate DMA buffer

[Phillip Deackes <gsmh@gmx.li>]

<spectral@hangar18.campus.luth.se> wrote:
> 
>  I had the same problem with some kernels, but with 2.2.14 it works
> fine.
> I saw that there is a patch at www.alsa-project.org , maybe thats what
> you
> need.

I read a few kernels ago that you needed the following in
/etc/modules.conf (or conf.modules, depending on where you are in the
Debian versioning):

options sound	dmabuf=1

I have had this set for some time and have had no problems since with
sound dma buffers. Just make sure you have a reasonable amount of memory
(I have 128MB).

You really need to put this setting in /etc/modutils/aliases then run
'update-modules' so that your system is updated correctly. Don't put it
directly into /etc/conf.modules or /etc/modules.conf.


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Phillip Deackes
Using Storm Linux 2000