Re: Scrolling chirps while playing sound!

[Darryl Luff <darryl@snakegully.nu>]

Adam Funk wrote:

> Whenever I'm playing sound files (using xmms, grip and other
> applications), the computer adds very short interruptions to the sound
> when lines scroll on any visible application.
>
>  
Hi Adam. It may sound odd, but check that DMA is enabled on your hard 
drives. (hdparm -I /dev/hda). If it's not, you're probably only getting 
around 1MB/second, which does cause dropouts and chirping sounds on my 
system. When I enable DMA (hdparm -d 1), the throughput goes up to 
50MB/second and the sound problems disappear.

If this is your problem, look at /etc/hdparm.conf to turn it on permanently.