Linux-kernel mailing list archive 1999-20,: Re: Sound problems in 2.2.7 and 2.2.8?

# Re: Sound problems in 2.2.7 and 2.2.8?

=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Andr=E9_Dahlqvist?= (andre@beta.telenordia.se)
Sat, 15 May 1999 16:28:31 +0200 (CEST)

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On Thu, 13 May 1999, Tim Smith wrote:

>I've been seeing random sound failures with 2.2.7 and 2.2.8.
...
>and I get "kernel: Sound error: Couldn't allocate DMA buffer" in my logs,
>or "kernel: DMA memory shortage. Temporarily falling back on virtual DMA".
>It usually works if I try again a little later, although once it remained
>broken until I rebooted.
>
>Anyone else see this? I'm using a SoundBlaster 32.

I've seen the exact same behaviour on my system, which has a SB AWE32
card. I too first noticed this in 2.2.7. With 2.2.3 I never saw this. I'll
try 2.2.9 now and see if the problem is still there.

// André

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