On 31 Oct 2001, John Weber wrote: > Hi, > > Maybe something useful here. After compiling with debugging I get > > Oct 31 17:19:10 ceora kernel: ALSA pcm_lib.c:1849: playback write error (DMA or >IRQ trouble?) > > in /var/log/messages > So how do I check for and fix DMA or IRQ trouble? > im not sure but i think you can pass irq and dma settings while loading your modules. if its a pci-card you can also give it a fix irq in your bios. mostly its a problem in some boards, although pci-standart is several years old, some manufactures didnt implemented real irq-sharing till now. but for fixing a card to a special irq you have to now the architecture of your board (which irq belongs to which slot). if its a isa-card you have a fixed irq and dma anyway. you have to look at the settings of the card (jumpers) and pass the appropiate settings to the alsa module.
r. j. > Thanks, John > > [root@ceora asound]# cat /proc/dma > 1: SoundBlaster - 8bit > 4: cascade > 5: SoundBlaster - 16bit > [root@ceora asound]# cat /proc/interrupts > CPU0 > 0: 514945 XT-PIC timer > 1: 5805 XT-PIC keyboard > 2: 0 XT-PIC cascade > 7: 0 XT-PIC SoundBlaster > 8: 100461 XT-PIC rtc > 11: 5776 XT-PIC eth0 > 12: 102382 XT-PIC PS/2 Mouse > 14: 86036 XT-PIC ide0 > 15: 39 XT-PIC ide1 > NMI: 0 > ERR: 0 > > > > > _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
