Re: Scrolling chirps while playing sound!

[Darryl Luff]

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.
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