From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.knology.net ([24.214.63.101]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1CGJ8X-0006Mf-00 for ; Sat, 09 Oct 2004 11:27:57 -0400 Received: (qmail 9512 invoked by uid 0); 9 Oct 2004 15:27:58 -0000 Received: from user-69-1-42-78.knology.net (HELO localhost) (69.1.42.78) by smtp1.knology.net with SMTP; 9 Oct 2004 15:27:58 -0000 Received: from kenny by localhost with local (Exim 4.34) id 1CGJ8B-0006qn-Gh for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sat, 09 Oct 2004 10:27:35 -0500 Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2004 10:27:35 -0500 To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20041009152735.GA26295@blackbox> Mail-Followup-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i From: Kenny Hitt Subject: Re: high memory versus alsa drivers X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 09 Oct 2004 15:28:02 -0000 Hi. I'm sure you already did this, but did you re-compile your alsa modules? Probably not helpful, but I had to ask. Kenny On Sat, Oct 09, 2004 at 10:16:28AM -0400, Chuck Hallenbeck wrote: > I just added 1 GB of memory to my 256 MB system, which ought to give me > 1280 MB of ram. The bios detects that much with no problem. However, in > order for Linux to access more than about 900 MB, I had to recompile the > kernel (2.4.26) after selecting "highmem" in the configuration step. > That did the trick okay, but guess what? My alsa drivers will not work > of highmem is selected. They squeal, squeak, snap, crackle,. and pop > instead of making nice sounds. > > Does anyone have highmem selected with the alsa drivers working okay? If > so, what's the secret? > > Oh, this is a Slackware 10.0 distro, and the 2.4.26 kernel is the > default speakup enabled kernel included with the distribution. The alsa > version is 1.0.5. > > > Thanks for any ideas. > > Chuck > > > -- > The Moon is Waning Crescent (21% of Full) > Home page at http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh > Speakfreely address 24.105.197.112:2074 > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup