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 1CGMcR-0007uO-00 for ; Sat, 09 Oct 2004 15:11:03 -0400 Received: (qmail 20944 invoked by uid 0); 9 Oct 2004 19:10:43 -0000 Received: from user-69-1-42-78.knology.net (HELO localhost) (69.1.42.78) by smtp7.knology.net with SMTP; 9 Oct 2004 19:10:43 -0000 Received: from kenny by localhost with local (Exim 4.34) id 1CGMc5-00071i-PK for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sat, 09 Oct 2004 14:10:41 -0500 Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2004 14:10:41 -0500 To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20041009191041.GA26667@blackbox> Mail-Followup-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <20041009152735.GA26295@blackbox> <20041009163651.GA26480@blackbox> 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 19:11:08 -0000 Oopse, didn't realize you are using a 2.6 kernel. Forget what I said about modules not getting compiled when you build the kernel. Teach me to reply without thinking. Kenny On Sat, Oct 09, 2004 at 01:50:47PM -0400, Chuck Hallenbeck wrote: > > I appreciate your suggestions, Kenny. The card is an sb-live pci card. > Slackware uses stock kernels without any Slackware specific patches, so > I doubt this problem is distro specific. I could be wrong about that > recompiling thing I suppose, but the config file sure looks like it to > me. I am a little uncertain how to handle the more traditional alsa > packages now that alsa seems integrated into the kernel, but I guess I > could always grab the latest tarballs and start from scratch compiling > and installing alsa using a kernel with highmem selected. > > Chuck > > On Sat, 9 Oct 2004, Kenny Hitt wrote: > > >Hi. The agpgart modules is used so programs can access the video card > >on the AGP bus. I haven't seen the alsa modules get automatically > >compiled before, so that must be something specific to Slackware. Like > >I said, my idea probably wasn't helpful but I had to ask just in case. > >I have another idea which probably won't be helpful either. In the past > >with my older sound cards and earlier Alsa, I remember an option to tell > >the driver to reserve DMA in low memory. Don't know what card you have > >or if the option has changed, but it might be something to look for in > >the docs for the alsa drivers. > > > >Good luck figuring it out. > > Kenny > > > >On Sat, Oct 09, 2004 at 11:45:01AM -0400, Chuck Hallenbeck wrote: > >>Hi Kenny, > >> > >>Prior to kernel 2.4.26, I used to have to do that after every recompile > >>that involved a change of modules, but with 2.4.26 the alsa drivers > >>compile with the kernel, evidently. They are loading okay. The output of > >>lsmod is identical with and without highmem selected, and all the alsa > >>components are there, same sizes and dependencies. > >> > >>Oh -- there is one additional line in the lsmod output when highmem is > >>selected. It is "agpgart" and I am not familiar with that piece. > >> > >>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 > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Speakup mailing list > >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > The Moon is Waning Crescent (20% 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