From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from dsl092-170-084.wdc2.dsl.speakeasy.net ([66.92.170.84] helo=concerto.rednote.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1CGdnC-0006AS-00 for ; Sun, 10 Oct 2004 09:31:18 -0400 Received: from concerto.rednote.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by concerto.rednote.net (8.13.1/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i9ADUv7c024137 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Sun, 10 Oct 2004 09:30:57 -0400 Received: (from janina@localhost) by concerto.rednote.net (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id i9ADUvE2024136 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sun, 10 Oct 2004 09:30:57 -0400 Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 09:30:57 -0400 From: Janina Sajka To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20041010133056.GY4740@rednote.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Operating-System: Linux concerto.rednote.net 2.6.8-1.541.rootsmp Organization: Capital Accessibility LLC (http://www.CapitalAccessibility.com) X-PGP-Key: http://www.CapitalAccessibility.com/JaninaSajka_gpg_key.html 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: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 13:31:23 -0000 Chuck, I doubt it's that simple. My IBM Thinkpad T30, when I still had it, had 1 Gb RAM and was perfectly happy running alsa with various kernels. In fact, I regularly ran two separate alsa devices on it, one via the on board AC97 chips, the other via a pcmcia interface to an external box. I'm sorry I can't give you better direction, but I think there's more to this. Chuck Hallenbeck writes: > 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 -- Janina Sajka, Chair Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina@freestandards.org Phone: +1 202.494.7040