Stratos Psomadakis wrote: > 1)if you mean that you have no experince with kernel > configuration/complation,i suggest tha you try it...it's very useful to > know how to properly conifgure your kernel ;) >
I've built the kernel many times using 'genkernel --menuconfig all'. I meant that the blog I read said to go in and edit the kernel header file and place a certain line of text into it related to DMA > 2)generally,you should enable dma for dvd/cd drives and hard disks...you > can check the howto at gentoo-wiki...and especially the section about > dma: > http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Use_hdparm_to_improve_IDE_device_performance#DMA_mode_-da > I already tried rebuilding the kernel to ensure that DMA was compiled into it. It doesn't have any affect on the DVD drive - with or without DMA compiled into the kernel, there is still no sound when trying to play an audio CD. > 3)can you give the url of the blog? > As requested, the blog address is: http://krosswindz.blogspot.com/2005/10/gentoo-linux-on-dell-inspiron-9300.html Regards, Colleen > hope that i helped... > O/H Colleen Beamer έγραψε: > >> Hi guys, >> >> A while back, I wrote looking for help because I thought I was having >> problems with Alsa on my Dell XPS M1710 laptop . It takes me a while, >> but I finally clued in that the problem *might not* be Alsa. Today, I >> tested me theory .... my ripped music files are stored on an Iomega >> external hard drive, which was attached to my desktop. I attached the >> drive to my laptop and I can play and hear my music files just fine. >> >> I'm not thinking that the problem might be the DVD-RW drive - it's a >> Ricoh and the specific problem that I was having was not being able to >> hear audio CD's when using kscd. I googled and found a blog by someone >> who had an Inspiron 9300 with a Ricoh drive. All that really was said >> was that DMA was not enabled my default and to add a certain line to the >> kernel header file (instructions were more explicit than this) and then >> recompile the kernel. >> >> Before I get myself in a pickle in an area where I have no experience, I >> thought I'd ask the list for thoughts/opinions/advice. >> >> Regards, >> >> Colleen >> >> > > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
