Well, first problem that pops into my mind is that your IRQ/DMA settings
are incorrect. If you have one DMA set right and the other isn't, it
would probably do this. I would imaging the OSS/Linux package would
autoconfigure everything right(I haven't fooled with that)? Just go check
your /proc/sndstat and write down all the info, then go set your OSS/Free
package just like that. And you're right, that is odd having sound in the
kernel.
On Mon, 9 Nov 1998, Ralph Benzinger wrote:
> Sorry to bother you again,
>
> I still couldn't get the OSS/Free package to work. Using sox' play
> command from the console, I discovered
>
> Sound: DMA (output) timed out - IRQ/DRQ config error?
>
> messages that I previously missed when issuing commands in an
> xterm. This error message is odd, because I removed all my PCMCIA
> cards, and both IR and parallel port are disabled. There shouldn't
> be anything left causing IRQ or DMA conflicts, but to be sure I
> tried several combinations of IRQs 5 and 7 and DMAs 0, 1, and 3.
> (Unlike many other people, I have sound compiled into the kernel
> rather than a module.) In any case, I got the same cracks and
> garbled output. (NB. These symptoms show only for sound files that
> are longer than about two seconds.)
>
> Finally, I downloaded the driver's commercial cousin, OSS/Linux,
> installed it and voila! Sox, playmidi, x11amp, Real Audio,
> everything runs like a charm (for twenty minutes, that is :-). So
> unless someone has a spontenous idea what the problem with OSS/Free
> might be, I guess I'll just shell out those $20.
>
> Anyway, thanks to all who tried to help me.
>
> Ralph
>
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