[ale] Bizarre sound problem... anyone know?

Ken Arromdee arromdee at rahul.net
Tue Nov 26 12:04:39 EST 2002


On Tue, 26 Nov 2002, Dow Hurst wrote:
> I believe the newer kernels may have some kernel parameters that would 
> allow you to assign so much realtime CPU cycles to a process.  That is a 
> complex change to implement without a lot of reading, but that is the 
> type of problem the code is designed for.  The DVD is fine, your DMA has 
> been checked since you say you've got it enabled and it reads fine under 
> the older boot drive.  You could switch to a different DMA mode for the 
> DVD.  I had to do that under SuSE 8.0 when using Xine to play a movie. 
>  That was for improving the video, not the sound.  You might check to 
> see what module parameters are configuring your Shark card compared to 
> the old boot drive.

I tried all the DMA modes; they didn't help.  There weren't any module
parameters for the Shark card; it's PnP.

The realtime CPU cycle thing is something I haven't tried, but how would I
go about doing that?

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