Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 12:19:43 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Tim Jensen <toast@plasma.engr.arizona.edu> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DMA problem Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971112121513.440E-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96.971107143612.473A-100000@plasma.engr.Arizona.EDU>
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On Fri, 7 Nov 1997, Tim Jensen wrote: > I recently upgraded from 2.1.5-REL to 2.2.2-REL and seem to be having a > problem using my sound card now. > > Nov 7 12:19:58 plasma /kernel: gus0 at 0x220 irq 11 drq 1 on isa > Nov 7 12:19:58 plasma /kernel: gus0: <Gravis UltraSound MAX (512k)> > Nov 7 12:19:58 plasma /kernel: gus0: <GUS MAX (CS4231)> > > I never had any problems running mpg123 before, but after I upgraded I get > the following messages while using it: > > Nov 7 11:49:58 plasma /kernel: isa_dmastart: channel 1 busy > Nov 7 11:50:29 plasma last message repeated 179 times > Nov 7 11:52:30 plasma last message repeated 652 times This is a diagnostic message, although it is coming through a little too quickly. You can disable the printf in /sys/i386/isa/isa.c line 654 to shut it up tho. > None of the other audio software I've used (RealPlayer, mxv, etc.) gives > me those errors. Nothing else should be using DMA channel 1, as far as I > can tell. > > Has anyone else experienced this problem? Should I configure my GUS to use > a different DMA channel? Is there a simple fix I am completely missing? The GUS MAX driver is probably suffering from bitrot. Try pestering multimedia@freebsd.org and see if they have an updated driver. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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