From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Patrick Shirkey Subject: nm256 [was: ALSA: doc notes additions] Date: Mon, 02 Sep 2002 22:06:34 +0900 Sender: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <3D73625A.3000104@boosthardware.com> References: <200208270645.IAA10852@alsa.alsa-project.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Errors-To: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: To: alsa-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org A person who unfortunately did not provide an email address has submitted this for the alsa-docs. > I use this driver on a Dell Latitude CPi laptop. > I confirm that the driver hangs 99% of the time when loaded normally. > However I have found a way to raise chances to load correctly: > 1: boot single-user > 2: if you use journaling-less filesystems (such as ext2), remount > the big ones read-only to save you checking time in case of crash. > 3: load the AC97 part of the driver: > modprobe snd-ac97-codec > 4: start X11 (I personnally use XF86 4.2.0) typically using "startx" > and terminate the session immediately, to return to the console. > 5: load the remaining part of the driver: > modprobe snd-nm256 > 6: if it doesn't crash, you can restore settings with > "alsactl restore", then remount your filesystems read-write, > then proceed with normal boot procedure (exit the single-user > shell). > With this procedure I avoid crashing 25-33% of time (i.e. it crashes > 2 or 3 times before it succeeds). Hope this helps. > This seems more like a bug than a quirk of the card. Is it worth adding it to the notes or can the problem be fixed? -- Patrick Shirkey - Boost Hardware Ltd. For the discerning hardware connoisseur Http://www.boosthardware.com Http://www.boosthardware.com/LAU/guide/ ======================================== ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: OSDN - Tired of that same old cell phone? Get a new here for FREE! https://www.inphonic.com/r.asp?r=sourceforge1&refcode1=vs3390