From: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
To: Jan De Luyck <lkml@kcore.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [2.6.9-rc2] ALSA nm256 driver causes system lockup
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 17:48:23 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <s5h655y1jjs.wl@alsa2.suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200409281447.17537.lkml@kcore.org>
At Tue, 28 Sep 2004 14:47:17 +0200,
Jan De Luyck wrote:
>
> Hello list,
>
> I'm trying to configure a laptop (Dell Latitude CXs) with 2.6.9-rc2. All runs
> well, except the ALSA nm256 driver for the Neomagic Audio chip. Loading this
> driver results in an immediate and complete system lockup....
>
> I've tried appending "vaio_hack=1" on the kernel command line, but that didn't
> really do anything.
>
> ALSA is compiled as modules.
>
> Any pointers?
Try to load snd-nm256 driver before X. The chip uses the video RAM
for the sound buffer. It seems that X clears all video RAM that
confuses the sound driver. I.e. if you already started X, there is no
way back :)
Takashi
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-09-28 15:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-09-28 12:47 [2.6.9-rc2] ALSA nm256 driver causes system lockup Jan De Luyck
2004-09-28 15:48 ` Takashi Iwai [this message]
2004-09-28 15:55 ` Jan De Luyck
2004-09-28 16:22 ` Takashi Iwai
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