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From: Kevin Turner <Kevin.Turner@oberlin.edu>
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 17:55:28 +0000
Subject: Re: Sound Recoder Error: could not allocate DMA buffer
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See /usr/src/linux/Documentation/sound/README.modules.
In brief, there are problems with ISA cards, DMA buffers, and machines
with over 16M of memory.  Adding the option "dmabuf=1" to the sound
module may help.

On Tue, Jul 13, 1999 at 08:23:21AM -0400, Laurent POIROT wrote:
> Error: could not allocate DMA buffer [...]
> It works perfectly for a while until this error [...]
> I use [...] a SoundBlaster Pro ISA.

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