Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 15 Jul 1999 18:34:06 +0100 (GMT) | From | Michael McConnell <> | Subject | Re: [2GB RAM] st: can not allocate tape buffer |
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On Thu, 15 Jul 1999, Riley Williams wrote:
> Hi Thomas. > > > 'In a previous message, Thomas Hiller uttered these words' > > >> System is 2.2.9 with 2 GB RAM patch (same applies to 2.2.10ac4). > > >> st: cannot allocate tape buffer. > > >> When I boot the system with mem=1024K it works. > >> What is the problem ? > > > I have seen this problem as well while trying to relink Oracle > > on a 2Gb RAM system. If you find an answer, please let me know. > > I've heard there was a problem with the ALSA sound drivers on machines > with lots of memory, and I'm wondering if this is related to it? > > Soruk: You know a bit about that - perhaps you can comment?
I was getting stuff like /dev/audio: Unable to allocate memory.
Something to do with DMA. Anyway, there's a DMA memory patch on ALSA's site (http://www.alsa-project.org IIRC) that seems to have done the trick for me.
I'm using ALSA 0.3.0pre3; 0.3.2 refused to run correctly, unresolved module symbols..... But that's another story.
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