Re: [TCLUG:6710] log message "kernel: Sound error: Couldn't allocat

[Michael Hicks <hick0088@tc.umn.edu>]

> 1) The stupid solution: Free up memory by running "updatedb" on as many
> terms as I can simultaneously. I did this before I started using X
> regularly -- opening netscape all the time seemed to alleviate most of my
> problems. All this does is use a ton of memory, then give it back.
> 
> 2) The better solution. I read this on a kernel mailing list. Get the
> ftape package for tape backups. Since tape backup drives also need DMA
> memory, this problem affects them, too. So they made a program called
> "swapout" which takes N megs of memory and puts it into swap. Choose N to
> be sufficently large enough, and your problems will go away. This works
> well for me: swapout -30
> 
> Finally, there's the most drastic solution I've read, which is, only
> have 16 megs of memory in your machine ;^) There's no way you can not
> have memory available in the first 16 megs, then...

Of course, there's the option to get a PCI sound card, as they don't have the
16MB restriction..

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