On: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 09:16:30 +0000 (GMT) Pere Camps writes: > > Hi! > While using mtools I get the following error: > > floppy0: Unable to allocate DMA memory Can't open /dev/fd0: Device > not configured Cannot initialize 'A:' > > And whilst using mpg123 I get this one: > > Sound error: Couldn't allocate DMA buffer > Can't open /dev/dsp! > > And free tells me: > > total used free shared buffers cached > Mem: 95504 93484 2020 52712 26976 43312 > -/+ buffers/cache: 23196 72308 > Swap: 102276 540 101736 > > I'm using Linux 2.0.35. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
I usually write a little c program which allocate some MB of memory, afterward there is usually enough memory for DMA available. e.g.: #include <stdlib.h> int main() { calloc(10*1024*1024); return 0; } Without any guaranty of success, Torsten