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Stratos Psomadakis wrote: |
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> 1)if you mean that you have no experince with kernel |
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> configuration/complation,i suggest tha you try it...it's very useful to |
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> know how to properly conifgure your kernel ;) |
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I've built the kernel many times using 'genkernel --menuconfig all'. I |
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meant that the blog I read said to go in and edit the kernel header file |
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and place a certain line of text into it related to DMA |
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> 2)generally,you should enable dma for dvd/cd drives and hard disks...you |
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> can check the howto at gentoo-wiki...and especially the section about |
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> dma: |
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> http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Use_hdparm_to_improve_IDE_device_performance#DMA_mode_-da |
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I already tried rebuilding the kernel to ensure that DMA was compiled |
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into it. It doesn't have any affect on the DVD drive - with or without |
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DMA compiled into the kernel, there is still no sound when trying to |
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play an audio CD. |
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> 3)can you give the url of the blog? |
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As requested, the blog address is: |
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http://krosswindz.blogspot.com/2005/10/gentoo-linux-on-dell-inspiron-9300.html |
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Regards, |
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Colleen |
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> hope that i helped... |
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> O/H Colleen Beamer έγραψε: |
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>> Hi guys, |
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>> A while back, I wrote looking for help because I thought I was having |
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>> problems with Alsa on my Dell XPS M1710 laptop . It takes me a while, |
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>> but I finally clued in that the problem *might not* be Alsa. Today, I |
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>> tested me theory .... my ripped music files are stored on an Iomega |
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>> external hard drive, which was attached to my desktop. I attached the |
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>> drive to my laptop and I can play and hear my music files just fine. |
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>> I'm not thinking that the problem might be the DVD-RW drive - it's a |
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>> Ricoh and the specific problem that I was having was not being able to |
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>> hear audio CD's when using kscd. I googled and found a blog by someone |
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>> who had an Inspiron 9300 with a Ricoh drive. All that really was said |
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>> was that DMA was not enabled my default and to add a certain line to the |
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>> kernel header file (instructions were more explicit than this) and then |
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>> recompile the kernel. |
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>> Before I get myself in a pickle in an area where I have no experience, I |
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>> thought I'd ask the list for thoughts/opinions/advice. |
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>> Regards, |
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>> Colleen |
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