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Distribution: Currnetly SuSE 8.2, but Fedora and Mandrake in the past
Posts: 40
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how to turn on hd dma acceleration
I recently compiled my slackware kernel (first time ever - i was excited!) but my dma seems to be turned off (sound skips on xmms every now and then and other slow startup issues).
I would not only like to turn it on, but have it turned on automatically at each startup. how can i do this. thanks
Distribution: Currnetly SuSE 8.2, but Fedora and Mandrake in the past
Posts: 40
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will that only turn it on once or each time? is there a config file somewhere that would have information like this. i will also google some more. thanks though.
I am not sure that could be the problem but likely it could be. I remember opting for dma option during my slack compile. Try compiling again...also save your current config file so that you dont have to make all the choices once again.
Distribution: Currnetly SuSE 8.2, but Fedora and Mandrake in the past
Posts: 40
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how do i save the current config - and after, how do i use it during my compile. to compile i used a guide here at lq.... i have it printed out here..... thanks for all the help.
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