[ltp] How to turn on DMA on R40, MDK9.1

[Ivarsson, Torbjorn (T)]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ivarsson, Torbjorn (T) [mailto:tivarsson@lucent.com]
> Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2003 1:45 PM
> 
> > If the newer kernel works, it sounds like DMA for that 
> motherboard is 
> > probably not supported in the old kernel.
> > You might find that other bugs have been fixed too in Mdk 
> > 9.2. Mandrake 
> > 9.2 ISOs are now available for public download (the isos were 
> 
> Yes, I didn't know they had been available for the public, 
> but I'm downloading them as we speak and will try them out. 

I installed Mandrake 9.2 yesterday. The installation went fine. I still got KDE to crash after waking up from suspend (to RAM). The second time I tried it I got a Kernel panic.

I remembered seeing information that PCMCIA and sound may mess up the system, so I turned off the 'pcmcia' and 'sound' service. After a reboot everything works just fine - no crashes or anything :)

The sound is still working since ALSA is running. What is the 'sound' service used for? Is it for OSS? Is there a comprehensive list somewhere that tells me what different Linux services are doing? The help/info in Linux is not always clear...

T.