On Fri, Dec 27, 2002 at 12:57:05PM -0500, Stephen Gran wrote: > > He said he's using xmms, which has always done much better here than > mpg123. I'd have to guess offhand, without knowing more of his > circumstances, that the problem is likely to be DMA related. Many of > Debian's stock kernels don't seem to turn on DMA by default, and this > can easily make an otherwise wuick box feel sluggish. Try compiling > your own kernel with DMA turned on and see how you do.
Probably not needed. Try running hdparm to enable DMA. Frank > -- > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > | Stephen Gran | Miguel Cervantes wrote Donkey Hote. | > | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Milton wrote Paradise Lost, then his | > | http://www.lobefin.net/~steve | wife died and he wrote Paradise | > | | Regained. | > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
