On Tue, 10 Jul 2001, Nikhil Joshi wrote:
I reinstalled RHL 6.2 and I did not find any of the problems.Linux is as stable as it is known for. I tried not to do *any* other jobs while playing mp3 and still 7.1 hangs ! Please help me as I am very frustrated by this as I love mp3's as much as I love Linux.
You may want to try recompiling your kernel. This could be a problem with incorrect sound drivers or something similar. Also try pnpdump and isapnp to find out if the system knows what sound card you're using.
While booting LINUX gives following messages which are not displayed by 6.2
hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
This could be the problem, but it would also affect other things, not just mp3. You can fix this by getting a new kernel and compiling it with CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI, CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_AUTO. Also, use hdparm to turn on or off dma after booting (hdparm -d)
Philip