Nikhil,
Would appreciate it if you were to preface your posts with a subject.
--- Nikhil Joshi nikhiljosh@runbox.com wrote:
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Now whenever I start playing mp3 using either mpg123 in character mode or XMMS in GNOME and work on something else like just managing files or editing a text file ,etc.. the LINUX simply hangs! Even if I press <alt><F2> for another terminal nothing happens. Also while multitasking the quality of sound is pathetic.
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.
P.S.
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 } hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC } hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC } hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
Could This be the problem ?
IIRC, this problem, while it could be caused by a faulty CD, can be fixed by recompiling the kernel with the hard disk set to multi_io. Please check the help info in "make <"" | menu | x>config", with the stuff in <> being the kernel config program of your choice. Also, see the kernel documents for the MULTI_IO documentation. I will also check it when I get home this evening and if I find something relevant, will mail you.
Rgds,
Krishnan
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