Hi. I'm sure you already did this, but did you re-compile your alsa modules? Probably not helpful, but I had to ask. Kenny On Sat, Oct 09, 2004 at 10:16:28AM -0400, Chuck Hallenbeck wrote: > I just added 1 GB of memory to my 256 MB system, which ought to give me > 1280 MB of ram. The bios detects that much with no problem. However, in > order for Linux to access more than about 900 MB, I had to recompile the > kernel (2.4.26) after selecting "highmem" in the configuration step. > That did the trick okay, but guess what? My alsa drivers will not work > of highmem is selected. They squeal, squeak, snap, crackle,. and pop > instead of making nice sounds. > > Does anyone have highmem selected with the alsa drivers working okay? If > so, what's the secret? > > Oh, this is a Slackware 10.0 distro, and the 2.4.26 kernel is the > default speakup enabled kernel included with the distribution. The alsa > version is 1.0.5. > > > Thanks for any ideas. > > Chuck > > > -- > The Moon is Waning Crescent (21% of Full) > Home page at http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh > Speakfreely address 24.105.197.112:2074 > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup