volinaz@cox.net wrote:

>Mike,
> I would not trade it in. I am using a Compaq 1800t which has a pIII 800mhz cpu, and 128mb RAM, and I can play dvd's with no problem. I am also using SuSE 9.1 pro. I would have to say you have other<issues, and I would stop running other  apps in the background while watching movies, 
>
No i do not run other apps while watching movies. I'm using mplayer for 
music when gaim is running. While i watch a dvd movie my gaim app is not 
running.
My next attempt is to run a lightweight wm like xfce or fluxbox and see 
if I have the same problem.

>as this is an unneeded burden on a system that is already running hot. Laptops were not designed to run "heavy" loads, they are not to replace desktops.....
>
>Mike
>  
>
>>From: mike hoy <mhoy4@cox.net>
>>Date: 2005/01/17 Mon PM 08:34:22 EST
>>To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
>>Subject: Re: Advice requested
>>
>>what i meant about shared ram is of the 512 mb of ram you can choose how 
>>much is given to the video card. the video card requires you to dedicate 
>>some of your ram otherwise it won't work.
>>
>>mike hoy
>>
>>der.hans wrote:
>>
>>    
>>
>>>Am 17. Jan, 2005 schwätzte mike hoy so:
>>>
>>> 
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>>I have a compaq r3000 presario P4 laptop with 512 mb of ram shared to
>>>>the ATI radeon video card.
>>>>I can't play dvd's. My error: Too Many Video Packets in the buffer. The
>>>>sound shuts off and the movie keeps playing.
>>>>The sound doesn't work right. It can't work with more than one
>>>>application. Ex: gaim and mplayer can't use the sound card at the same time.
>>>>
>>>>Rather than try to fix this problem I would like to know if I ought to
>>>>trade this compaq  for a more linux friendly laptop or should I just
>>>>sell it and then buy a used laptop known to work well with linux?
>>>>   
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>I dislike it when people answer a question different than the one asked,
>>>but I'm gonna do it anyway :).
>>>
>>>First off, I dunno about trading it in, so I'm not much help there.
>>>
>>>Have you tried to use arts, esd or another sound daemon? The sound daemon
>>>would be the only thing talking to the sound card. Sound daemons can
>>>listen to multiple applications at the same time, though.
>>>
>>>The linux laptop howto used to point to a repository of links for people
>>>who published their experiences with laptops. Maybe it has some links
>>>that'll help you.
>>>
>>>Don't know about the system and video card sharing RAM.
>>>
>>>ciao,
>>>
>>>der.hans
>>> 
>>>
>>>      
>>>
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