tried mepis live cd and sound failed. mepis 2004.03 mike hoy 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 >Mike > > >>From: mike hoy >>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 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>--------------------------------------------------- >>PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: >>http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >> > >--------------------------------------------------- >PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: >http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss