[vdr] Re: problems with ASUS a7v8x-x and vdr -> artifacts in recordings

[Oliver Endriss <o.endriss@gmx.de>]

Sven Soltau wrote:
> ...
> I am wonderung why hdparm /dev/hda says:
> using_dma = 0

You will never get good recordings unless you enable DMA mode for your 
harddisk!

> If i try to enable dma with hdparm -d 1 /dev/hda I get
> HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted

Most likely your IDE chipset is not supported by the kernel.
Check your kernel configuration. Turn on support for your chipset, 
recompile and install the kernel.

Oliver


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