From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KjUKU-0006z1-ET for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 27 Sep 2008 07:35:02 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F37D0E0598; Sat, 27 Sep 2008 07:35:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com (ironport2-out.pppoe.ca [206.248.154.182]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8567E0598 for ; Sat, 27 Sep 2008 07:35:00 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ApsEAIp+3UjO+LMK/2dsb2JhbACBYrgwgWeBBA X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.33,318,1220241600"; d="scan'208";a="27587199" Received: from 206-248-179-10.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO waltdnes.org) ([206.248.179.10]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with SMTP; 27 Sep 2008 03:34:58 -0400 Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sat, 27 Sep 2008 03:35:04 -0400 From: "Walter Dnes" Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2008 03:35:04 -0400 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] [Resolved] Absolutely no sound whatsoever after latest emerge update Message-ID: <20080927073504.GB10271@waltdnes.org> References: <20080926061448.GB10701@waltdnes.org> <20080926142714.GA17561@princeton.edu> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080926142714.GA17561@princeton.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-Archives-Salt: 6cbe8b65-f4d9-4336-b809-d91cd80b4da0 X-Archives-Hash: a386bb1909721b4508de5e7ee5bc380f On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 10:27:14AM -0400, Willie Wong wrote > On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 02:14:48AM -0400, Penguin Lover Walter Dnes squawked: > > [AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: pcm_dmix.c:996:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave > > [AO_ALSA] Playback open error: Device or resource busy > > DVB card number must be between 1 and 4 > > AO: [null] 22050Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample) > > This points to an issue with your alsa configuration/installation. > > > mpg123 doesn't work > > > > [d530][waltdnes][~] mpg123 /home/misc/music/pop_standards/Tennessee_Waltz_-_Patti_Page.mp3 > > ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:996:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave > > [alsa.c:146] error: cannot open device default > > [audio.c:517] error: failed to open audio device > > [mpg123.c:709] error: Failed to initialize output, goodbye. > > Same error as above, a problem with alsa. Another Google search. In addition to a bunch of people with problems, this time around, someone had a solution... http://www.nabble.com/Re%3A--Bug-37649--pulseaudio%2C-REOPENED%3A-ALSA-lib-pcm_dmix.c%3A996%3A%28-snd_pcm_dmix_open%29-unable-to-open-slave-p16659896.html Namely, restart alsasound (as root). /etc/init.d/alsasound restart I've put this in my /etc/conf.d/local.start -- Walter Dnes