From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RhqC3-0003Hx-4X for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 02 Jan 2012 22:17:23 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E526021C12E; Mon, 2 Jan 2012 22:17:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F5D021C0CB for ; Mon, 2 Jan 2012 22:15:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F8A11B4001 for ; Mon, 2 Jan 2012 22:15:23 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -4.173 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.173 tagged_above=-999 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-0.658, BAYES_00=-1.9, RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-1.613, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=ham Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id Uz1lAGxajmwN for ; Mon, 2 Jan 2012 22:15:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lo.gmane.org (lo.gmane.org [80.91.229.12]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D78271B4009 for ; Mon, 2 Jan 2012 22:15:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Rhq9s-0007HT-3K for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:15:08 +0100 Received: from z65-50-57-227.ips.direcpath.com ([65.50.57.227]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:15:07 +0100 Received: from reader by z65-50-57-227.ips.direcpath.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:15:07 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Harry Putnam Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Using m-audio Fast Track Pro on linux help Date: Mon, 02 Jan 2012 17:13:23 -0500 Organization: Still searching... Message-ID: <878vlpsqgs.fsf@newsguy.com> References: <87lipq19fm.fsf@newsguy.com> <4F01C49F.8050209@gmail.com> 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 X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: z65-50-57-227.ips.direcpath.com User-Agent: Gnus/5.110018 (No Gnus v0.18) Emacs/24.0.90 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:IYCsFPc4u8DxaSf1ZuKX0+odTjY= X-Archives-Salt: 12453a3c-565a-4902-8f9b-e9a8b1bfce9e X-Archives-Hash: 33aa694b311f9ead4efe2dae8feb17f0 Kfir Lavi writes: > On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 4:52 PM, Michael Mol wrote: > >> Harry Putnam wrote: >> >>> Running Wheezy >>> >>> Can anyone suggest pointers, urls, or coaching toward getting an >>> m-audio USB Fast Track Pro (external sound card) working? >>> >>> When I run `alsamixer' it lists the Fast Track as one of the sound >>> cards available. When I choose it, alsamixer reports there are no >>> controls available >>> >>> (`This sound device does not have any controls') >>> >>> All the controls are on the device. I have the speakers turned on, the >>> Fast Track light is on, indicating it is getting power thru the usb >>> port. >>> >>> However, when I attempt tp play something with `mplayer some.wav', I >>> get no sound. >>> >> >> Stupid question: Are you specifying to mplayer which audio device to use? >> >> mplayer -ao alsa:device=hw=1.0 file.to.play > You need to change the 1.0 to your card. > Read more here: > http://linux.dsplabs.com.au/mplayer-multiple-sound-cards-select-audio-device-p77/ Not to be critical but the information on that sight is a bit thin. It never explains how one is to learn the names of the devices. Which would be required to get the syntax right... What can I do to get that device name? Trying lspci, lshw, hwinfo outputs... but not seeing anything really helpful. hwinfo shows snd_usb_audio as being needed, and lsmod shows it loaded. But where do I look for the device name?