From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1FDea4-0000JM-90 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 27 Feb 2006 09:22:12 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id k1R9L8OG003946; Mon, 27 Feb 2006 09:21:08 GMT Received: from xproxy.gmail.com (xproxy.gmail.com [66.249.82.195]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k1R9HAT4031385 for ; Mon, 27 Feb 2006 09:17:11 GMT Received: by xproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id i27so543630wxd for ; Mon, 27 Feb 2006 01:17:10 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=qwI9PqZqtFmSMpyLoBHLvOheJ9LuHdEN+mxZKGz2dQYyeJz6d95JiSRSp5zjHdp65xJkCy5LG5ltgDRYUR5g3a+W2f8fqu+x5vOqpgk7tVSmPmV3KxTevI+Ka8pbZRnadhURm0IkAaIjGu4IuYuLxcSQ9ctKsOCuHBUpSEaRqio= Received: by 10.70.82.15 with SMTP id f15mr4214920wxb; Mon, 27 Feb 2006 01:17:09 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.70.55.18 with HTTP; Mon, 27 Feb 2006 01:17:09 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 15:47:09 +0630 From: "Ducky Z." To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] ALSA: All modules loaded, mixer unmuted, still no sound In-Reply-To: <200602262257.49951.bss03@volumehost.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline References: <200602262246.33505.krakrjak@volumehost.net> <200602262257.49951.bss03@volumehost.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by robin.gentoo.org id k1R9HAT4031385 X-Archives-Salt: aeed96d8-09c9-4cfd-9abb-213a1af79d03 X-Archives-Hash: e8020ce6591cd7eb6c43c093d07cff87 Hello, I've removed kernel support for ALSA and using alsa-driver instead. Still no luck and same error. And I still don't have /etc/asound.conf or ~/.asoundrc. Is that a problem? Thanks. On 2/27/06, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On Sunday 26 February 2006 22:46, Zac Slade wrote > about 'Re: [gentoo-user] ALSA: All modules loaded, mixer unmuted, still no > sound': > > On Sunday 26 February 2006 22:17, Ducky Z. wrote: > > > I'm using the modules provided by the kernel, which is 2.6.15. > > > alsa-lib is 1.0.10. > > > > This should be fine. > > Hrm, is alsa-lib 1.0 backwards compatible to 0.9? 'Cause the kernel > shipped with 0.9 support for a while and my kernel now has to have an > option to provide the 0.9 abi/api. > > You could try either upgrading your kernel or downgrading your alsa-lib. > Or, you could abandon the kernel-provide modules and use alsa-drivers. > > > > When I aplay a file, it shows: > > > > > > ALSA lib pcm_direct.c:900:(snd_pcm_direct_initialize_slave) unable to > > > install hw params > > > ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:831:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to initialize slave > > > aplay: main:544: audio open error: Inappropriate ioctl for device > > > > Hrm.... Is this being done as root? I think your /etc/asound.conf file > > might need some help. I'm not sure here, but it might not be able to > > play because the wrong information is in the asound.conf file. > > Yeah, try as root and if that works, check permissions on stuff > in /dev/sound. > > If you can get the 1.0 alsa-lib to work with your kernel, you can probably > blow away your asound.conf file anyway. The move to 1.0 made dmix > automatic for devices that don't do hw mixing. > > -- > "If there's one thing we've established over the years, > it's that the vast majority of our users don't have the slightest > clue what's best for them in terms of package stability." > -- Gentoo Developer Ciaran McCreesh > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list