Thanks, Clemens! root@OpenWrt:~# aplay -l **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: default [C-Media USB Headphone Set ], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 root@OpenWrt:~# aplay -D plughw:0,0 /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Noise.wav Playing WAVE '/usr/share/sounds/alsa/Noise.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 48000 Hz, Mono I was being led astray by http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/asoundrc.php , which begins in no uncertain terms: "Neither of the .asoundrc or alsa.conf files are required for ALSA to work properly." Maybe someone should update that! ;-) My cross-build Makefile really should have installed /usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf for me but I'll fix that now. Clemens Ladisch wrote: > [...] > > This is not a valid alsa.conf file. Use the one from alsa-lib, i.e., > make sure that this one and the other config files are installed > correctly. Is there something that needs to be in "the other config files" for a basic installation like mine? E.g. should the text I erroneously copied from the "The default plugin" section of http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/asoundrc.php go into .asoundrc? aplay seems to be working for me, anyway. I didn't find a .asoundrc in my distribution: chuck@Debbie:/home/trunk$ find build_mipsel/alsa-lib-1.0.13 -name '.asoundrc' -print chuck@Debbie:/home/trunk$ Sorry to be such a dodo-head here, but I'm lost in the docs. Much obliged, Chuck ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user