Arthur Marsh wrote: > ael wrote, On 26/11/06 02:36: > >>I have a AWE64 card: >> >>kernel: isapnp: Card 'Creative SB AWE64 PnP' >> >>I am having problems getting it to play midi files using aplaymidi, >>playmidi and the like. It has worked happily in the past. >> >>Yesterday, after several hours of experimentation I mananaged to get >>asfxload to load fonts, and playmidi would then work with some of them. >>Since I was floundering around, I don't have a clear idea of what I did, >>but I certainly had to manually load a large number of modules before >>the messages like "No Emux synth hwdep device is found" from afsxload >>went away. (This is on a debian sarge system, but with stock 2.6.18.3 >>kernel). Likewise, playmidi eventually stopped complaining "No playback >>device found". (strace showed at that point that /dev/sequencer was >>being opened successfully, but then a couple of ioctls failed.) >> >>Above is background information and shows that the hardware is fine and >>can (almost) work with 2.6.18.3 with the modules that I have compiled. >> >>Today, I had hoped to dig a bit deeper understand the problem, but I >>cannot even get as far as yesterday :-( > > > (I'm running Debian Unstable and have a SB Live! 5.1 model SB0220 - > EMU10K1 chip). > > I had problems when using ALSA modules compiled from package alsa-source > against earlier versions of kernel 2.6.18 conflicting with a kernel > compiled from linux-source 2.6.18-6 (which is based on 2.6.18.3). > > To fix it, I recompiled the ALSA modules from alsa-source after > linux-source 2.6.18-6 had been installed and unpacked. Thanks for the reply. I have now found the culprit: there is a conflict of some sort with chronyd (ntp clock synchroniser). Stopping chronyd allows aplaymidi, pmidi and playmidi to work. I think this bug deserves a new thread so my workaround is easier to find in the archives. And if there is an alsa-bugzilla, I had better put something in there. A Lawrence ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
