Neil Bird wrote: > Of late on my main [Fedora 7] box (I don't know for how long), pretty > much any ALSA-based app. (audacious, xmms, etc.) gives the following error: > > ALSA lib pcm.c:2106:(snd_pcm_open_conf) Cannot open shared library > /usr/lib/alsa-lib/libasound_module_pcm_empty.so > > Has anyone got a clue as to what this is about? Some audio things do > work, like MythTV, audacity (editor), but I don't know how they're accessing > the sound subsystem. ISTRT I had to set up mplayer to use esd (maybe oss) > to function. > On my properly functioning F7 box here I don't have that file -- in fact the only thing in /usr/lib/alsa-lib or /usr/lib64/alsa-lib is an "smixer" directory containing some libraries. I would guess that there's something odd in your ~/.asoundrc file. You could try just removing it. jch ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user