This could well be linked to the problem: Description of problem: When booting the computer , sometimes the sound works and sometimes not. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=389521 On Thu, 2007-12-20 at 17:34 +0000, John Haxby wrote: > 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 -- Dr. Brian L Scipioni 909 Austin Ave Atlanta, GA 30307 home: 404.525.8911 cell: 404.771.3740 brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
