Always forget the important stuff: Source based distro kernel version: 2.6.24.3 alsa version : alsa-driver extras 1.0.16 alsa-lib extras 1.0.16 alsa-utils extras 1.0.16 Alsa was built as a module in the kernel. Quoting jonr@xxxxxxxxxx: > Hello, > > I am having a problem with my soundcard, obviously, here is what I have: > > lspci reports: > > 00:05.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP61 High Definition Audio (rev a2) > > 02:00.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device aa10 > > I am not sure where the ATI device is coming from. > > I have installed the latest alsa-driver, alsa-lib and alsa-utils. All > of them built cleanly. > > lsmod reports: > > snd_hda_intel 277364 0 > snd_pcm 75276 1 snd_hda_intel > snd_timer 23176 1 snd_pcm > snd 50404 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm,snd_timer > soundcore 8096 1 snd > snd_page_alloc 10568 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm > > > So far everything "looks" right to me, but I am not sure if it is correct. > > Here is what I get when I try to play a mp3: > > mpg123 Dire\ Straits\ -\ Sultans\ Of\ Swing.mp3 > High Performance MPEG 1.0/2.0/2.5 Audio Player for Layer 1, 2, and 3. > Version 0.59q (2002/03/23). Written and copyrights by Joe Drew. > Uses code from various people. See 'README' for more! > THIS SOFTWARE COMES WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY! USE AT YOUR OWN RISK! > Title : Sultans Of Swing Artist: Dire Straits > Album : Year : > Comment: Genre : Rock > > Playing MPEG stream from Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing.mp3 ... > MPEG 1.0 layer III, 128 kbit/s, 44100 Hz joint-stereo > ALSA lib confmisc.c:768:(parse_card) cannot find card '0' > ALSA lib conf.c:3513:(_snd_config_evaluate) function > snd_func_card_driver returned error: No such file or directory > ALSA lib confmisc.c:392:(snd_func_concat) error evaluating strings > ALSA lib conf.c:3513:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_concat > returned error: No such file or directory > ALSA lib confmisc.c:1251:(snd_func_refer) error evaluating name > ALSA lib conf.c:3513:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer > returned error: No such file or directory > ALSA lib conf.c:3985:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such file > or directory > ALSA lib pcm.c:2144:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM default > ALSA snd_pcm_open error: No such file or directory > Can't find a suitable libao driver. (Is device in use?) > > And here again I try to specify alsa and the device: > > mpg123 -o alsa -a default:NVidia Dire\ Straits\ -\ Sultans\ Of\ Swing.mp3 > High Performance MPEG 1.0/2.0/2.5 Audio Player for Layer 1, 2, and 3. > Version 0.59q (2002/03/23). Written and copyrights by Joe Drew. > Uses code from various people. See 'README' for more! > THIS SOFTWARE COMES WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY! USE AT YOUR OWN RISK! > Title : Sultans Of Swing Artist: Dire Straits > Album : Year : > Comment: Genre : Rock > > Playing MPEG stream from Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing.mp3 ... > MPEG 1.0 layer III, 128 kbit/s, 44100 Hz joint-stereo > Can't open libao driver with device default (is device in use?) > > > As far as I can tell the driver is not in use but how can I tell for sure? > > The card is in /proc: > > cat /proc/asound/cards > 0 [NVidia ]: HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia > HDA NVidia at 0xfe024000 irq 16 > > > At this point I am lost as to what to try next. Can anybody give me > some help or some ideas on what to try next? > > Thanks for any help, > > Jon > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-user mailing list > Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
