Alright, I can record with: arecord -D plughw:0,2 /tmp/garbage.wav and play with: aplay -D plughw:0,0 /tmp/garbage.wav So it is a configuration problem. My question now is, how do I configure ~/.asoundrc to have dmix and dsnoop devices that winecfg can detect ? stan wrote: > I don't think this is the problem. I'm running an hg version of > the alsa lib with the 1.0.14 utils package without any problems. > It seems like alsa is recognizing your soundcard just fine. I think your > conclusion that this is a > configuration issue is correct. Two soundcards with exactly the > same problem in alsa? Seems unlikely. > > When you ran the arecord command, was there any error output? > Try the command again, but add a -v option for verbose. Maybe it > will tell you why it is failing. It could be permissions, or it might > tell you device unavailable, or ... > > The behavior you are seeing could be caused by > a sound server holding the sound device. > Do you have esound or pulse enabled? Try disabling them completely > and see if the behavior improves. > > And this is probably not relevant, but is everything plugged into the > right place? > > Have you tried recording in audacity? Does it give you multiple > device options for recording? > > If you don't have aoss package installed (oss emulation under alsa), > install it and try with oss as the device. Does it work? If it does, that > points even more strongly to a configuration issue. > > Have you tried the question on the ubuntu lists? If it is a configuration > issue, that would be a more likely place than here. > > If none of that works, perhaps someone more knowledgeable > can help you with this. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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