Hello list I am playing around, trying to get this sound card working for about 3 days now. The Hardware is an embedded Geode GX1. Kernel is vanilla 2.6.25.9. Problem: ------------------------ 8<------------------------- root@tux:~# aplay song.mp3 ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:866:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave aplay: main:546: audio open error: Device or resource busy root@tux:~# lspci ... 00:12.2 IDE interface: Cyrix Corporation 5530 IDE [Kahlua] 00:12.3 Multimedia audio controller: Cyrix Corporation 5530 Audio [Kahlua] 00:12.4 VGA compatible controller: Cyrix Corporation 5530 Video [Kahlua] ... root@tux:~# lsmod Module Size Used by snd_cs5530 4388 0 snd_sb16_dsp 8608 1 snd_cs5530 snd_sb_common 14432 2 snd_cs5530,snd_sb16_dsp snd_pcm 63208 1 snd_sb16_dsp snd_timer 19492 1 snd_pcm snd 38804 5 snd_cs5530,snd_sb16_dsp,snd_sb_common,snd_pcm,snd_timer snd_page_alloc 7752 1 snd_pcm dmesg: ... CS5530: XpressAudio at 0x220 CS5530: MPU at 0x330 CS5530: IRQ: 5 DMA8: 1 DMA16: 5 ... root@tux:~# cat /proc/interrupts CPU0 0: 249130 XT-PIC-XT timer 1: 2 XT-PIC-XT i8042 2: 0 XT-PIC-XT cascade 5: 0 XT-PIC-XT SoundBlaster 9: 184193 XT-PIC-XT ohci_hcd:usb1, eth0 12: 1 XT-PIC-XT 14: 41917 XT-PIC-XT ide0 root@tux:~# strace aplay song.mp3 ... shmctl(32768, 0x102 /* SHM_??? */, 0xbfc94a68) = 0 shmctl(32768, 0x101 /* SHM_??? */, 0xbfc94a68) = 0 open("/dev/snd/controlC0", O_RDWR) = 3 ioctl(3, USBDEVFS_CONTROL, 0xbfc947a8) = 0 ioctl(3, 0x40045532, 0xbfc947a4) = 0 open("/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p", O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK) = -1 EBUSY (Device or resource busy) close(3) = 0 write(2, "ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:866:(snd_pcm"..., 44ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:866: (snd_pcm_dmix_open) ) = 44 write(2, "unable to open slave", 20unable to open slave) = 20 write(2, "\n", 1) = 1 ... root@tux:~# lsof | grep -i pcmC0D0p root@tux:~# ------------------------ 8<------------------------- No one is using the sound device. But strace shows error 'Device or resource busy'. Any help is appreciated :-)... Bye Georg ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for chronic lameness and boredom. Vote Now at http://www.sourceforge.net/community/cca08 _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user