On Thu, 2 Sep 2010, Cyril Russo wrote: > > Hi, > > I've an issue with my new Creative Audigy sound card. > I'm using a Debian Squeeze (with official 2.6.32-5-amd64 kernel) system. > I've done this step to ensure I'm using the latest version: > sudo module-assistant auto-install alsa (which installed the driver from > alsa-driver 1.0.23's package) > > The sound card is correctly detected and it's working, but I've an > issue, in that each channel appears as a different device. > So in all the software using Alsa I have to select a device and it > outputs on a single stereo channel for this particular device. > > For example, this command lists: > # aplay -l > **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** > card 0: CA0106 [CA0106], device 0: ca0106 [CA0106] > Subdevices: 1/1 > Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 > card 0: CA0106 [CA0106], device 1: ca0106 [CA0106] > Subdevices: 1/1 > Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 > card 0: CA0106 [CA0106], device 2: ca0106 [CA0106] > Subdevices: 1/1 > Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 > card 0: CA0106 [CA0106], device 3: ca0106 [CA0106] > Subdevices: 1/1 > Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 > > Here the /proc/asound dump: > # find /proc/asound/ > /proc/asound/ > /proc/asound/CA0106 > /proc/asound/card0 > /proc/asound/card0/id > /proc/asound/card0/midi0 > /proc/asound/card0/iec958 > /proc/asound/card0/ca0106_reg32 > /proc/asound/card0/ca0106_reg16 > /proc/asound/card0/ca0106_reg8 > /proc/asound/card0/ca0106_regs1 > /proc/asound/card0/ca0106_i2c > /proc/asound/card0/ca0106_regs2 > /proc/asound/card0/pcm3c > /proc/asound/card0/pcm3c/sub0 > /proc/asound/card0/pcm3c/sub0/prealloc_max > /proc/asound/card0/pcm3c/sub0/prealloc > /proc/asound/card0/pcm3c/sub0/status > /proc/asound/card0/pcm3c/sub0/sw_params > /proc/asound/card0/pcm3c/sub0/hw_params > /proc/asound/card0/pcm3c/sub0/info > /proc/asound/card0/pcm3c/info > /proc/asound/card0/pcm3p > /proc/asound/card0/pcm3p/sub0 > /proc/asound/card0/pcm3p/sub0/prealloc_max > /proc/asound/card0/pcm3p/sub0/prealloc > /proc/asound/card0/pcm3p/sub0/status > /proc/asound/card0/pcm3p/sub0/sw_params > /proc/asound/card0/pcm3p/sub0/hw_params > /proc/asound/card0/pcm3p/sub0/info > /proc/asound/card0/pcm3p/info > /proc/asound/card0/pcm2c > /proc/asound/card0/pcm2c/sub0 > /proc/asound/card0/pcm2c/sub0/prealloc_max > /proc/asound/card0/pcm2c/sub0/prealloc > /proc/asound/card0/pcm2c/sub0/status > /proc/asound/card0/pcm2c/sub0/sw_params > /proc/asound/card0/pcm2c/sub0/hw_params > /proc/asound/card0/pcm2c/sub0/info > /proc/asound/card0/pcm2c/info > /proc/asound/card0/pcm2p > /proc/asound/card0/pcm2p/sub0 > /proc/asound/card0/pcm2p/sub0/prealloc_max > /proc/asound/card0/pcm2p/sub0/prealloc > /proc/asound/card0/pcm2p/sub0/status > /proc/asound/card0/pcm2p/sub0/sw_params > /proc/asound/card0/pcm2p/sub0/hw_params > /proc/asound/card0/pcm2p/sub0/info > /proc/asound/card0/pcm2p/info > /proc/asound/card0/pcm1c > /proc/asound/card0/pcm1c/sub0 > /proc/asound/card0/pcm1c/sub0/prealloc_max > /proc/asound/card0/pcm1c/sub0/prealloc > /proc/asound/card0/pcm1c/sub0/status > /proc/asound/card0/pcm1c/sub0/sw_params > /proc/asound/card0/pcm1c/sub0/hw_params > /proc/asound/card0/pcm1c/sub0/info > /proc/asound/card0/pcm1c/info > /proc/asound/card0/pcm1p > /proc/asound/card0/pcm1p/sub0 > /proc/asound/card0/pcm1p/sub0/prealloc_max > /proc/asound/card0/pcm1p/sub0/prealloc > /proc/asound/card0/pcm1p/sub0/status > /proc/asound/card0/pcm1p/sub0/sw_params > /proc/asound/card0/pcm1p/sub0/hw_params > /proc/asound/card0/pcm1p/sub0/info > /proc/asound/card0/pcm1p/info > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0c > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0c/sub0 > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0c/sub0/prealloc_max > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0c/sub0/prealloc > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0c/sub0/status > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0c/sub0/sw_params > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0c/sub0/hw_params > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0c/sub0/info > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0c/info > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/sub0 > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/sub0/prealloc_max > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/sub0/prealloc > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/sub0/status > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/sub0/sw_params > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/sub0/hw_params > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/sub0/info > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/info > /proc/asound/pcm > /proc/asound/timers > /proc/asound/modules > /proc/asound/cards > /proc/asound/devices > /proc/asound/version > /proc/asound/seq > /proc/asound/seq/timer > /proc/asound/seq/clients > /proc/asound/seq/queues > /proc/asound/seq/drivers > /proc/asound/oss > /proc/asound/oss/sndstat > /proc/asound/oss/devices > > # cat /proc/asound/cards > 0 [CA0106 ]: CA0106 - CA0106 > Audigy SE [SB0570] at 0xcf00 irq 18 > > # cat /proc/asound/devices > 0: [ 0] : control > 1: : sequencer > 8: [ 0- 0]: raw midi > 16: [ 0- 0]: digital audio playback > 17: [ 0- 1]: digital audio playback > 18: [ 0- 2]: digital audio playback > 19: [ 0- 3]: digital audio playback > 24: [ 0- 0]: digital audio capture > 25: [ 0- 1]: digital audio capture > 26: [ 0- 2]: digital audio capture > 27: [ 0- 3]: digital audio capture > 33: : timer > > > I've an empty .asoundrc (Using a more complex .asoundrc I'm able to > duplicate a channel to all other channels, but it's only duplication, > it's the same sound on all channels) > As such the audio softwares usually list this while enumerating the devices: > ALSA device: hw:CA0106,0 outs=2-2 ins=2-2 rates=3 > ALSA device: hw:CA0106,1 outs=2-2 ins=2-2 rates=3 > ALSA device: hw:CA0106,2 outs=2-2 ins=2-2 rates=3 > ALSA device: hw:CA0106,3 outs=2-2 ins=2-2 rates=3 > > I want them to list a single device with 8 outputs, and not 4 devices > with 2 outputs. > I have other systems with different sound cards and it's the first time > I'm seeing this. Use surround71 device (like 'aplay -D plug:surround71'). It combines the stereo devices to a 8-channel device. Jaroslav ----- Jaroslav Kysela <perex@xxxxxxxx> Linux Kernel Sound Maintainer ALSA Project, Red Hat, Inc. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net Dev2Dev email is sponsored by: Show off your parallel programming skills. Enter the Intel(R) Threading Challenge 2010. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-thread-sfd _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
