Sharon Kimble wrote: > I have a brand new computer, only 3 days old now, and am unable to run > mpd on it due to problems with ALSA. Some details to follow;- > > cat /proc/asound/version > Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. This isn't brand new. > cat /proc/asound/cards > 0 [Generic ]: HDA-Intel - HD-Audio Generic > HD-Audio Generic at 0xfeb44000 irq 43 > 1 [Generic_1 ]: HDA-Intel - HD-Audio Generic > HD-Audio Generic at 0xfeb40000 irq 16 One is the GPU's HDMI output, the other is the onboard device. > Running 'alsamixer' as root shows that the default sound card is > HD-audio generic, Chip ATI R6xx HDMI Item S/PDIF > > Jan 09 13:28 : mixer: Failed to read mixer for 'My ALSA Device': no such mixer control: PCM The HDMI device does not have a mixer control named "PCM". > This is the alsa part of my mpd.conf;- > audio_output { > type "alsa" > name "My ALSA Device" > # device "hw:1,0" optional > # format "44100:16:2" optional > # mixer_device "default" optional > # mixer_control "PCM" optional > # mixer_index "0" optional > } Assuming that you want to use the analog outputs, uncomment the "device" entry to make mpd use card 1. Regards, Clemens ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Master Java SE, Java EE, Eclipse, Spring, Hibernate, JavaScript, jQuery and much more. Keep your Java skills current with LearnJavaNow - 200+ hours of step-by-step video tutorials by Java experts. SALE $49.99 this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122612 _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user