On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 4:49 PM, Clemens Ladisch <cladisch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Sheldon Hearn wrote: >> ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:1466:(_snd_pcm_hw_open) Unknown field slaves > > The function _snd_pcm_hw_open is the "hw" plugin. > Apparently, you have changed its definition somewhere. Ah, I get it now. It's now that I've redefined the hw plugin, it's that I've redefined my virtual multi-channel device as hw. And there it was staring me in the face: pcm.multi { type multi; slaves.a.pcm "hw:0,0"; [...] } pcm.multi { type hw; card 0; } The second pcm.multi stanza redefines the device called multi using the hw plugin. invalidating the configuration statements in the first stanza. This was a typo in my adaptation from the example in the documentation. The second stanza should have been: ctl.multi { type hw; card 0; } Thanks for the help, and sorry it took me so long to absorb. :-) Ciao, Sheldon. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Free Next-Gen Firewall Hardware Offer Buy your Sophos next-gen firewall before the end March 2013 and get the hardware for free! Learn more. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sophos-d2d-feb _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user