On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 7:39 PM, Bill Unruh <unruh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 3 May 2013, Joe Armstrong wrote: > > > Try running aplay, etc as root, and see if it works, to see if it is some > permission problem. If that does not work either,then the problem lies > elsewhere. Well running aplay as non root works (ie does not crash) (but no sound and really strange behaviour as I explained earlier) As root I see this: $ sudo aplay -vv sound.wav Home directory not accessible: Permission denied ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1018:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave aplay: main:682: audio open error: No such file or directory I've no idea if this is a clue > If that also does not work, then I do not know what to suggest. Have you > looked through the dmesg output to see if there is anything there re > the sound card? Only the message I saw earlier when I ran alsa-info.sh [ 4.160206] init: Failed to spawn hybrid-gfx main process: unable to execute: No such file or directory What this message means is a mystery toi me Having googled a lot the only (linux) OS where the DC3117IYE sound works is Arch linux - and this seems to be due to some kernel patches (unclear which) /Joe > > > > >> On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 6:45 PM, Bill Unruh <unruh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> On Fri, 3 May 2013, Joe Armstrong wrote: >>> >>>> joe@nuc:~$ grep audio /etc/group >>>> audio:x:29:pulse,joe >>>> joe@nuc:~$ whoami >>>> joe >>> >>> >>> >>> Good. So now it works? >>> >>> (Note that I removed the alsa users from this mail exchange) >> >> >> (cc'd to the list - I actually sent this reply earlier to Clemens >> Ladisch but forgot to cc to the list) >> >> No - I hear no sounds. >> >> Also the alsamixer has no volume controls >> >> Another strange thing >> >>> aplay -vv sound.wav > > >> >> Behaves strangely - the song position indicator that indicates the >> percentage of the file played hops around it just from 28% to 5% to 30% >> etc. in a wild manner > > > Does sound come out? (I presume not). > Hopping around does sound weird. Is there anything unusual about sound.wav? > > What kind of file is it? > > > > >> >> /Joe >> >>>>> >>>>>> Sorry it was a typo - I did do adduser >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> As I said the format of your command does not look like like the >>>>> correct >>>>> format for adding a user to a group. I have never used adduser, so >>>>> there >>>>> may >>>>> be subtleties that I do not understand, but from the man page, your >>>>> command >>>>> makes no sense. >>>>> Anyway, look in /etc/group to see if it did what you thought it should. >>>>> Did >>>>> it? What is the output of grep audio /etc/group >>>>> >>>>> ? >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> /Joe >>>>>> >>>>>> On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 4:44 PM, Bill Unruh <unruh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Fri, 3 May 2013, Clemens Ladisch wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Joe Armstrong wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> This is what I did: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> sudo adduer joe audio >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> What is adduer? If that is supposed to be adduser, that creates a new >>>>>>> user >>>>>>> with that name. Just edit /etc/group and put the user name into the >>>>>>> audio >>>>>>> group line. Or >>>>>>> check it now to see if it has been done. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> William G. Unruh | Canadian Institute for| Tel: +1(604)822-3273 >>>>> Physics&Astronomy | Advanced Research | Fax: +1(604)822-5324 >>>>> UBC, Vancouver,BC | Program in Cosmology | unruh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>>> Canada V6T 1Z1 | and Gravity | >>>>> www.theory.physics.ubc.ca/ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> William G. Unruh | Canadian Institute for| Tel: +1(604)822-3273 >>> Physics&Astronomy | Advanced Research | Fax: +1(604)822-5324 >>> UBC, Vancouver,BC | Program in Cosmology | unruh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> Canada V6T 1Z1 | and Gravity | www.theory.physics.ubc.ca/ >> >> > > -- > William G. Unruh | Canadian Institute for| Tel: +1(604)822-3273 > Physics&Astronomy | Advanced Research | Fax: +1(604)822-5324 > UBC, Vancouver,BC | Program in Cosmology | unruh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Canada V6T 1Z1 | and Gravity | www.theory.physics.ubc.ca/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get 100% visibility into Java/.NET code with AppDynamics Lite It's a free troubleshooting tool designed for production Get down to code-level detail for bottlenecks, with <2% overhead. Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_ap2 _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
