Clemens Ladisch wrote, on 27/05/14 16:09: > Arthur Marsh wrote: >> I've been a bit mystified that when I wanted to re-use the sound card on >> my old machine, a Creative Labs Audiology 2 Z [S0350] that case-load >> would not work for the first few minutes after booting, reporting that >> "no Emu devices were found". >> >> After some minutes, case-load worked fine and the soundfont loaded and >> MIDI playback worked fine. > > Strange; whatever is happening there shouldn't need minutes. > > Are there any messages in the system log? > > Does the card show up in /proc/asound/cards? Does the hwdep device > show up in /proc/asound/devices? This is *really* weird - devices reappeared: $ cat /proc/asound/devices 2: [ 0] : control 3: [ 0- 0]: digital audio playback 4: [ 0- 0]: digital audio capture 5: [ 0- 1]: digital audio capture 6: [ 0- 2]: digital audio playback 7: [ 0- 2]: digital audio capture 8: [ 0- 3]: digital audio playback 9: [ 0- 4]: digital audio playback 10: [ 0- 4]: digital audio capture 11: [ 0- 0]: raw midi 12: [ 0- 1]: raw midi 13: [ 0- 0]: hardware dependent 33: : timer amarsh04@victoria:~$ su Password: victoria:/home/amarsh04# cat /proc/asound/devices 2: [ 0] : control 3: [ 0- 0]: digital audio playback 4: [ 0- 0]: digital audio capture 5: [ 0- 1]: digital audio capture 6: [ 0- 2]: digital audio playback 7: [ 0- 2]: digital audio capture 8: [ 0- 3]: digital audio playback 9: [ 0- 4]: digital audio playback 10: [ 0- 4]: digital audio capture 11: [ 0- 0]: raw midi 12: [ 0- 1]: raw midi 13: [ 0- 0]: hardware dependent 33: : timer victoria:/home/amarsh04# ls -al /proc/asound total 0 dr-xr-xr-x 5 root root 0 May 28 04:03 . dr-xr-xr-x 192 root root 0 May 28 2014 .. lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 May 28 04:03 Audigy2 -> card0 dr-xr-xr-x 11 root root 0 May 28 04:03 card0 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 28 04:03 cards -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 28 04:03 devices -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 28 04:03 hwdep -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 28 04:03 modules dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 May 28 04:03 oss -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 28 04:03 pcm dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 May 28 04:03 seq -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 28 04:03 timers -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 28 04:03 version victoria:/home/amarsh04# ls -al /proc/asound/card0 total 0 dr-xr-xr-x 11 root root 0 May 28 04:03 . dr-xr-xr-x 5 root root 0 May 28 04:03 .. -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 28 04:03 capture-rates dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 May 28 04:03 codec97#0 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 28 04:03 emu10k1 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 28 04:03 fx8010_acode -r--r--r-- 1 root root 8192 May 28 04:03 fx8010_code -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2048 May 28 04:03 fx8010_gpr -r--r--r-- 1 root root 1024 May 28 04:03 fx8010_tram_addr -r--r--r-- 1 root root 1024 May 28 04:03 fx8010_tram_data -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 28 04:03 id -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 28 04:03 midi0 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 28 04:03 midi1 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 28 04:03 midi2 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 28 04:03 midi3 dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root 0 May 28 04:03 pcm0c dr-xr-xr-x 34 root root 0 May 28 04:03 pcm0p dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root 0 May 28 04:03 pcm1c dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root 0 May 28 04:03 pcm2c dr-xr-xr-x 10 root root 0 May 28 04:03 pcm2p dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root 0 May 28 04:03 pcm3p dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root 0 May 28 04:03 pcm4c dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root 0 May 28 04:03 pcm4p -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 28 04:03 spdif-in -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 28 04:03 voices -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 28 04:03 wavetableD1 victoria:/home/amarsh04# ls -al /proc/asound/devices -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 28 04:04 /proc/asound/devices victoria:/home/amarsh04# cat /proc/asound/devices 1: : sequencer 2: [ 0] : control 3: [ 0- 0]: digital audio playback 4: [ 0- 0]: digital audio capture 5: [ 0- 1]: digital audio capture 6: [ 0- 2]: digital audio playback 7: [ 0- 2]: digital audio capture 8: [ 0- 3]: digital audio playback 9: [ 0- 4]: digital audio playback 10: [ 0- 4]: digital audio capture 11: [ 0- 0]: raw midi 12: [ 0- 1]: raw midi 13: [ 0- 0]: hardware dependent 14: [ 0- 2]: hardware dependent 15: [ 0- 2]: raw midi 16: [ 0- 3]: raw midi 33: : timer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The best possible search technologies are now affordable for all companies. Download your FREE open source Enterprise Search Engine today! Our experts will assist you in its installation for $59/mo, no commitment. Test it for FREE on our Cloud platform anytime! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=145328191&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user