Arthur Marsh wrote, on 28/05/14 04:09: > 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 It appears that if module snd-emu10k1-synth loaded, all was good. I can force snd-emu10k1-synth to load, but why should I have to do this? Arthur. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HPCC Systems Open Source Big Data Platform from LexisNexis Risk Solutions Find What Matters Most in Your Big Data with HPCC Systems Open Source. Fast. Scalable. Simple. Ideal for Dirty Data. Leverages Graph Analysis for Fast Processing & Easy Data Exploration http://p.sf.net/sfu/hpccsystems _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
