Takashi Iwai wrote: > At Thu, 23 Aug 2007 11:44:56 -0700, > stan wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I am unable to use plughw:0,0 as a device string while calling >> err = snd_pcm_open (&alsa_dev, hw_from_default, SND_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK, 0); >> >> The same call works with hw_from_default == 'default', but fails when it >> is 'plughw:0,0'. >> The error is >> cannot open audio device "plughw:0,0" (Device or resource busy) >> > > Maybe the devce is really in use? > Try "fuser /dev/snd/*" > > I don't think so. Here is the output of fuser /dev/snd/* /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: 3069m /dev/snd/timer: 3069 And I open default just before this in order to get its info so I can build the plughw. Default device number (0) Default subdevice number (0) Default stream number (0) Default card number (-1) Default id (dmix:0,FORMAT=S32_LE) Default name (dmix:0,FORMAT=S32_LE) Default subname (dmix:0,FORMAT=S32_LE) Default dev_class (0) Default dev_subclass (0) Default subdevices_count (1) Default subdevices_avail (0) Plughw plughw:0,0 numchars 10 cannot open audio device "plughw:0,0" (Device or resource busy) >> I am using the latest snapshot of alsa-lib, alsa-lib20070821. I tried >> debugging but I cannot trace through the macros. As near as I can tell >> there have been no changes to alsa.conf, and this worked just fine >> before the latest upgrade alsa package alsa-lib.1.0.14-3 >> >> Is this a deliberate change in alsa that is known about, and is there a >> way to still get the functionality? >> > > The old library binary might still remain. Some distros install > libasound in /lib (or /lib64), instead of /usr/lib (or /usr/lib64). > > I'm changing the links to point to the new library, and adding an alsa file in /etc/ld.so.conf.d/ so that the cache points to my library. When I run ldd on the binary it points to the library I've compiled. ldd discord linux-gate.so.1 => (0x00110000) libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x00939000) libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x0096b000) * libasound.so.2 => /usr/local/lib/alsa/libasound.so.2 (0x00111000)* libncurses.so.5 => /lib/libncurses.so.5 (0x06707000) libsndfile.so.1 => /usr/lib/libsndfile.so.1 (0x001f7000) libsamplerate.so.0 => /usr/lib/libsamplerate.so.0 (0x00257000) libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x007e2000) /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x007c3000) libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00964000) libtinfo.so.5 => /lib/libtinfo.so.5 (0x066ed000) > Takashi > > I can see it call snd_config_search_alias_hooks () in conf.c, but lose the debug in the macros, and it comes back from the macros with the negative error code. Thanks for your help. _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel