On Mon, 2009-11-02 at 14:08 +0100, Takashi Iwai wrote: > > * Remove erroneous snd_config_delete calls that cause later calls to > > snd_pcm_open to fail. > > This is bad indeed. Could you make a small test case to reproduce the > problem more easily? Sure. ------ #include <stdio.h> #include <alsa/asoundlib.h> void try_open (const char * pcm) { snd_pcm_t * handle; int error; error = snd_pcm_open (& handle, pcm, SND_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK, 0); if (error < 0) printf ("Failed to open %s: %s.\n", pcm, snd_strerror (error)); else { printf ("Opened %s.\n", pcm); snd_pcm_close (handle); } } int main (void) { void * * hints; try_open ("default"); try_open ("front"); try_open ("pulse"); try_open ("default"); try_open ("front"); try_open ("pulse"); printf ("Calling snd_device_name_hint().\n"); snd_device_name_hint (-1, "pcm", & hints); snd_device_name_free_hint (hints); try_open ("default"); try_open ("front"); try_open ("pulse"); try_open ("default"); try_open ("front"); try_open ("pulse"); return 0; } ------ $ ./pcmtest Opened default. Opened front. Opened pulse. Opened default. Opened front. Opened pulse. Calling snd_device_name_hint(). Opened default. ALSA lib pcm.c:2211:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.front Failed to open front: No such file or directory. ALSA lib pcm.c:2211:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM pulse Failed to open pulse: No such file or directory. Opened default. ALSA lib pcm.c:2211:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.front Failed to open front: No such file or directory. ALSA lib pcm.c:2211:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM pulse Failed to open pulse: No such file or directory. _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel