> > this sounds like what happens when alsa is not running properly. > > I do the following tests: arecord (meanwhile in other xterm play some > mp3), and then when I do aplay, file.tests contains a portion of this > mp3 recorded [I suppose] using alsa. > > But you're right, alsa say 'failed' when start and all seems to go bad, i'm assuming you mean the alsa init script. did you look in the logs (eg /var/log/syslog) for why it failed? maybe you could tell us what distro and software versions you are using, together with the output of: lspci -v lsmod service alsa status (or whatever it is on your distro) cat /var/log/syslog | grep -i alsa (for the last boot) also read the documentation for your card on http://www.alsa-project.org and the quicktoots: http://www.djcj.org/LAU/quicktoots/ the archives for the alsa-user list might also be instructive... cheers -- Tim Orford
