On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 09:29:25PM +0100, Tim Orford wrote: > > > lspci -v > > As you trimmed the output we dont know what other hardware could be causing > problems, but still, it looks ok. Sorry... I suppose the output could be too long to post here. > so which card are you trying to use? the ensoniq i guess. Yes!. Because I compiled vortex drivers without success. > looks ok. > to use jack you only need "snd", "snd-pcm" and "snd-ens1370" Ok. > looks probably ok. > probably you havnt saved your mixer settings? > they live in /etc/asound.state (or your home dir) > you might want to create one using the alsactl program as root. > (i dont know why disributions dont do this as part of the alsa installation) # ll /etc/asound.state -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6381 Sep 14 18:20 /etc/asound.state now is here :-) > > /var/log/boot.0:Thu Oct 16 14:24:13 2003: Starting ALSA (version 0.9.6): > > warning, no drivers defined in /etc/modules.conf failed > > er, isnt this from last week? :-) Yes. I don't know how to say in english but I'll try :-) -> the power company leave the city (this day) without power for political reasons. [because power companies wants to grow up their taxes] > all looks ok. oh no! :-)... I expected an error or something wrong... :-)) > one further check: look in /proc/asound/cards > there should be just one card "card0" # cat /proc/asound/cards 0 [AudioPCI ]: ENS1370 - Ensoniq AudioPCI Ensoniq AudioPCI ENS1370 at 0x1480, irq 5 and # ll -d /proc/asound/card? dr-xr-xr-x 5 root root 0 Oct 30 09:38 /proc/asound/card0/ -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 30 09:38 /proc/asound/cards > ># arecord -f cd > file.test > >Recording WAVE 'stdout' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 44100 Hz, > >Stereo > >Aborted by signal Interrupt... > > i originally thought this was an error but i guess it is just > you hitting Ctl-C. Yes. I hitted Ctl-C because I don't know how to stop arecord :-) > it looks like alsa is not the problem, but before moving onto jack > maybe it would be wise to check recording from the soundcard input > rather than stdin. Ok... I'll take a look of arecord documentation, because arecord throw the data to stdout. > jack: > > how often are the xruns? or are they too fast to count? Intinite times or using your words: 'too fast to count'. > pls post the first few lines of jack output. # jackd -d alsa -d hw:0 -p512 |head -n 6 JACK compiled with System V SHM support loading driver .. open starting engine **** alsa_pcm: xrun of at least 0.060 msecs **** alsa_pcm: xrun of at least 4.512 msecs **** alsa_pcm: xrun of at least 0.033 msecs **** alsa_pcm: xrun of at least 3.397 msecs **** alsa_pcm: xrun of at least 0.051 msecs **** alsa_pcm: xrun of at least 2.852 msecs **** alsa_pcm: xrun of at least 0.034 msecs **** alsa_pcm: xrun of at least 0.019 msecs **** alsa_pcm: xrun of at least 0.215 msecs **** alsa_pcm: xrun of at least 0.033 msecs **** alsa_pcm: xrun of at least 0.052 msecs > you are running everything as root arnt you? Yes. > is the kernel compiled with low-latency and preemtible options? The kernel is only compiled with low-latency because I can't find preemptible patch for kernel 2.4.22. # cat /proc/sys/kernel/lowlatency 1 # > maybe dont start with ardour as its undergoing rapid development > atm. Better to imo use eg 'alsaplayer -o jack'. Also use one of > the jack control guis such as qjackconnect or qjackctl to check > jackd has 2 input ports and 2 output ports. Without running jackd I tried to do that: # jackrec -f pepe -d 4 0 cannot connect to jack server cannot connect to default JACK server jack server not running? # but running jackd [with a lot of xruns output in the other console] I get this error: # jackrec -f pepe -d 4 0 cannot connect input port jackrec:input1 to 0 # jackrec -f pepe -d 4 1 cannot connect input port jackrec:input1 to 1 # jackrec -f pepe -d 4 2 cannot connect input port jackrec:input1 to 2 [I changed port by hand... because I don't have qjackconnect or qjackctl, I'll investigate why] > cheers! > -- > Tim Orford Thanks a lot for your help Tim. Felix -- F?lix Cuello felix@xxxxxxxxxx -- Las gentes que nunca se preocupan por sus antepasados jam?s mirar?n hacia la posteridad. -- Edmund Burke. (1729-1797) Pol?tico y escritor brit?nico.