I've plugged a Griffin imic into my Dell 5150 (running FC3-ish). The machine
recognised the card and modprobe snd-usb-audio, followed by alsamixer -c 1,
showed the card. I can set and get the settings and the like all fine. The
one thing I _can't_ get out is audio. None at all.
aplay -device=hw:1,0 foofile.wav seems to run fine, except for the bit where
it puts out sound. I've not got anything muted in alsamixer that I can see.
This is kernel 2.6.8-1.541. (Hopefully) relevant bits from /proc/asound:
bonanza# ls
card0 cards I82801DBICH4 oss seq timers
card1 devices modules pcm system version
bonanza# cat cards
0 [I82801DBICH4 ]: ICH - Intel 82801DB-ICH4
Intel 82801DB-ICH4 at 0xf4fff800, irq 7
1 [system ]: USB-Audio - iMic USB audio system
Griffin Technology, Inc iMic USB audio system at
usb-0000:00:1d.0-1, full speed
bonanza# cat version
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.6 (Sun Aug 15 07:17:53
2004 UTC).
Compiled on Sep 1 2004 for kernel 2.6.8-1.541.
bonanza# cd card1
bonanza# ls
id oss_mixer pcm0c pcm0p stream0 usbbus usbid
bonanza# cat id
system
bonanza# cat stream0 # during 'aplay --device=hw:1,0 fooofile.wav'
Griffin Technology, Inc iMic USB audio system at usb-0000:00:1d.0-1, full
speed : USB Audio
Playback:
Status: Running
Interface = 1
Altset = 2
URBs = 5 [ 4 4 4 4 4 ]
Packet Size = 200
Momentary freq = 44100 Hz
Interface 1
Altset 1
Format: S16_LE
Channels: 1
Endpoint: 1 OUT (ADAPTIVE)
Rates: 6400 - 48000 (continuous)
Interface 1
Altset 2
Format: S16_LE
Channels: 2
Endpoint: 1 OUT (ADAPTIVE)
Rates: 6400 - 48000 (continuous)
Capture:
Status: Stop
Interface 2
Altset 1
Format: S8
Channels: 1
Endpoint: 4 IN (SYNC)
Rates: 6400 - 48000 (continuous)
Interface 2
Altset 2
Format: S16_LE
Channels: 1
Endpoint: 4 IN (SYNC)
Rates: 6400 - 48000 (continuous)
Interface 2
Altset 3
Format: S16_LE
Channels: 2
Endpoint: 4 IN (SYNC)
Rates: 6400 - 48000 (continuous)
bonanza# lsmod | egrep 'snd|sound'
snd_intel8x0 29709 0
snd_usb_audio 55457 1
snd_usb_lib 10305 1 snd_usb_audio
snd_ac97_codec 61329 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_pcm_oss 42361 0
snd_mixer_oss 14529 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 84681 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_usb_audio,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 25413 1 snd_pcm
gameport 3777 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_mpu401_uart 7233 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_rawmidi 21733 2 snd_usb_lib,snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_device 6217 1 snd_rawmidi
snd 44709 11
snd_intel8x0,snd_usb_audio,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
soundcore 7457 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 6985 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
One thing I've noticed is that lsmod is telling me that the snd_usb_audio
device is being used, but it's not saying _what_ it's being used by. I can't
see any processes running that have anything in /dev/snd open.
I'd love to get some tips on where to look next for continuing to debug this -
one of my own projects is shtoom (a voip phone) and I'm always getting
pleas for help with ALSA - it'd be excellent if I knew a bit more about what
I'm doing here so I can help them in turn <wink>
Thanks,
Anthony
