On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 14:20:51 +0000 Ruben Jenster <ruben@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > ?I want to use the JACK soundserver. I'm able to connect to the normal > analog output but not to spdif. > > I use the snd-intel8x0 driver for my onboard nforce2 soundchip. > > > ash-2.05b# cat ?/proc/asound/devices > > ? 1: ? ? ? : sequencer > > ? 0: [0- 0]: ctl > > ?18: [0- 2]: digital audio playback > > ?25: [0- 1]: digital audio capture > > ?16: [0- 0]: digital audio playback > > ?24: [0- 0]: digital audio capture > > ?33: ? ? ? : timer > > bash-2.05b# > > Using the alsa output plugin in xmms I can choose hw:0,2 then the > sound comes out through spdif, but I don't know how to do this with > JACK. I tried qjackctl (grafical controller for JACK and ALSA) and > qjackconnect(grafical patchbay) and via console by typing 'jackd -d > alsa -d hw:0,2' (same with hw:1 and hw:2) but this doesn't work, > neither as user nor as root. > > ?via console I get the following output: > ?> ash-2.05b$ jackd -d alsa -d hw:1 -S > > > > ?jackd 0.98.1 > > ?Copyright 2001-2003 Paul Davis and others. > > ?jackd comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY > > ?This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it > > ?under certain conditions; see the file COPYING for details > > > > ?loading driver .. > > ?creating alsa driver ... > > hw:2|hw:2|1024|2|48000|0|0|nomon|swmeter|-|16bit?jackd: pcm.c:690: > > snd_pcm_nonblock: Assertion `pcm' failed.?Abgebrochen > > ?bash-2.05b$ > > qjackctl displays following errors: > > 13:16:14.915 /usr/bin/jackd -R -dalsa -dhw:0,2 -r48000 -p1024 -n2 -S > > -i2-o2 13:16:14.936 JACK was started with PID=12828 (0x321c). > > jackd 0.98.1 > > Copyright 2001-2003 Paul Davis and others. > > jackd comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY > > This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it > > under certain conditions; see the file COPYING for details > > loading driver .. > > apparent rate = 48000 > > creating alsa driver ... > > hw:0,2|hw:0,2|1024|2|48000|2|2|nomon|swmeter|-| > > 16bit > > > ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:1155:(snd_pcm_hw_open) open /dev/snd/pcmC0D2c > > failed: No > > such file or directory > > > jackd: pcm.c:690: snd_pcm_nonblock: Assertion `pcm' failed. > > 13:16:14.994 JACK was stopped successfully. > > 13:16:16.966 Could not connect to JACK server as client. > > Is there some special configuration needed in '/etc/asound.conf' > Please help me, if it works I want to write a howto in the gentoo user > forum cause there is to little information about JACK and JACK is > definitly a great leap forward considering the sound quality. > > Ruben see my answer to your bugreport flo