On Fri, 5 May 2006 14:00:03 -0400 plutek <plutek@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > greetings! > > i'm using a laptop with ubuntu dapper, 2.6.15 kernel (with ingo's patch), alsa 1.0.10, and jackd 0.100.0. > > this system was working flawlessly with with both the onboard soundcard and my RME Multiface, with realtime access as user, until a recent install of some dvd-playing apps. now, when i try to bring up jack *as user* i get: > > --------------------------- > |~: /usr/bin/jackd -R -m -dalsa -r44100 -p128 -n2 -D -Chw:1,0 -Phw:1,0 > jackd 0.100.0 > Copyright 2001-2005 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 > > JACK compiled with System V SHM support. > loading driver .. > apparent rate = 44100 > creating alsa driver ... hw:1,0|hw:1,0|128|2|44100|0|0|nomon|swmeter|-|32bit > control device hw:1 > ALSA lib confmisc.c:1107:(snd_func_refer) Unable to find definition 'defaults.pcm.subdevice' > ALSA lib conf.c:3493:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or > directory ALSA lib conf.c:3951:(snd_config_expand) Args evaluate error: No such file or directory > ALSA lib pcm.c:2102:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM hw:1,0 > ALSA lib confmisc.c:1107:(snd_func_refer) Unable to find definition 'defaults.pcm.subdevice' > ALSA lib conf.c:3493:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or > directory ALSA lib conf.c:3951:(snd_config_expand) Args evaluate error: No such file or directory > ALSA lib pcm.c:2102:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM hw:1,0 > ALSA: Cannot open PCM device alsa_pcm for playback. Falling back to capture-only mode > cannot load driver module alsa > Segmentation fault > ------------------------------- > > the same command line *as root* works fine. > i don't know what has changed.... can someone help me sort this out? more possible clues.... when i run hdspmixer, i get this: ----------------------------------- ~: hdspmixer HDSPMixer 1.6 - Copyright (C) 2003 Thomas Charbonnel <thomas@xxxxxxxxxx> This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY HDSPMixer is free software, see the file COPYING for details Looking for HDSP cards : Card 0 : Intel 82801DB-ICH4 with unknown codec at 0xe0100c00, irq 10 Card 1 : RME Hammerfall DSP + Multiface at 0x54000000, irq 10 Multiface found ! 1 Hammerfall DSP card found. Initializing default presets ALSA lib confmisc.c:1107:(snd_func_refer) Unable to find definition 'defaults.hwdep.device' ALSA lib conf.c:3493:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or directory ALSA lib confmisc.c:242:(snd_func_getenv) error evaluating default ALSA lib conf.c:3493:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_igetenv returned error: No such file or directory ALSA lib conf.c:3951:(snd_config_expand) Args evaluate error: No such file or directory ALSA lib hwdep.c:151:(snd_hwdep_open_noupdate) Unknown HwDep hw:1 Couldn't open hwdep device. Metering stopped ------------------------------------ .pltk.