On Mon, 2008-04-14 at 09:13 +1000, Ben Finney wrote: > Sean McNamara <smcnam at gmail.com> writes: > > > On Sun, 2008-04-13 at 18:34 +1000, Ben Finney wrote: > > > Apr 13 18:27:53 lily pulseaudio[26288]: alsa-util.c: Error opening PCM device hw:0: No such device > > > Apr 13 18:27:53 lily pulseaudio[26288]: module.c: Failed to load module "module-alsa-source" (argument: "device_id=0 source_name=alsa_input.pci_106b_3e_alsa_capture_0"): initialization failed. > > > > This is module-hal-detect attempting to automatically configure your > > ALSA devices. "no such device" on hw:0 is a pretty bad sign that your > > ALSA configuration is hosed. > > :-( > > > Without PA started, do you hear something when you execute something > > like `aplay /usr/share/sounds/shutdown.wav` in the console? > > $ aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Noise.wav > *** PULSEAUDIO: Unable to connect: Connection refused > aplay: main:564: audio open error: Connection refused > > $ sudo aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Noise.wav > *** PULSEAUDIO: Unable to connect: Connection refused > aplay: main:564: audio open error: Connection refused Sorry, I forgot to say that aplay tries to open "default" when no other device is specified. So these two commands were not revealing. > > > The default device assumed by aplay is hw:0, but in very rare cases > > you can actually have a hw:1 configured without a hw:0. In that > > case, you might want to enumerate the first few reasonably high card > > numbers until you hear sound: for i in "1 2 3 4 5"; do aplay -v > > --device=hw: $i /usr/share/sounds/shutdown.wav; done; > > $ for i in $(seq 0 5) ; do dev="hw:$i" ; echo $dev ; aplay -v --device=$dev /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Noise.wav ; done > hw:0 > Playing WAVE '/usr/share/sounds/alsa/Noise.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 48000 Hz, Mono > aplay: set_params:918: Sample format non available Ah, it seems your hardware can't play s16le @ 48kHz. But that error does indicate that hw:0 exists. So try this when PA is not running: aplay -v --device=plug:hw:0 /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Noise.wav > hw:1 > ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:1240:(_snd_pcm_hw_open) Invalid value for card > aplay: main:564: audio open error: No such file or directory > hw:2 > ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:1240:(_snd_pcm_hw_open) Invalid value for card > aplay: main:564: audio open error: No such file or directory > hw:3 > ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:1240:(_snd_pcm_hw_open) Invalid value for card > aplay: main:564: audio open error: No such file or directory > hw:4 > ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:1240:(_snd_pcm_hw_open) Invalid value for card > aplay: main:564: audio open error: No such file or directory > hw:5 > ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:1240:(_snd_pcm_hw_open) Invalid value for card > aplay: main:564: audio open error: No such file or directory > > > If you don't get any sound, your problem is with ALSA and rather > > outside the scope of this mailing list. You can catch me on #alsa on > > chat.freenode.net as `allquixotic` if you want some help going > > through your ALSA configuration. > > Thanks. I'll likely take you (or someone else) up on that offer. >
