Hi! 1. Has anybody success story concerning pulseaudio working with hdsp alsa driver? I have output shown below. 2. What does it mean? - "Dude, your kernel stinks! The chef's recommendation today is Linux with high-resolution timers enabled!" Andrew ===================================================== pulseaudio -vv I: core-util.c: Successfully gained nice level -11. W: main.c: This program is not intended to be run as root (unless --system is specified). I: main.c: Page size is 4096 bytes I: main.c: Dude, your kernel stinks! The chef's recommendation today is Linux with high-resolution timers enabled! D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib64/pulse-0.9/modules//module-hal-detect.so': success I: module-hal-detect.c: Trying capability alsa D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_alsa_timer D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_alsa_sequencer D: module-hal-detect.c: Loading module-alsa-sink with arguments 'device_id=0 sink_name=alsa_output.pci_10ee_3fc5_alsa_playback_0' D: alsa-util.c: Trying front:0... ALSA lib conf.c:3949:(snd_config_expand) Unknown parameters 0 ALSA lib pcm.c:2145:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM front:0 I: alsa-util.c: Couldn't open PCM device front:0: Invalid argument D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround40:0... ALSA lib conf.c:3949:(snd_config_expand) Unknown parameters 0 ALSA lib pcm.c:2145:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM surround40:0 I: alsa-util.c: Couldn't open PCM device surround40:0: Invalid argument D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround41:0... ALSA lib conf.c:3949:(snd_config_expand) Unknown parameters 0 ALSA lib pcm.c:2145:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM surround41:0 I: alsa-util.c: Couldn't open PCM device surround41:0: Invalid argument D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround50:0... ALSA lib conf.c:3949:(snd_config_expand) Unknown parameters 0 ALSA lib pcm.c:2145:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM surround50:0 I: alsa-util.c: Couldn't open PCM device surround50:0: Invalid argument D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround51:0... ALSA lib conf.c:3949:(snd_config_expand) Unknown parameters 0 ALSA lib pcm.c:2145:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM surround51:0 I: alsa-util.c: Couldn't open PCM device surround51:0: Invalid argument D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround71:0... ALSA lib conf.c:3949:(snd_config_expand) Unknown parameters 0 ALSA lib pcm.c:2145:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM surround71:0 I: alsa-util.c: Couldn't open PCM device surround71:0: Invalid argument D: alsa-util.c: Trying hw:0 as last resort... I: module-alsa-sink.c: Successfully opened device hw:0. I: module-alsa-sink.c: Successfully enabled mmap() mode. W: alsa-util.c: Unable to set sw params: Invalid argument E: module-alsa-sink.c: Failed to set software parameters: Invalid argument E: module.c: Failed to load module "module-alsa-sink" (argument: "device_id=0 sink_name=alsa_output.pci_10ee_3fc5_alsa_playback_0"): initialization failed. D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_10ee_3fc5_alsa_playback_0 D: module-hal-detect.c: Loading module-alsa-source with arguments 'device_id=0 source_name=alsa_input.pci_10ee_3fc5_alsa_capture_0' D: alsa-util.c: Trying front:0... ALSA lib conf.c:3949:(snd_config_expand) Unknown parameters 0 ALSA lib pcm.c:2145:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM front:0 I: alsa-util.c: Couldn't open PCM device front:0: Invalid argument D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround40:0... ALSA lib conf.c:3949:(snd_config_expand) Unknown parameters 0 ALSA lib pcm.c:2145:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM surround40:0 I: alsa-util.c: Couldn't open PCM device surround40:0: Invalid argument D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround41:0... ALSA lib conf.c:3949:(snd_config_expand) Unknown parameters 0 ALSA lib pcm.c:2145:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM surround41:0 I: alsa-util.c: Couldn't open PCM device surround41:0: Invalid argument D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround50:0... ALSA lib conf.c:3949:(snd_config_expand) Unknown parameters 0 ALSA lib pcm.c:2145:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM surround50:0 I: alsa-util.c: Couldn't open PCM device surround50:0: Invalid argument D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround51:0... ALSA lib conf.c:3949:(snd_config_expand) Unknown parameters 0 ALSA lib pcm.c:2145:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM surround51:0 I: alsa-util.c: Couldn't open PCM device surround51:0: Invalid argument D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround71:0... ALSA lib conf.c:3949:(snd_config_expand) Unknown parameters 0 ALSA lib pcm.c:2145:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM surround71:0 I: alsa-util.c: Couldn't open PCM device surround71:0: Invalid argument D: alsa-util.c: Trying hw:0 as last resort... I: module-alsa-source.c: Successfully opened device hw:0. I: module-alsa-source.c: Successfully enabled mmap() mode. W: alsa-util.c: Unable to set sw params: Invalid argument E: module-alsa-source.c: Failed to set software parameters: Invalid argument E: module.c: Failed to load module "module-alsa-source" (argument: "device_id=0 source_name=alsa_input.pci_10ee_3fc5_alsa_capture_0"): initialization failed. D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_10ee_3fc5_alsa_capture_0 D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_snd_virmidi_0_alsa_midi_3 D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_snd_virmidi_0_alsa_midi_2 D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_snd_virmidi_0_alsa_midi_1 D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_snd_virmidi_0_alsa_midi_0 D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_10ee_3fc5_alsa_midi_0 D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_10ee_3fc5_alsa_hw_specific_0 D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_snd_virmidi_0_alsa_control__1 D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_10ee_3fc5_alsa_control__1 I: module-hal-detect.c: Loaded 0 modules. I: module.c: Loaded "module-hal-detect" (index: #0; argument: ""). I: module.c: Loaded "module-esound-protocol-unix" (index: #1; argument: ""). I: protocol-native.c: loading cookie from disk. I: module.c: Loaded "module-native-protocol-unix" (index: #2; argument: ""). D: module-zeroconf-publish.c: Publishing services in Zeroconf E: module-zeroconf-publish.c: avahi_entry_group_add_service_strlst() failed: Not supported I: module.c: Loaded "module-zeroconf-publish" (index: #3; argument: ""). I: module-volume-restore.c: starting with empty ruleset. I: module.c: Loaded "module-volume-restore" (index: #4; argument: ""). D: module-default-device-restore.c: No previous default sink setting, ignoring. D: module-default-device-restore.c: No previous default source setting, ignoring. I: module.c: Loaded "module-default-device-restore" (index: #5; argument: ""). I: module.c: Loaded "module-rescue-streams" (index: #6; argument: ""). I: module.c: Loaded "module-suspend-on-idle" (index: #7; argument: ""). D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib64/pulse-0.9/modules//module-x11-publish.so': success D: module-x11-publish.c: using already loaded auth cookie. I: module.c: Loaded "module-x11-publish" (index: #8; argument: ""). D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib64/pulse-0.9/modules//module-gconf.so': failure I: main.c: Daemon startup complete. D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.DBus, path=/org/freedesktop/DBus, member=NameAcquired