On Thu, 27.03.08 13:23, Jim Duda (jim at duda.tzo.com) wrote: > > Lennart, > > No go, I get: > > lroom# vi /etc/pulse/default.pa > lroom# pulseaudio --system -v > I: core-util.c: Successfully gained nice level -11. > I: main.c: Found user 'pulse' (UID 499) and group 'pulse' (GID 499). > I: main.c: Successfully dropped root privileges. > W: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_NICE, (31, 31)) failed: Operation not permitted > W: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_RTPRIO, (9, 9)) failed: Operation not permitted > 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! > ALSA lib conf.c:3949:(snd_config_expand) Unknown parameters CARD=CMI8738MC8,DEV=0 > ALSA lib pcm.c:2145:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM iec958:CARD=CMI8738MC8,DEV=0 > E: alsa-util.c: Error opening PCM device iec958:CARD=CMI8738MC8,DEV=0: Invalid argument > E: module.c: Failed to load module "module-alsa-sink" (argument: "device=iec958:CARD=CMI8738MC8,DEV=0"): initialization > failed. > E: main.c: Module load failed. > E: main.c: failed to initialize daemon. > I: main.c: Daemon terminated. There's something seriously wrong with your ALSA installtion as it seems. Does this work? aplay -D iec958:CARD=CMI8738MC8,DEV=0 -v -f cd < /dev/urandom Do you hear any noise? If not, then this is an ALSA problem, not related to PA. Please contact ALSA upstream in this case. Lennart -- Lennart Poettering Red Hat, Inc. lennart [at] poettering [dot] net ICQ# 11060553 http://0pointer.net/lennart/ GnuPG 0x1A015CC4