Re: [gentoo-user] ALSA: All modules loaded, mixer unmuted, still no sound

[Ducky Z.]

Hello,

On 2/26/06, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. <bss03@××××××××××.net> wrote:
> On Sunday 26 February 2006 02:20, "Ducky Z." <duckyhatezchat@×××××.com>
> wrote about '[gentoo-user] ALSA: All modules loaded, mixer unmuted, still
> no sound':
> > Hello,
> >
> > The sound card works fine with Ubuntu in my other partition. I've
> > followed Gentoo's Alsa Guide and currently with kernel modules. But no
> > sound comes out when I play music or any other things.
>
> Are use using alsa provided by the kernel, or the kernel modules provided
> by alsa-driver?  What version of either the kernel or alsa-driver?  What
> version of alsa-lib?
>

I'm using the modules provided by the kernel, which is 2.6.15.
alsa-lib is 1.0.10.

> Can you play wav files through aplay?  There should be some samples
> in /usr/share/sounds if you don't have other .wav files.
When I aplay a file, it shows:

ALSA lib pcm_direct.c:900:(snd_pcm_direct_initialize_slave) unable to
install hw params
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:831:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to initialize slave
aplay: main:544: audio open error: Inappropriate ioctl for device

> In addition to being unmuted are the outputs actually turned up?
Output means?

> You appear to have the right modules loaded, but those dmesg errors are
> likely because the userland is having problems talking to the kernel.
Is there any workaround?

> > My 'uname -a':
> > Linux rolling-machine 2.6.15-nitro3 #3 PREEMPT Sun Feb 26 13:23:00 MMT
> > 2006 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.60GHz GenuineIntel
> > GNU/Linux
>
> What's -nitro?  Is that your own kernel version string or is that like
> ck-sources?
It's nitro-sources. I've used gentoo-sources, and I'm now trying nitro-sources.

Thanks a lot.
DZ

-- 
gentoo-user@g.o mailing list