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On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 07:49:02PM +0700, Pandu Poluan wrote: |
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> On Mar 21, 2012 6:22 PM, "Alan Mackenzie" <acm@×××.de> wrote: |
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> > Hello, Pandu. |
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> > On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 07:35:14AM +0700, Pandu Poluan wrote: |
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> > > On Mar 21, 2012 5:36 AM, "Alan Mackenzie" <acm@×××.de> wrote: |
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> > > > Hi, all. |
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> > > > Got a problem with my system running under mdev. When I try to |
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> > > > play CDs (with aqualung feeding into PulseAudio), no sound comes |
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> > > > out. However, when I listen to an audio section from a newspaper |
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> > > > page such as www.tagesschau.de (no idea what audio format) it |
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> > > > works. |
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> > > > Clearly this is something to do with mdev. I had a look at the |
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> > > > devices in /dev, searching for those in group audio. Under udev, |
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> > > > I find the following as device nodes: |
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> > > > adsp audio dsp mixer mixer1 sequencer sequencer2. |
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> > > > Under mdev, all of these bar one are symlinks into the real nodes |
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> > > > in a subdirectory. The odd man out is mixer1 which is a device |
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> > > > node, but with owner/group begin root/root (rather than |
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> > > > root/audio). |
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> > > > Can anybody suggest any fix, or further areas of exploration? |
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> > > > Thanks! |
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> > > That's indicative that it's the kernel doing the populating (that |
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> > > is, everything belongs to root:root). |
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> > No, it was just that one device belonging to root:root. This is |
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> > mysterious indeed. |
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> > > That means, mdev hasn't got the chance to 'restructure' the /dev |
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> > > directory (that is, rename and/or move and/or chown devices). |
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> > > Does 'mdev -s' exist in your /sbin/linuxrc? Can you post your |
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> > > linuxrc here? |
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> > mdev -s wasn't in my /sbin/linuxrc. It is now. It hasn't made any |
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> > difference to that wayward device. |
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> > As I said to Walt, I've solved the problem by turfing out pulseaudio. |
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> Strange... |
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> Do you use mdev to handle hotplugs, btw? |
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You mean, like sticking in a USB stick, or turning my printer on? Yes, I |
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do. |
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> Rgds, |
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Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany). |
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