hi paul, unfortunately in my case /proc/asound exists but /dev/snd does not. this means i have to create it every time i restart due to it the strange phenomenon of them disappearing on reboot.
if i don't create run the snddevices script, then alsactl gives the file not found error mentioned in a previous email. all my modules have loaded fine. as i say, when i run snddevices script, which creates the /dev/snd directories, I can use also no problem. for some time i have been running the snddevices script from .xinitrc so that i do not have to manually run it every time i want audio. this however has proved to be unreliable, and makes for a slow start into my xsession. no one seems to be able to solve this problem, here or in any lists, so it seems it is not the right time for me to be trying alsa. thanks for your help, de/ melbourne, australia http://selectparks.net at approximately Sun, 3 Nov 2002 11:42:32 -0800, the X-mailer used by Paul Winkler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> suggested that "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" is somehow related to: > | On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 06:38:35PM +1100, de|ire wrote: > | > before i forget! > | > > | > i should also say that i believe alsaound has never* not been running* simply because i can 'restart' it. > | > restarting alsasound produces the same alsactl error, on shutdown and start. > | > also, attempting to start it gives the "alsa driver already running" reply. > | > > | > yet funnily enough ps ax reveals no 'alsasound'? is this because it is not a *process* so much as a driver? > | > | "alsasound" is just a shell script that starts the driver. > | it mostly just runs modprobe to load the appropriate kernel modules. > | then it exits. > | To see if alsa's running: > | ls /proc/asound > | > | If alsa's running, that directory will exist, and will contain > | lots of informative files. If alsa's not running, it will not exist. > | > | Also, /sbin/lsmod should show you what modules are loaded. > | Which ones depends on the soundcards you have. > | Here's what I get when I start alsa on my laptop with a nm256 soundcard: > | > | $ /sbin/lsmod > | Module Size Used by Not tainted > | snd-nm256 57892 0 > | snd-ac97-codec 23984 0 [snd-nm256] > | snd-pcm 53216 0 [snd-nm256] > | snd-timer 9280 0 [snd-pcm] > | snd 23208 0 [snd-nm256 snd-ac97-codec snd-pcm snd-timer] > | > | > | -- > | > | Paul Winkler > | http://www.slinkp.com > | "Welcome to Muppet Labs, where the future is made - today!" > | > | > | ------------------------------------------------------- > | This SF.net email is sponsored by: ApacheCon, November 18-21 in > | Las Vegas (supported by COMDEX), the only Apache event to be > | fully supported by the ASF. http://www.apachecon.com > | _______________________________________________ > | Alsa-user mailing list > | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user > | > | -- , variables aren't ___ ___ ___ / / / / / /.--| |.-----constants weren't |__|.----.-----. ,' ,',' ,',' ,' | _ || - -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) mQGiBDzZwzERBADs1JTlOud9116TR8aKUzgu9Kdm4UWmEnTYTIA1bcvnZH24Nm+x cMf48haT0O5OdajhMwy5vccGQn21J1yBBfx7w5Di7D5Bh1BbO+5uz5YhDBxxRJ0y 4kvEYNCyFz8Sfl1jvG5W980Ax3j2UquqnJlNxBgwZnE16/12bSMPxGRZLwCglpEt K/1u7qAfx4gyO91HSw0a3xkD/0m11rWUNj1cBUeGqGEcjDUWInegpxquMsu7W72I /KD8iKzgttz1m6GEVuN15+y0MxiwmIuuAC74d/moebuPYpawXnaTejzwRPsPZyKn JZ+vf5KNfNE/SgweRcrjPfyVHv/pdE+MTCGtQGF3vf3kTSFrBOLTKKnOxPSpmlNS hFPkA/9rUXsdeJMzdCBVfuPqcu63NdTfGoRQ1KD/ATuULGf3z7tOWe2hBlv2DDhv 2JJMGGTr1mMQjUKdd6+/34RmMsZip3d4lS4VCWFWzvXGgkhyrHFY+QIC8i4RHsPF +rbqXTOjeaRspLSXW+thULz2DBWZPTSDANApZMJ94S+IuF0ufbQgSnVsaWFuIE9s aXZlciA8ZGVsaXJlQGRlbGlyZS5jej6IVwQTEQIAFwUCPNnDMQULBwoDBAMVAwID FgIBAheAAAoJEJq3ySAJ5WfrIJ0An3g9+Ea8S/JQu9lIhLW0mdaA0aI2AJ9mXDUn ODUuTtOfjlNt96y+jjpRTLkBDQQ82cMzEAQAqNQ3y2m6Gj25j16L9pWOBXiFBY8y sRGiWc4JBtsSpk7xuAN9F1lq4W6BbznTdJDIAQe6jmQrJTBYwZCbiuBmFL4o+F45 nvYg6fifw291sO7MDyKpJ2I81cH9fz4YqhFLcsYz2tzAWp4w9CjafNIPoWRwli/I PIC+Tf4QeJyunpsAAwUD/jFFokEPg5cbf0R35TQPzDVnbvMjSiWy4EXtBleObPSK BLi+UApjuXeY8296bYvZPKhk2f27YfPfTEkUlInRuyejIUp9xcmwoH9pEhFca8IP Ot6tDSNNbqpY7EjYjbAytaV4n7GdxVQkXItMrJJZoM1Qb9YlgpF546GkCYfk02EW iEUEGBECAAYFAjzZwzMACgkQmrfJIAnlZ+tF1wCY2pbdg12S/mo9Rltc6IUt1VzA mACglLUDtZ/vCMs9NaG4X4Sdf5cxjHI= =Yf7u -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: ApacheCon, November 18-21 in Las Vegas (supported by COMDEX), the only Apache event to be fully supported by the ASF. http://www.apachecon.com _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
