On Sun, 16 Mar 2003, Peter Heatwole wrote: > Ben Cummings wrote: >> So, given that i should be able to do multiple opens of the sound >> device, but i can't, what can i do to fix it? > > My first question is what ALSA release are you using? I think the < ... > > To check if your current driver supports multiple opens, type: > > aplay -l > > You should have three devices ("CS46xx", "CS46xx - Rear", and "CS46xx - IEC958") > listed with 31 subdevices under "CS46xx" and "CS46xx - Rear". > If not, you need to upgrade to a newer release.
Aha! It turns out that the version of alsa-modules (which are what Debian calls the actual drivers) was out of date (0.9.0rc1) because there was no prepackaged version that agreed with my kernel. So, i rebuilt it from source, and now it works just fine! Thanks for the help! b.c ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by:Crypto Challenge is now open! Get cracking and register here for some mind boggling fun and the chance of winning an Apple iPod: http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?thaw0031en _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user