Bill Unruh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> On Wed, 23 Aug 2006, [utf-8] Berthold Höllmann wrote:
>
>> Bill Unruh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>>> On Wed, 23 Aug 2006, [utf-8] Berthold Höllmann wrote:
>>>
>>>> I recently updated from SuSE 10.0 to 10.1. Not directly, but soon
>>>> after the upgrade (after installing some updates) my sound system
>>>> stopped working. "rcalsasound start" does not give an error message, I
>>>> can't find entries in /var/log/[warn,messages]. I get
>>>>
>>>> Starting sound driver:  usb-audio ens1370                             done
>>>
>>> You do NOT want to start sound drivers usb-audio. That is not an alsa
>>> driver.
>>
>> What is the ALSA USB sound driver? usb-audio loads snd-autio-usb module.
>
> I assume you meant snd-usb-audio, since there is no snd-autio-usb
> module.(Or snd-audio-usb)
>
>>
>>> I have no idea what rcalsasound is as Mandriva does not have it.
>>>
>>
>> Its a shortcut for /etc/init.d/alsasound.
>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> my USB sound card is connected, but I get
>>>>
>>>> aplay -l
>>>> **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
>>>> card 1: AudioPCI [Ensoniq AudioPCI], device 0: ES1370/1 [ES1370 DAC2/ADC]
>>>>  Subdevices: 1/1
>>>>  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
>>>> card 1: AudioPCI [Ensoniq AudioPCI], device 1: ES1370/2 [ES1370 DAC1]
>>>>  Subdevices: 1/1
>>>>  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
>>>>
>>>> So where is the USB sound card left? lsusb lists the card. Where to
>>>> look for more debugging infos?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Check that the sound card drivers are actually being installed. Do
>>> modprobe snd-usb-audio
>>> for example
>>> and look at the end of dmesg immediately for error messages.
>>
>> pchoel:~/dc-done # lsmod | grep snd
>
> Which tells you that no alsa sound modules have been loaded.
>
>> pchoel:~/dc-done # modprobe snd-usb-audio
>> pchoel:~/dc-done # dmesg|tail
>> usb 5-2.4: Product: Unknown
>> usb 5-2.4: Manufacturer: Unknown
>> usb 5-2.4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
>> usbcore: registered new driver snd-usb-audio
>> ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0a.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 193
>> usbcore: deregistering driver snd-usb-audio
>> usbcore: registered new driver snd-usb-audio
>> ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0a.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 193
>> usbcore: deregistering driver snd-usb-audio
>> usbcore: registered new driver snd-usb-audio
>
> And what does lsmod|grep snd say now? And what does ls /proc/asound/cards
> say?

I try to start alsa using the SuSE delivered script:

pchoel:~  # rcalsasound start
Starting sound driver:  usb-audio ens1370                             done
pchoel:~  # lsmod|grep snd
snd_pcm_oss            42752  0 
snd_mixer_oss          16256  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_midi            8960  0 
snd_seq_midi_event      6400  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq                46960  2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_ens1370            18080  0 
snd_ak4531_codec        8448  1 snd_ens1370
snd_usb_audio          69376  0 
snd_pcm                79880  3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_ens1370,snd_usb_audio
snd_timer              20868  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc          9608  2 snd_ens1370,snd_pcm
snd_usb_lib            14336  1 snd_usb_audio
snd_rawmidi            23424  3 snd_seq_midi,snd_ens1370,snd_usb_lib
snd_seq_device          7948  3 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi
snd_hwdep               8836  1 snd_usb_audio
snd                    50692  13 
snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq,snd_ens1370,snd_ak4531_codec,snd_usb_audio,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_usb_lib,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_hwdep
soundcore               8672  1 snd
usbcore               108804  6 
snd_usb_audio,snd_usb_lib,usbhid,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
gameport               13704  3 snd_ens1370,ns558
pchoel:~  # aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 1: AudioPCI [Ensoniq AudioPCI], device 0: ES1370/1 [ES1370 DAC2/ADC]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: AudioPCI [Ensoniq AudioPCI], device 1: ES1370/2 [ES1370 DAC1]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

The usb sound module is loaded, the USB device is powered but it can't
be used.

>
>>
>>
>> I can't see an error message.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Berthold
>>

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