Sorry but I can't help, but I just wanted to say good luck with this, please keep us posted - I also find this annoying and I'd love to see it fixed! :)
Dylan Reilly wrote: > I do not want to test if the sound is working but if audio is > currently being processed by the card. > > For example, I find in bothersome that the freerunner will suspend > while I am listening to music or using it as a phone. My hope is that > there is/are some test(s) I can issue programatically that will tell > me if one of those two events are occurring. > > As I mentioned, I can easily determine if a program has bound itself > to the sound card (e.g., lsof) but not if audio is actually streaming. > In particular, the phone kit is always bound to the card so lsof is > not a useful test in that case. > > On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 9:50 AM, Yogiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> Is there a way to test if sound is actually being pumped through the >>> sound card? I can lsof various devices in /dev/snd or check >>> /proc/asound/card0/pcmXX/sub0/status but those only tell me if a >>> client is *connected*. Furthermore, I find it odd that the phone-kit >>> does not seem to go through the alsa pcm but is only connected to >>> /dev/snd/controlC0. Is there some way to know if the phone kit >>> actually active? >>> >> I'm probably just misunderstanding you, but why not test the sound card >> with a random audio file. Or run 'speaker-test'. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Openmoko community mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community >> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

