> Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2010 12:32:07 -0400
> From: zlinux...@wowway.com
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: RE: ALSA problem?
>
> On Fri, 2 Apr 2010 11:19:09 -0400 (EDT), Oscar Corte wrote:
> > On Thu, 1 Apr 2010 14:34:50 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote:
> >> On Thu, 1 Apr 2010 13:04:13 -0400 (EDT), Oscar Corte wrote:
> >>>
> >>> When trying to play a CD with Sound Juicer, I'm getting error
> >>> “Could not open audio device for playback”
> >>>
> >>> Reason: Internal GStreamer error: state change failed.
> >>> Please file a bug at
> >>> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=GStreamer.
> >>>
> >>> Totem movie player plays video without any sound at all.
> >>>
> >>> However, I can use cdcd play to CD's with no problem at all from the
> >>> command prompt.
> >>>
> >>> Debian reference suggests to use speaker-test which gives the next
> >>> result:
> >>>
> >>> speaker-test 1.0.16
> >>>
> >>> Playback device is default
> >>> Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 1 channels
> >>> Using 16 octaves of pink noise
> >>> ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:996:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
> >>> Playback open error: -2,No such file or directory
> >>>
> >>> What should I do next in order to fix sound?
> >>
> >> Well, for starters, how about telling us the following:
> >>
> >> (1) Make and model of your computer
> >> (2) Make and model of your sound card, including sound chipset, if known
> >> (3) What release of Debian are you running (Lenny, Squeeze, etc.)
> >> (4) What packages are installed that start with "alsa"
> >> (5) What kernel modules are loaded that begin with "snd"
> >> (6) What columns labels are shown by alsamixer? (scroll left and right
> >> with arrow keys, exit with Esc)
> >>
> >> I have an idea what this might be, but I don't want to make a wild
> >> guess. Let's start with the basics.
> >>
> >
> > Sorry for nor providing the required
> > information. It's is listed next:
> >
> >> (1) Make and model of your computer
> > Dell XPS T600 (Pentium III 600 Mhz.) (Very old)
> >
> >> (2) Make and model of your sound card, including sound chipset, if known
> > Creative Audi PCI (ES1371,ES1373) (WDM)
> >
> >> (3) What release of Debian are you running (Lenny, Squeeze, etc.)
> > Lenny 4.1.2-25 up to date through Synaptics
> >
> >> (4) What packages are installed that start with "alsa"
> > alsa-base, alsa-utils
> >
> >> (5) What kernel modules are loaded that begin with "snd"
> > snd_ens1371 19072 0
> > snd_ac97_codec 88452 1 snd_ens1371
> > snd_usb_audio 70272 1
> > snd_pcm_oss 32800 0
> > snd_mixer_oss 12320 1 snd_pcm_oss
> > snd_pcm 62660 4
> > snd_ens1371,snd_ac97_codec,snd_usb_audio,snd_pcm_oss
> > snd_usb_lib 13472 1 snd_usb_audio
> > snd_hwdep 6212 1 snd_usb_audio
> > snd_seq_dummy 2660 0
> > snd_seq_oss 24992 0
> > snd_seq_midi 5728 0
> > snd_rawmidi 18496 3 snd_ens1371,snd_usb_lib,snd_seq_midi
> > snd_seq_midi_event 6432 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
> > snd_seq 41456 6
> > snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
> > snd_timer 17800 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
> > snd_seq_device 6380 5
> > snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
> > snd_page_alloc 7816 1 snd_pcm
> >
> >> (6) What columns labels are shown by alsamixer? (scroll left and right ...
> > Auto Hain Control [Off], Mic[dBgain=9.00]
> >
> >
> > Thanks a lot for your help. I really
> > appreciate it. As far as I remember sound used to work.
>
> Where do I start? Well, for starters, please don't top post. We use the
> usenet style of
> quoting here. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_posting for more details.
> I spent
> more time reformatting your message than I will in answering your post.
> Please don't
> do that to us. It is annoying.
>
> Second, what kind of Fourier transform did you do on your data?
> Reconstructing the output
> of lsmod in a recognizable format consumed a fair amount of time too.
>
> OK, enough about logistical issues and on to the problem. First of all:
>
> >> (3) What release of Debian are you running (Lenny, Squeeze, etc.)
> > Lenny 4.1.2-25 up to date through Synaptics
>
> That doesn't sound right. Are you perhaps running Ubuntu, or some other
> Debian-based
> distribution, and not Debian itself?
>
> >> (6) What columns labels are shown by alsamixer? (scroll left and right ...
> > Auto Hain Control [Off], Mic[dBgain=9.00]
>
> Are you saying that this one column is the only column? There's no column
> marked PCM?
>
> > As far as I remember sound used to work.
>
> When did it work? When you used to run Windows? When you were running an
> earlier
> release of Linux? Be more specific.
>
> --
> .''`. Stephen Powell <zlinux...@wowway.com>
> : :' :
> `. `'`
Stephen:
Thanks a lot for your patience. No more top posting, sorry. I also tried to
arrange columns with Open Office Write but I see that it didn't work as
expected.
About the Debian release: I installed it from DVD Debian Lenny 5.0.3 downloaded
through jigdo. That version number I posted was obtained from file
/proc/version which
I though should have better information after many updates through
Synaptics.
About point [6], I checked again and there is only one column shown.
Right now I'm listening to a CD played by "cdcd" program (from command prompt)
in this Debian PC as I write this mail and sound is great. However programs
from GNU graphical environment doesn't seem to work at all (Totem, Sound
juicer). ¿Could this mean that sound divers are OK but something is wrong
someshere else in the graphis environment?
When I say that it used to work I mean that all media worked Ok. when Debian
was installed. I don't exactly knowwhen stopped working because I accepted
several synaptic updates for a period of about 2 mpnth before trying musica
again.
Regards
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