Re: I hate Alsa [Solved]
Elimar Riesebieter wrote: On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 the mental interface of Kamaraju S Kusumanchi told: [...] I recently came to know that alsaconf is outdated in 2.6 kernels. You have to use udevtrigger instead of alsaconf. See #430624, #432678 for more info. alsaconf will be fixed for PnP cards in 1.0.14-2 upload. I have added this information to the NewbieDOC documentation [1]. [1] http://newbiedoc.berlios.de/wiki/Sound_in_Debian_GNU/Linux#Alsaconf_is_broken_and_will_not_be_fixed_in_Debian_Etch Thanks, -- Chris. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: I hate Alsa
On 9/13/07, Barry Samuels [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Debian Testing up to date as of yesterday. Kernel 2.6.22 Sound from on-board Intel (snd_hda_intel) Kmix as the mixer When I used OSS I had no audio problems at all - everything (playback and recording) just worked but since I went over to Alsa (about a year ago) I've had trouble getting recording to work. Normally I find that playback gives no problems and I did for a short period get playback and recording working properly then after a Debian upgrade the recording stopped working properly again. If I try to record (arecord) using a microphone I cannot move the recording volume slider above 70% otherwise I start getting extremely distorted sound on playback (aplay) and although the recording volume is adequate there is a loud background hum. If I reduce the recording volume to about 60% the loud hum changes to a noticeable hiss but the recorded voice is too low. I have to use the 'Digital' slider on the Kmix input tab to control microphone volume - none of the other sliders seem to do anything. I also have to have the first capture slider on (un-muted) to get any sound at all but it makes no difference whether that slider is at the bottom or not - it does not affect the volume. I also have a record deck with a USB connection which I last used under OSS. The setup was working then and, as I remember, it was pretty straightforward to set up. Since that time there have been many Debian updates and I'm almost certainly using a later kernel and I'm now using Alsa. When I came to use it this time in conjunction with Audacity, which I was using last time, I can't get a peep out of it. I have tried various inputs without success. The appropriate modules are loaded including snd_usb_audio. When the USB lead is plugged in I get this in the logs: kernel: usb 1-7.1: new full speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 6 kernel: usb 1-7.1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice kernel: input: Burr-Brown from TI USB Audio CODEC as /class/input/input4 kernel: input: USB HID v1.00 Device [Burr-Brown from TI USB Audio CODEC ] on usb-:00:1d.7-7.1 kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver snd-usb-audio a little further on in the log I see: kernel: cannot submit datapipe for urb 0, error -28: not enough bandwidth Originally I got this in the log: kernel: cannot submit datapipe for urb 0, error -38: enable CONFIG_USB_EHCI_SPLIT_ISO to play through a hub so I enabled that in the kernel and recompiled although I'm not using a USB hub and then got the 'not enough bandwidth' error. As you may have gathered I'm beginning to take a dislike to Alsa. Can anyone suggest some fault tracing procedures please? -- Barry Samuels http://www.beenthere-donethat.org.uk The Unofficial Guide to Great Britain I use ALSA on KDE(Lenny), and krecord is used to record sound from microphone. It works fine. I can hear the sound clearly. Maybe it's the problem of your mixer that it was not configured fine? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: I hate Alsa
Jude DaShiell wrote: This may be important, are you running with etch or one of the other distributions? I run unstable myself but have had no need to try recording with alsa so can't verify or refute your experiences in this instance. On Thu, 13 Sep 2007, Barry Samuels wrote: Debian Testing up to date as of yesterday. Kernel 2.6.22 Sound from on-board Intel (snd_hda_intel) Kmix as the mixer When I used OSS I had no audio problems at all - everything (playback and recording) just worked but since I went over to Alsa (about a year ago) I've had trouble getting recording to work. Normally I find that playback gives no problems and I did for a short period get playback and recording working properly then after a Debian upgrade the recording stopped working properly again. If I try to record (arecord) using a microphone I cannot move the recording volume slider above 70% otherwise I start getting extremely distorted sound on playback (aplay) and although the recording volume is adequate there is a loud background hum. If I reduce the recording volume to about 60% the loud hum changes to a noticeable hiss but the recorded voice is too low. I had a similar problem using audacity with alsa and google suggested wrapping the offending program with 'aoss' from the alsa-oss package. i.e. run 'aoss arecord' I have to use the 'Digital' slider on the Kmix input tab to control microphone volume - none of the other sliders seem to do anything. I also have to have the first capture slider on (un-muted) to get any sound at all but it makes no difference whether that slider is at the bottom or not - it does not affect the volume. I also have a record deck with a USB connection which I last used under OSS. The setup was working then and, as I remember, it was pretty straightforward to set up. Since that time there have been many Debian updates and I'm almost certainly using a later kernel and I'm now using Alsa. When I came to use it this time in conjunction with Audacity, which I was using last time, I can't get a peep out of it. I have this problem also now. Audacity will not record anything! No solution here though :) I have tried various inputs without success. The appropriate modules are loaded including snd_usb_audio. When the USB lead is plugged in I get this in the logs: kernel: usb 1-7.1: new full speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 6 kernel: usb 1-7.1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice kernel: input: Burr-Brown from TI USB Audio CODEC as /class/input/input4 kernel: input: USB HID v1.00 Device [Burr-Brown from TI USB Audio CODEC ] on usb-:00:1d.7-7.1 kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver snd-usb-audio a little further on in the log I see: kernel: cannot submit datapipe for urb 0, error -28: not enough bandwidth Originally I got this in the log: kernel: cannot submit datapipe for urb 0, error -38: enable CONFIG_USB_EHCI_SPLIT_ISO to play through a hub so I enabled that in the kernel and recompiled although I'm not using a USB hub and then got the 'not enough bandwidth' error. As you may have gathered I'm beginning to take a dislike to Alsa. Can anyone suggest some fault tracing procedures please? -- Barry Samuels http://www.beenthere-donethat.org.uk The Unofficial Guide to Great Britain HTH Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: I hate Alsa [Solved]
Barry Samuels wrote: Further to my previous posting I have, at last, got sound recording from a microphone working properly again. I don't, however, dislike Alsa any less because I don't know exactly what I did to put it right. I had already run alsaconf twice before posting but tried it again for a third time. There was no indication of any change. I then ran alsamixergui and tried altering the levels of some of the controls. There are 25 sliders on alsamixergui which gives a very large number of combinations. I recently came to know that alsaconf is outdated in 2.6 kernels. You have to use udevtrigger instead of alsaconf. See #430624, #432678 for more info. hth raju -- Kamaraju S Kusumanchi http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/kk288/ http://malayamaarutham.blogspot.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: I hate Alsa [Solved]
On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 the mental interface of Kamaraju S Kusumanchi told: [...] I recently came to know that alsaconf is outdated in 2.6 kernels. You have to use udevtrigger instead of alsaconf. See #430624, #432678 for more info. alsaconf will be fixed for PnP cards in 1.0.14-2 upload. Elimar -- On the keyboard of life you have always to keep a finger at the escape key;-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: I hate Alsa
This may be important, are you running with etch or one of the other distributions? I run unstable myself but have had no need to try recording with alsa so can't verify or refute your experiences in this instance. On Thu, 13 Sep 2007, Barry Samuels wrote: Debian Testing up to date as of yesterday. Kernel 2.6.22 Sound from on-board Intel (snd_hda_intel) Kmix as the mixer When I used OSS I had no audio problems at all - everything (playback and recording) just worked but since I went over to Alsa (about a year ago) I've had trouble getting recording to work. Normally I find that playback gives no problems and I did for a short period get playback and recording working properly then after a Debian upgrade the recording stopped working properly again. If I try to record (arecord) using a microphone I cannot move the recording volume slider above 70% otherwise I start getting extremely distorted sound on playback (aplay) and although the recording volume is adequate there is a loud background hum. If I reduce the recording volume to about 60% the loud hum changes to a noticeable hiss but the recorded voice is too low. I have to use the 'Digital' slider on the Kmix input tab to control microphone volume - none of the other sliders seem to do anything. I also have to have the first capture slider on (un-muted) to get any sound at all but it makes no difference whether that slider is at the bottom or not - it does not affect the volume. I also have a record deck with a USB connection which I last used under OSS. The setup was working then and, as I remember, it was pretty straightforward to set up. Since that time there have been many Debian updates and I'm almost certainly using a later kernel and I'm now using Alsa. When I came to use it this time in conjunction with Audacity, which I was using last time, I can't get a peep out of it. I have tried various inputs without success. The appropriate modules are loaded including snd_usb_audio. When the USB lead is plugged in I get this in the logs: kernel: usb 1-7.1: new full speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 6 kernel: usb 1-7.1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice kernel: input: Burr-Brown from TI USB Audio CODEC as /class/input/input4 kernel: input: USB HID v1.00 Device [Burr-Brown from TI USB Audio CODEC ] on usb-:00:1d.7-7.1 kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver snd-usb-audio a little further on in the log I see: kernel: cannot submit datapipe for urb 0, error -28: not enough bandwidth Originally I got this in the log: kernel: cannot submit datapipe for urb 0, error -38: enable CONFIG_USB_EHCI_SPLIT_ISO to play through a hub so I enabled that in the kernel and recompiled although I'm not using a USB hub and then got the 'not enough bandwidth' error. As you may have gathered I'm beginning to take a dislike to Alsa. Can anyone suggest some fault tracing procedures please? -- Barry Samuels http://www.beenthere-donethat.org.uk The Unofficial Guide to Great Britain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I hate Alsa [Solved]
Further to my previous posting I have, at last, got sound recording from a microphone working properly again. I don't, however, dislike Alsa any less because I don't know exactly what I did to put it right. I had already run alsaconf twice before posting but tried it again for a third time. There was no indication of any change. I then ran alsamixergui and tried altering the levels of some of the controls. There are 25 sliders on alsamixergui which gives a very large number of combinations. Although the 'Microphone Boost' had no apparent effect in Kmix I tried it with alsamixergui and that together with a lower setting on the 'digital' slider gave me an acceptable result. I 'Transferred' those settings to Kmix and it's still working. USB audio recording still doesn't work at all. -- Barry Samuels http://www.beenthere-donethat.org.uk The Unofficial Guide to Great Britain
I hate Alsa
Debian Testing up to date as of yesterday. Kernel 2.6.22 Sound from on-board Intel (snd_hda_intel) Kmix as the mixer When I used OSS I had no audio problems at all - everything (playback and recording) just worked but since I went over to Alsa (about a year ago) I've had trouble getting recording to work. Normally I find that playback gives no problems and I did for a short period get playback and recording working properly then after a Debian upgrade the recording stopped working properly again. If I try to record (arecord) using a microphone I cannot move the recording volume slider above 70% otherwise I start getting extremely distorted sound on playback (aplay) and although the recording volume is adequate there is a loud background hum. If I reduce the recording volume to about 60% the loud hum changes to a noticeable hiss but the recorded voice is too low. I have to use the 'Digital' slider on the Kmix input tab to control microphone volume - none of the other sliders seem to do anything. I also have to have the first capture slider on (un-muted) to get any sound at all but it makes no difference whether that slider is at the bottom or not - it does not affect the volume. I also have a record deck with a USB connection which I last used under OSS. The setup was working then and, as I remember, it was pretty straightforward to set up. Since that time there have been many Debian updates and I'm almost certainly using a later kernel and I'm now using Alsa. When I came to use it this time in conjunction with Audacity, which I was using last time, I can't get a peep out of it. I have tried various inputs without success. The appropriate modules are loaded including snd_usb_audio. When the USB lead is plugged in I get this in the logs: kernel: usb 1-7.1: new full speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 6 kernel: usb 1-7.1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice kernel: input: Burr-Brown from TI USB Audio CODEC as /class/input/input4 kernel: input: USB HID v1.00 Device [Burr-Brown from TI USB Audio CODEC ] on usb-:00:1d.7-7.1 kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver snd-usb-audio a little further on in the log I see: kernel: cannot submit datapipe for urb 0, error -28: not enough bandwidth Originally I got this in the log: kernel: cannot submit datapipe for urb 0, error -38: enable CONFIG_USB_EHCI_SPLIT_ISO to play through a hub so I enabled that in the kernel and recompiled although I'm not using a USB hub and then got the 'not enough bandwidth' error. As you may have gathered I'm beginning to take a dislike to Alsa. Can anyone suggest some fault tracing procedures please? -- Barry Samuels http://www.beenthere-donethat.org.uk The Unofficial Guide to Great Britain
