On 13/7/02 4:52 PM, "Mark Constable" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jeremy Higgs wrote:
>>>> When I go to run alsamixer, I get this:
>>>> alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: Permission denied
>>> That msg comes from libasound.so Just trace the execution of alsamaixer.
>> How do I do that?
>
> apt-get install strace
> strace alsamixer 2&> strace.log
> less strace.log
>
> Towards the end it should give a hint about the problem.
> (I'm no expert but you can mail it to me at [EMAIL PROTECTED])
>
>> I don't have /etc/alsa.conf, but instead /etc/alsa/alsa-base.conf, because I
>> installed the debian packages for ALSA.
>>
>> I do have /etc/asound.conf, though:
>>
>> root@simba:/etc/alsa/modutils# less /etc/asound.conf
>> pcm.cs46xx {
>> type hw
>> card 0
>> device 0
>> }
>
> Perhaps include (this might even solve your problem) ...
>
> ctl.cs46xx {
> type hw
> card 0
> }
>
> --markc
That did the trick, actually... I restarted alsa and now alsamixer works.
I still can't seem to use the ALSA output plugin in XMMS, though.... OSS
emulation works, but not ALSA. Any ideas?
Thanks a lot!
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