In mailing lists, usenet and the ALSA bug tracking system, (Bmany users have reported failing to get sound (Boutput because of a mixer error: (B (B $amixer (B (B amixer: Mixer attach default error: No such file or directory (B (B $amixer -c 0 (B (B ALSA lib control.c:588:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL 0 (B amixer: Mixer attach 0 error: No such file or directory (B (B $amixer -c 1 (B (B ALSA lib control.c:588:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL 1 (B amixer: Mixer attach 1 error: No such file or directory (B (BVarious solutions have been suggested: (B (B * make sure the modules are loaded and configured with proper parameters (B * run /etc/init.d/alsa restart (same as loading modules by hand) (B * run the 'snddevices' script to make sure the device nodes exist (B * make sure all the aliases in modules.conf are correct (B * make sure your ALSA drivers were compiled using the correct kernel sources (B * check the /proc/asound directory for clues (B * run alsactl to create /etc/asound.state (B (BPerhaps more than one cause underlies these reports; in any case, (Bdespite these suggestions, few of these threads concluded (Bsuccessfully. (B (BI have also triple- and quadruple-checked that all the above conditions (Bare satisfied. (see below). (B (BI wonder if there isn't some bug preventing amixer from ever getting (Bthe correct card ID. (B (BSo Dear Developers, please pay attention! What should I be (Blooking at? (B (BHere are the details of my case: (B (B1. Version (B (BAdvanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 0.9.0beta10. (BCompiled on Dec 13 2001 for kernel 2.4.16-686 with versioned symbols. (B (B(Versioned symbols ensure the driver and kernel are matched) (B (B2. Modules (B (BI believe I have all the right ones installed: (B (Bsnd-seq-midi 3136 0 (autoclean) (unused) (Bsnd-synth-opl3 8348 0 (autoclean) (unused) (Bsnd-seq-instr 4208 0 (autoclean) [snd-synth-opl3] (Bsnd-seq-midi-emul 4416 0 (autoclean) [snd-synth-opl3] (Bsnd-ainstr-fm 1316 0 (autoclean) [snd-synth-opl3] (Bsnd-seq-oss 22080 0 (unused) (Bsnd-seq-midi-event 2792 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-oss] (Bsnd-seq 32812 2 [snd-seq-midi snd-synth-opl3 snd-seq-instr (Bsnd-seq-midi-emul snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event] (Bsnd-pcm-oss 34400 0 (unused) (Bsnd-mixer-oss 8608 0 [snd-pcm-oss] (Bsnd-card-es18xx 15488 0 (Bisa-pnp 27784 0 [snd-card-es18xx] (Bsnd-mpu401-uart 2512 0 [snd-card-es18xx] (Bsnd-pcm 46176 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-card-es18xx] (Bsnd-opl3 5024 0 [snd-synth-opl3 snd-card-es18xx] (Bsnd-timer 9056 0 [snd-seq snd-pcm snd-opl3] (Bsnd-hwdep 3456 0 [snd-opl3] (Bsnd-rawmidi 11456 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-mpu401-uart] (Bsnd-seq-device 3744 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-synth-opl3 snd-seq-oss snd-seq (Bsnd-opl3 snd-rawmidi] (Bsnd 23336 2 [snd-seq-midi snd-synth-opl3 snd-seq-instr (Bsnd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-card-es18xx (Bsnd-mpu401-uart snd-pcm snd-opl3 snd-timer snd-hwdep snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device] (Bsoundcore 3556 8 [snd] (B (BThe parameters for the snd-card-es18xx driver were copied from a working (BOSS configuration: (B (B options sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 dma16=3 mpu_io=0x330 (B (Bmodprobe snd-card-es18xx snd_index=1 snd_id=es1869 \ (B snd_isapnp=0 snd_port=0x220 snd_mpu_port=0x330 \ (B snd_fm_port=0x388 snd_irq=5 snd_dma1=1 snd_dma2=3 (B (BThe driver seems properly loaded from the diagnostics that follow. (BI am also able to playback a .WAV file (although with no sound). (B (B$ bplay -d /dev/dsp1 sound.wave # works, no sound (B (B$ alsaplayer -o alsa -d hw:1,0 sound.wav # worked before but no sound (B (B$ alsaplayer -o oss -d /dev/dsp sound.wav # doesn't work (B (B (B3. /proc/asound (B (B (B/proc/asound/cards (B (B1 [es1869 ]: ES1869 - ESS AudioDrive ES1869 (B ESS AudioDrive ES1869 at 0x220, irq 5, dma1 1, dma2 3 (B (B/proc/asound/card1 (info files) (B (B (Bcard: 1 (Bdevice: 0 (Bsubdevice: 0 (Bstream: CAPTURE (Bid: ES1869 (Bname: ESS AudioDrive ES1869 (Bsubname: subdevice #0 (Bclass: 0 (Bsubclass: 0 (Bsubdevices_count: 1 (Bsubdevices_avail: 1 (B (Bcard: 1 (Bdevice: 0 (Bsubdevice: 1 (Bstream: PLAYBACK (Bid: ES1869 (Bname: ESS AudioDrive ES1869 (Bsubname: subdevice #1 (Bclass: 0 (Bsubclass: 0 (Bsubdevices_count: 2 (Bsubdevices_avail: 2 (B (Bcard: 1 (Bdevice: 0 (Bsubdevice: 0 (Bstream: PLAYBACK (Bid: ES1869 (Bname: ESS AudioDrive ES1869 (Bsubname: subdevice #0 (Bclass: 0 (Bsubclass: 0 (Bsubdevices_count: 2 (Bsubdevices_avail: 2 (B (B (B-- (BJoel Roth (B (B (B------------------------------------------------------- (BThis sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek (BWelcome to geek heaven. (Bhttp://thinkgeek.com/sf (B_______________________________________________ (BAlsa-user mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bhttps://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
