On Wed, 10 Mar 2004, Ron Flory wrote: > hi- > > I've tried for several weeks now, but cannot get my PDAudioCF > card to actually record. The card is recognized and everything > else seems fine, but I always immediately get the error: > > arecord: pcm_read:1164: read error: Input/Output error > > when I attempt to record from the card. > > - None of the LEDs on the PDAudioCF card ever light up. > - I'm running x86 (redhat based) 2.4.24 and alsa 1.0.3 on > a Compaq laptop. The built-in sound card works great and > also works with arecord and mpg321. > - I am using optical cable between the MIC2496 and the PDAudioCF > card, and I can see red light at the end of the cable before I > plug it in. > - I have tried 3 different types of mics (active, passive, > dynamic, etc.) > - I literally have to smack the mic against a hard surface > before the 'activity' LED on the MIC2496 lights up, even at > full volume. Is this normal ?? > > Half a dozen requests for info and help from core-sound have > gone unanswered for nearly a month- are there any users who > have ever gotten one of these things to actually work on x86. > I've either got DOA hardware or am doing something really > dumb here........
I'm author of the driver and here works all ok. What's output from 'amixer contents' when you plug your equipment to PDAudioCF? It seems that the S/PDIF receiver does not recognize the input stream. Jaroslav ----- Jaroslav Kysela <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Linux Kernel Sound Maintainer ALSA Project, SuSE Labs ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user