Package: alsa-utils Version: 1.0.10-1 Severity: normal aplay don't work if I set the PCM device to hw:
sid:/home/anders>aplay -D hw /usr/X11R6/lib/tkdesk/sounds/metal.au Playing Sparc Audio '/usr/X11R6/lib/tkdesk/sounds/metal.au' : Mu-Law, Rate 8012 Hz, Mono aplay: set_params:896: Sample format non available sid:/home/anders> Unfortunately, I have to use the following .asoundrc on order to work-around bug #305189: pcm.!default { type hw card 0 } ctl.!default { type hw card 0 } And with that .asoundrc isn't aplay working :-( With the default PCM device is aplay working. ltrace gives this: ... snd_pcm_hw_params_set_access(0x51b2f0, 0x7fffffffbd30, 3, 0x2aaaab1f9dc9, 0) = 0 snd_pcm_hw_params_set_format(0x51b2f0, 0x7fffffffbd30, 20, 0x2aaaab1f9dc9, 1) = 0xffffffea fprintf(0x2aaaab36e660, "%s: %s:%d: ", "aplay", "set_params", 896aplay: set_params:896: ) = 23 dcgettext(0, 0x40917a, 5, 0x7fffffffb4f0, 0x2aaaab375190) = 0x40917a fprintf(0x2aaaab36e660, "Sample format non available"Sample format non available) = 27 _IO_putc('\n', 0x2aaaab36e660 ) = 10 exit(1 <unfinished ...> +++ exited (status 1) +++ I don't know if this is a problem in aplay or libasound2. My hardware: VIA8237 with ALC850 Any suggestion? Possible work-around (besides always run aplay with '-D default')? / Anders -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (50, 'unstable'), (1, 'sarge-unsupported') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.13.4 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ISO-8859-1) (ignored: LC_ALL set to sv_SE) Versions of packages alsa-utils depends on: ii dialog 1.0-20051107-1 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe ii libasound2 1.0.10-1 ALSA library ii libc6 2.3.5-8.1 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libncurses5 5.5-1 Shared libraries for terminal hand ii linux-sound-base 1.0.10-1 base package for ALSA and OSS soun ii lsb-base 3.0-11 Linux Standard Base 3.0 init scrip ii module-init-tools 3.2-pre9-4 tools for managing Linux kernel mo ii modutils 2.4.27.0-3 Linux module utilities ii pciutils 1:2.1.11-15.1 Linux PCI Utilities ii python 2.3.5-3 An interactive high-level object-o ii whiptail 0.51.6-31 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe Versions of packages alsa-utils recommends: ii alsa-base 1.0.10-1 ALSA driver configuration files -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]