-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 17:51:36 +0200 Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > Been there. Tried that. /dev/dsp works for playback as does Alsa > > default...but for record..nothing works including /dev/dsp. Most of the > > selections for recording produce the " can't open device error". I am > > totally baffled because Audacity works out of the box on Ubuntu Gutsy > > and Windows XP. How much of a difference can there be between Debian > > Sid/Lenny and Gutsy ?? > > You'll have to tell us... > > Run these commands on the Debian install: > > cat /dev/sndstat > sndstat-debian.txt > cat /proc/asound/cards > cards-debian.txt > amixer > amixer-debian.txt > grep '.*' /sys/module/snd_*/parameters/* > modparams-debian.txt > > Then do the same on the Ubuntu system to generate the equivalent > *-ubuntu.txt files. Compare the pairs of corresponding files (e.g. with > "diff -u") and post the results here. diff.amixer - --- amixer-debian.txt 2008-04-27 12:38:11.000000000 -0400 +++ amixer-gutsy.txt 2008-04-27 12:47:01.000000000 -0400 @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-46.50dB] [off] - - Front Right: Playback 1 [3%] [-45.00dB] [off] + Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-46.50dB] [off] Simple mixer control 'Headphone Jack Sense',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono @@ -26,41 +26,41 @@ Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: - - Front Left: Playback 25 [81%] [3.00dB] [on] - - Front Right: Playback 25 [81%] [3.00dB] [on] + Front Left: Playback 29 [94%] [9.00dB] [on] + Front Right: Playback 29 [94%] [9.00dB] [on] Simple mixer control 'Surround',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: - - Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-46.50dB] [on] - - Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-46.50dB] [on] + Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-46.50dB] [off] + Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-46.50dB] [off] Simple mixer control 'Surround Jack Mode',0 Capabilities: enum Items: 'Shared' 'Independent' - - Item0: 'Independent' + Item0: 'Shared' Simple mixer control 'Center',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Limits: Playback 0 - 31 - - Mono: Playback 0 [0%] [-46.50dB] [off] + Mono: Playback 5 [16%] [-39.00dB] [off] Simple mixer control 'LFE',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Limits: Playback 0 - 31 - - Mono: Playback 2 [6%] [-43.50dB] [off] + Mono: Playback 0 [0%] [-46.50dB] [off] Simple mixer control 'Line',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch cswitch cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 - - Front Left: Playback 1 [3%] [-33.00dB] [on] Capture [off] - - Front Right: Playback 1 [3%] [-33.00dB] [on] Capture [off] + Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off] Capture [off] + Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off] Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'Line Jack Sense',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono - - Mono: Playback [on] + Mono: Playback [off] Simple mixer control 'CD',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch cswitch cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 @@ -75,9 +75,9 @@ Playback channels: Mono Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 - - Mono: Playback 29 [94%] [9.00dB] [on] + Mono: Playback 28 [90%] [7.50dB] [on] Front Left: Capture [on] - - Front Right: Capture [off] + Front Right: Capture [on] Simple mixer control 'Mic Boost (+20dB)',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono @@ -104,22 +104,22 @@ Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono - - Mono: Playback [off] + Mono: Playback [on] Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Playback AC97-SPSA',0 Capabilities: volume volume-joined Playback channels: Mono Capture channels: Mono Limits: 0 - 3 - - Mono: 1 [33%] + Mono: 0 [0%] Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Playback Source',0 Capabilities: enum Items: 'AC-Link' 'A/D Converter' - - Item0: 'A/D Converter' + Item0: 'AC-Link' Simple mixer control 'PC Speaker',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Limits: Playback 0 - 15 - - Mono: Playback 0 [0%] [-45.00dB] [off] + Mono: Playback 0 [0%] [-45.00dB] [on] Simple mixer control 'Aux',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch cswitch cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 @@ -136,14 +136,14 @@ Capabilities: cvolume cswitch Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Capture 0 - 15 - - Front Left: Capture 15 [100%] [22.50dB] [on] - - Front Right: Capture 15 [100%] [22.50dB] [on] + Front Left: Capture 12 [80%] [18.00dB] [on] + Front Right: Capture 12 [80%] [18.00dB] [on] Simple mixer control 'Mix',0 Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Front Left: Capture [off] - - Front Right: Capture [on] + Front Right: Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'Mix Mono',0 Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 @@ -169,11 +169,11 @@ Simple mixer control 'External Amplifier',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono - - Mono: Playback [off] + Mono: Playback [on] Simple mixer control 'High Pass Filter Enable',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono - - Mono: Playback [off] + Mono: Playback [on] Simple mixer control 'Spread Front to Surround and Center/LFE',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono diff.cards (empty) diff.modparams - --- modparams-debian.txt 2008-04-27 12:38:14.000000000 -0400 +++ modparams-gutsy.txt 2008-04-27 12:47:01.000000000 -0400 @@ -6,13 +6,28 @@ /sys/module/snd_intel8x0/parameters/buggy_semaphore:N /sys/module/snd_intel8x0/parameters/enable:N /sys/module/snd_intel8x0/parameters/id:<NULL> - -/sys/module/snd_intel8x0/parameters/index:0 +/sys/module/snd_intel8x0/parameters/index:-1 /sys/module/snd_intel8x0/parameters/joystick:0 /sys/module/snd_intel8x0/parameters/spdif_aclink:0 /sys/module/snd_intel8x0/parameters/xbox:N - -/sys/module/snd_pcm_oss/parameters/adsp_map:1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1 - -/sys/module/snd_pcm_oss/parameters/dsp_map:0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 +/sys/module/snd_pcm_oss/parameters/adsp_map:1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1 +/sys/module/snd_pcm_oss/parameters/dsp_map:0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 /sys/module/snd_pcm_oss/parameters/nonblock_open:Y /sys/module/snd_pcm/parameters/maximum_substreams:4 /sys/module/snd_pcm/parameters/preallocate_dma:1 +/sys/module/snd_rawmidi/parameters/amidi_map:1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1 +/sys/module/snd_rawmidi/parameters/midi_map:0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 +/sys/module/snd_seq_dummy/parameters/duplex:N +/sys/module/snd_seq_dummy/parameters/ports:1 +/sys/module/snd_seq_midi/parameters/input_buffer_size:4096 +/sys/module/snd_seq_midi/parameters/output_buffer_size:4096 +/sys/module/snd_seq_oss/parameters/maxqlen:1024 +/sys/module/snd_seq_oss/parameters/seq_oss_debug:0 +/sys/module/snd_seq/parameters/seq_client_load:14,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1 +/sys/module/snd_seq/parameters/seq_default_timer_card:-1 +/sys/module/snd_seq/parameters/seq_default_timer_class:1 +/sys/module/snd_seq/parameters/seq_default_timer_device:1 +/sys/module/snd_seq/parameters/seq_default_timer_resolution:0 +/sys/module/snd_seq/parameters/seq_default_timer_sclass:0 +/sys/module/snd_seq/parameters/seq_default_timer_subdevice:0 /sys/module/snd_timer/parameters/timer_limit:2 diff.sndstat - --- sndstat-debian.txt 2008-04-27 12:38:11.000000000 -0400 +++ sndstat-gutsy.txt 2008-04-27 12:47:01.000000000 -0400 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ - -Sound Driver:3.8.1a-980706 (ALSA v1.0.15 emulation code) - -Kernel: Linux debian 2.6.24-1-686 #1 SMP Sat Apr 19 00:37:55 UTC 2008 i686 +Sound Driver:3.8.1a-980706 (ALSA v1.0.14 emulation code) +Kernel: Linux frank-desktop 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Tue Feb 12 07:42:25 UTC 2008 i686 Config options: 0 Installed drivers: @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Midi devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG Timers: - -7: system timer +31: system timer Mixers: 0: Analog Devices AD1985 That's it. 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