On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 11:07:54 -0800 Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 10:56, Collins Richey wrote: > > I finally got my souncard ens1371 to work reliably with 2.6.0 (see prior > > thread), but I get an error at boot time when alsasound starts. Executing > > /usr/sbin/alsactl says that it can't find a device it needs (unfortunately > > the actual messge is not logged anywhere). If I stop and restart alsasound, > > I don't see the message (it may have been suppressed?). > > > > Is anyone familiar with this? What does alsactl do? Is it really needed? > > man alsactl: > > NAME > alsactl - advanced controls for ALSA soundcard driver > > > SYNOPSIS > alsactl [options] [store|restore] <card # or id> > > > DESCRIPTION > alsactl is used to control advanced settings for > the ALSA soundcard drivers. It supports multiple soundcards. If your > card has features that you can't seem to control from a mixer > application, you have come to the right place. > > > Collins, > I'm not totally sure, but some Alsa applications, like alsamixer, > actually do not work with all Alsa device, such as my RME HDSP 9652. I > don't think that this message is necessarily a problem. > > alsactl is supposed to store your mixer settings when you shut down > and restore them when you power back up. It's used in the Alsa scripts > somewhere. It doesn't work on my system because my driver doesn't export > the information required. (My card has a more specialized mixer.) > > You might want to look in the Alsa-User archives for more info on > this or your card, and alsa look at look at the Alsa page for your card. > > Or, this could be a 2.6 issue that hasn't been addressed yet. > Thanks, I'm ignoring it for now, but I did sign up on alsa-user with a question about my other problem. My ens1371 card has to be initialized twice before it will work. -- Collins Richey - Denver Area if you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
