On Wednesday 11 July 2001 19:11, Paul Davis wrote:
> >So what do you suggest Paul ?
> >
> >Is my problem normal  ?
> >(I can't even run alsactl store, while  apps in OSS emulation mode work
> >perfectly)
>
> if you have one soundcard, then ALSA should work out-of-the-box, so to
> speak.
>
> you only need a .asoundrc file if (for example):
>
>     1) you want to use specific names for your cards, OR
>     2) you want to use alsa-lib's ability to create "fake" PCM devices
>           with various specific characteristics
>
> i didn't see the error you posted, so i am not sure where your error
> might be arising from.

This was my original posting:

http://eca.cx/lad/2001/Jul/0072.html

keep in mind that besides the SBLive the box has a hammerfall in it too.
But this was just fine at least on older ALSA versions.
(as long as you don't modprobe snd-card-rme9652 ALSA does not see it).

For example if I call 
alsactl store  

I get:
ALSA lib control.c:525:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL hw:0
alsactl: get_controls:430: snd_ctl_open error: No such file or directory      
                                                                              
Interesting that if I modprobe snd-card-rme9652  (as snd-card-1)

I can do 
alsactl store 1 
and get the same error:

ALSA lib control.c:525:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL hw:1
alsactl: get_controls:430: snd_ctl_open error: No such file or directory      

if I do  alsactl store 2   
I get:
alsactl: save_state:964: Cannot find soundcard '2'...                         
                                                               
This means that alsactl sees the two cards but it cannot access them properly.

If I run aplay -l  I get a neverending loop of errors:

[root@smp alsa-utils-0.9.0beta5]# /usr/bin/aplay -l
ALSA lib control.c:525:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL hw:0
aplay: device_list:194: control open (0): No such file or directory
ALSA lib control.c:525:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL hw:0
aplay: device_list:194: control open (0): No such file or directory
ALSA lib control.c:525:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL hw:0
(.......)

I checked all the libs and utils and deleted old ones before installing the 
0.9b5 ones. 


reynald wrote:
> I had a problem similar to yours. it turned out that I had some of the 
> files from the old version lying around. make sure everything gets 
> deleted, especially from /etc/, lib and share, and try again. 

Well I did this: I deleted every old alsa.conf files in /etc
deleted /usr/lib/libasound*
and the /usr/share/alsa path
and reinstalled alsa driver, lib and utils

still no luck.

thanks for help
Benno.

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