Re: [Alsa-devel] How does one alter the main mixer volume (or anyother mixer level) in ALSA from a command line (via a simple system call)?

2003-03-05 Thread Jaroslav Kysela
On Thu, 6 Mar 2003, Ivica Bukvic wrote: > Hi all, > > I have this small question: > > Is it possible (I presume it is) to alter mixer settings in Alsa by > invoking some kind of a system call using shell (i.e. how the RME hdsp > can have its stuff altered)? Use amixer. > If so, what is the ran

Re: [Fwd: Re: [Alsa-devel] crash with rc8]

2003-03-05 Thread alfp
It works now, thanks a million! alf On Wed, 2003-03-05 at 16:55, Jaroslav Kysela wrote: > On 5 Mar 2003, alfp wrote: > > > > Trace; f8b561a3 <[snd-pcm]snd_pcm_lib_malloc_pages+d3/e0> > > > Code; f8b410b7 <[snd-page-alloc]snd_dma_alloc_pages+17/e0> > > Please, try this patch (already in CVS): >

Re: [Alsa-devel] strange problem with an AWE ISA card

2003-03-05 Thread Jaroslav Kysela
On Wed, 5 Mar 2003, Roberto De Leo wrote: > Hi, > I know this is the developers list but this problem is really odd and it > seems to me it fits better in this ML. > > Here is the problem. I am the author of the eMoviX package, a micro > Linux distro that makes a CD able to boot and autoplay [w

[Alsa-devel] How does one alter the main mixer volume (or any other mixer level) in ALSA from a command line (via a simple system call)?

2003-03-05 Thread Ivica Bukvic
Hi all, I have this small question: Is it possible (I presume it is) to alter mixer settings in Alsa by invoking some kind of a system call using shell (i.e. how the RME hdsp can have its stuff altered)? If so, what is the range of values that describe the loudest and softest levels? Finally, a

[Alsa-devel] can't build snd-sbawe with linux 2.5.64

2003-03-05 Thread Bob Ham
Hi, I'm sorry to report that I've been unable to get alsa to build the snd-sbawe driver with 2.5.64. Both the kernel's version and 0.9.0rc8 fail. I've attached the output of both build attempts. Bob -- Bob Ham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/alsa-driver-0.9.0rc8a/aco

[Alsa-devel] strange problem with an AWE ISA card

2003-03-05 Thread Roberto De Leo
Hi, I know this is the developers list but this problem is really odd and it seems to me it fits better in this ML. Here is the problem. I am the author of the eMoviX package, a micro Linux distro that makes a CD able to boot and autoplay [with MPlayer] all audio/video files it contains. My hw

[Alsa-devel] 0.9.0rc8b alsa-driver and alsa-lib packages

2003-03-05 Thread Jaroslav Kysela
Hi all, I've just released compilation fixes for driver and library. The main change in library is that the pcm jack plugin is separated now and must be build manually in the alsa-lib/src/pcm/ext directory to avoid circular dependency jack <-> alsa-lib. The jack plugin installs itself t

Re: [Alsa-user] Re: [Alsa-devel] [lack of] dynamicdetection/loading of modules

2003-03-05 Thread Fernando Pablo Lopez-Lezcano
> > alsasound script calls alsactl and card-specific scripts (if any). > > this should be avoided in the case of partial load. > > Yes, I took care of executing them just for the cards that had been > loaded. > > > IIRC, modprobe returns 0 even if called with the existing module. > > (if the loa

Re: [Alsa-user] Re: [Alsa-devel] [lack of] dynamicdetection/loading of modules

2003-03-05 Thread Fernando Pablo Lopez-Lezcano
> > Thanks! I started working on differentiating in the alsasound alsa > > startup script between a full start (all modules are loaded when > > alsasound executes) and a partial start (some of the modules are already > > loaded when alsasound executes and it has to load the rest). > > > > The fir

Re: [Alsa-devel] oops with current ALSA CVS + gcc3

2003-03-05 Thread Fernando Pablo Lopez-Lezcano
> is anybody else using gcc 3.2.2 to compile their kernel and ALSA CVS? I'm currently using gcc-3.2 (default redhat compiler for 8.0- not 3.2.2, I know) for a preliminary planet ccrma kernel. I'm currently running it in my laptop and a couple other computers. I did not have any problems so far (2

Re: [Alsa-devel] [revisited] bug? with cs4205 and intel8x0 module

2003-03-05 Thread Takashi Iwai
At Wed, 5 Mar 2003 09:52:49 -0500, Ivica Bukvic wrote: > > Hi all, > > A while ago I posted this message, although mixed with some other false > assumptions of mine -- apologies for my ignorance( see: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg05286.ht > ml thread) and then did the same

Re: [Alsa-devel] hdsp patch, version II

2003-03-05 Thread Thomas Charbonnel
On Wed, 2003-03-05 at 17:34, Paul Davis wrote: > > eh? if it returns any non-zero value, we return from > hdsp_initialize_firmware() with -EIO, surely? You're perfectly right, sorry, I've been mixing things up... :) I guess a reason for it was that getting all those snd_printks from hdsp_fifo_wa

Re: [Alsa-devel] Scatter Gather DMA

2003-03-05 Thread Takashi Iwai
At Wed, 5 Mar 2003 12:09:21 -0400, mjander wrote: > > Hi, > > Another question... :) > > The Aureal Vortex has Scatter Gather DMA's for each audio channel. > But these SG DMA > support only max 4 pages. Each page can have a programable size of > upto 4 KB. > I was studying the ALSA SG scheme an

Re: [Alsa-devel] hdsp patch, version II

2003-03-05 Thread Paul Davis
>On Wed, 2003-03-05 at 15:41, Paul Davis wrote: > >> i agree. i can't see why it doesn't, unless the LONG_WAIT delays us >> for so long that it looks like a freeze ... > >It doesn't, as after hitting the magic sysrq sigterm sequence I can see >the hdsp_fifo_wait's snd_printks appear on a regular ba

Re: [Alsa-devel] Scatter Gather DMA

2003-03-05 Thread tomasz motylewski
> I don't see a problem here. The PAGE_SIZE is 4kB for i386. Simply > follow the code in the via82xx driver and limit the maximum count of > periods to 4. This is easy solution, but a bit limiting. For example cs4281 supports max 2 periods. It is rather hard to work with it. There is a patch for

Re: [Alsa-devel] hdsp patch, version II

2003-03-05 Thread Thomas Charbonnel
On Wed, 2003-03-05 at 15:41, Paul Davis wrote: > i agree. i can't see why it doesn't, unless the LONG_WAIT delays us > for so long that it looks like a freeze ... It doesn't, as after hitting the magic sysrq sigterm sequence I can see the hdsp_fifo_wait's snd_printks appear on a regular basis (lo

Re: [Alsa-devel] Scatter Gather DMA

2003-03-05 Thread Jaroslav Kysela
On Wed, 5 Mar 2003, mjander wrote: > Hi, > > Another question... :) > > The Aureal Vortex has Scatter Gather DMA's for each audio channel. > But these SG DMA > support only max 4 pages. Each page can have a programable size of > upto 4 KB. > I was studying the ALSA SG scheme and it doesnt seme t

[Alsa-devel] Scatter Gather DMA

2003-03-05 Thread mjander
Hi, Another question... :) The Aureal Vortex has Scatter Gather DMA's for each audio channel. But these SG DMA support only max 4 pages. Each page can have a programable size of upto 4 KB. I was studying the ALSA SG scheme and it doesnt seme to fit into the aureal vortex SG buffer scheme, because

Re: [Fwd: Re: [Alsa-devel] crash with rc8]

2003-03-05 Thread Jaroslav Kysela
On 5 Mar 2003, alfp wrote: > > Trace; f8b561a3 <[snd-pcm]snd_pcm_lib_malloc_pages+d3/e0> > > Code; f8b410b7 <[snd-page-alloc]snd_dma_alloc_pages+17/e0> Please, try this patch (already in CVS): diff -u -r1.19 pcm_memory.c --- pcm_memory.c28 Feb 2003 14:29:19 - 1.19 +++ pcm_memor

[Alsa-devel] [revisited] bug? with cs4205 and intel8x0 module

2003-03-05 Thread Ivica Bukvic
Hi all, A while ago I posted this message, although mixed with some other false assumptions of mine -- apologies for my ignorance( see: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg05286.ht ml thread) and then did the same thing just a couple days ago with the whole output log as requested (s

Re: [Fwd: Re: [Alsa-devel] crash with rc8]

2003-03-05 Thread Takashi Iwai
At 05 Mar 2003 16:24:37 +0200, alfp wrote: > > -Forwarded Message- > > > From: alfp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: Erik Inge Bols� <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [Alsa-devel] crash with rc8 > > Date: 05 Mar 2003 14:08:03 +0200 > > > > Sending the output as is. > > alf > > > > BTW, I

Re: [Alsa-devel] hdsp patch, version II

2003-03-05 Thread Paul Davis
>> OK, so this means that >> >> hdsp_fifo_wait (hdsp, 0, some_count); >> >> is waiting till the FIFO is empty. by contrast, >> >> hdsp_fifo_wait (hdsp, 127, some_count); >> >> waits till there is 1 word available in the FIFO, meaning that we can >> write to it. >> >How is that we can

[Fwd: Re: [Alsa-devel] crash with rc8]

2003-03-05 Thread alfp
-Forwarded Message- > From: alfp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Erik Inge Bolsø <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Alsa-devel] crash with rc8 > Date: 05 Mar 2003 14:08:03 +0200 > > Sending the output as is. > alf > > BTW, I changed > /lib/modules/2.4.19-16mdkenterprise/build/include/linux/

Re: [Alsa-devel] hdsp patch, version II

2003-03-05 Thread Thomas Charbonnel
On Wed, 2003-03-05 at 14:38, Paul Davis wrote: > >in short, i am confused :) :( > > but ... help is at hand. i checked my mail archives: > > >The fifo status counts the number of words waiting in the FIFO. A value of > >128 means that the fifo is full. 0 means the fifo is empty. > > OK, so this

Re: [Alsa-devel] it's just a comment about bug reports

2003-03-05 Thread Jaroslav Kysela
On Wed, 5 Mar 2003, Martin Langer wrote: > > Hi, > > 0.9 is nearly perfect, but the way of reporting bugs isn't so. Maybe we > should remove those links to sourceforge's bugtracking system and create a > mailling list like alsa-bug instead or redirect them to alsa-user or > anything else which i

[Alsa-devel] it's just a comment about bug reports

2003-03-05 Thread Martin Langer
Hi, 0.9 is nearly perfect, but the way of reporting bugs isn't so. Maybe we should remove those links to sourceforge's bugtracking system and create a mailling list like alsa-bug instead or redirect them to alsa-user or anything else which is more effective. But to offer sourceforge's bugtrackin

Re: [Alsa-devel] oops with current ALSA CVS + gcc3

2003-03-05 Thread Niklas Werner
Paul Davis wrote: did you compile the kernel itself with the same gcc? the combination of gcc-2.x and gcc-3.x on the kernel space will likely cause oops. no, i knew about that issue, and thats why i had to recompile everything. i am tempted to go back to my older ALSA CVS tree (i tar'ed it before

Re: [Alsa-devel] hdsp patch, version II

2003-03-05 Thread Paul Davis
>in short, i am confused :) :( but ... help is at hand. i checked my mail archives: >The fifo status counts the number of words waiting in the FIFO. A value of >128 means that the fifo is full. 0 means the fifo is empty. OK, so this means that hdsp_fifo_wait (hdsp, 0, some_count); is wait

Re: [Alsa-devel] oops with current ALSA CVS + gcc3

2003-03-05 Thread Paul Davis
>did you compile the kernel itself with the same gcc? >the combination of gcc-2.x and gcc-3.x on the kernel space will likely >cause oops. no, i knew about that issue, and thats why i had to recompile everything. i am tempted to go back to my older ALSA CVS tree (i tar'ed it before fetching curren

Re: [Alsa-devel] hdsp patch, version II

2003-03-05 Thread Paul Davis
>If I try to get out of hanged state with the magic sysrq sigterm or >sigkill sequence, I get a flood of snd_printk messages from the >hdsp_fifo_wait(...) function in hdsp.c (line 501), with count = 127. >There are two places where hdsp_fifo_wait is called with count = 127: >hdsp_write_gain (line 5

Re: [Alsa-devel] oops with current ALSA CVS + gcc3

2003-03-05 Thread Takashi Iwai
At Wed, 5 Mar 2003 07:42:44 -0500, Paul Davis wrote: > > is anybody else using gcc 3.2.2 to compile their kernel and ALSA CVS? > > i switched in the last couple of days, and have found: > > * just trying to load wavefront driver causes lockup without oops message. > * use of trident driver

Re: [Alsa-devel] changes in behaviour of mtpav

2003-03-05 Thread Allan Klinbail
Even stranger then .. when I did my last CVS update.. the mtpav driver was one that did update... that is why I rechecked behaviour.. however I did not use the panic button last time .. so maybe I am at fault On Tue, 2003-03-04 at 01:56, Takashi Iwai wrote: > At 03 Mar 2003 14:51:15 +1100, > Allan

[Alsa-devel] oops with current ALSA CVS + gcc3

2003-03-05 Thread Paul Davis
is anybody else using gcc 3.2.2 to compile their kernel and ALSA CVS? i switched in the last couple of days, and have found: * just trying to load wavefront driver causes lockup without oops message. * use of trident driver causes oops whenever used. i haven't tried the hammerfall/hdsp driv

[Alsa-devel] Re: alsa-lib cvs version fails to compile

2003-03-05 Thread Jaroslav Kysela
On Wed, 5 Mar 2003, Andrei Boros wrote: > > On a Slackware 7.0 system, kernel 2.2.23 I have the following > situation: > > alsa-0.9-rc7 works (driver, lib, tools). > > Due to some isapnp related problems, Takashi Iwai sent me a patch and > asked me to try in on the cvs version. While I still h

Re: [Alsa-devel] snd-serialmidi broken on running status

2003-03-05 Thread Takashi Iwai
Hi, At 04 Mar 2003 21:47:34 -0500, jfm3 wrote: > > I think snd-serialmidi is broken for MS-124W MIDI interfaces in MB mode, > and that it has something to do with running status not being handled > correctly. > > You need my patch, which I posted previously, to get MB mode working at > all. the

Re: [Alsa-devel] hdsp patch, version II

2003-03-05 Thread Thomas Charbonnel
On Wed, 2003-03-05 at 10:02, Thomas Charbonnel wrote: > I'm experiencing complete system lockups with this, in every possible > situation: > * cold boot > * reboot > * post boot module insertion > > I did power off the card after updating, so the firmware has to be > loaded. > > I get no message

Re: [Alsa-devel] crash with rc8

2003-03-05 Thread Erik Inge Bolsø
On Wed, 5 Mar 2003, alfp wrote: >Also, dmesg gives me > >Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0008 > printing eip: >f8b410b7 >*pde = >Oops: 0002 >CPU:0 >EIP:0010:[]Not tainted >EFLAGS: 00010296 >eax: f6384bd8 ebx: ecx:

Re: [Alsa-devel] 0.9.0rc8 series

2003-03-05 Thread Jordi Mallach
On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 01:38:32PM +0100, Jordi Mallach wrote: > The Debian BTS has a few bugs against alsa-utils and alsa-driver. I > promised to forward them a few weeks ago, but have had no time to do > so... > We'll try our best to have a report written by tomorrow night. Damn, forgot to say,

[Alsa-devel] crash with rc8

2003-03-05 Thread alfp
I seem to have problems opening many devices quickly. I use Mandrake 9, kernel 2.4.19-16mdkenterprise and gcc-3.2.1 (GCC) 3.2.1 (Mandrake Linux 9.1 3.2.1-2mdk) When I do this: x=32 while [ $x -ne 0 ] do let x=x-1 aplay /usr/share/sounds/phone.wav >bomb.$x 2>&1 & done I get a lar

Re: [Alsa-devel] [lack of] dynamic detection/loading of modules

2003-03-05 Thread Takashi Iwai
At 04 Mar 2003 19:01:24 -0800, Fernando Pablo Lopez-Lezcano wrote: > > > > > >lists about this and to do it cleanly it would be nice to have available > > > > >in /proc/asound the list of modules currently loaded. That is not > > > > >available today (I think Takashi said he might add that)." > >

Re: [Alsa-devel] pcm_jack and jack chicken-and-egg situation

2003-03-05 Thread Takashi Iwai
At Wed, 5 Mar 2003 10:11:57 +0100, Maarten de Boer wrote: > > Bob Ham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The new pcm_jack thing presents a bit of a chicken and egg problem; I > > just compiled alsa-lib twice because jack depends on alsa-lib and if you > > configure alsa-lib with jack support, it depen

Re: [Alsa-devel] pcm_jack and jack chicken-and-egg situation

2003-03-05 Thread Maarten de Boer
Bob Ham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The new pcm_jack thing presents a bit of a chicken and egg problem; I > just compiled alsa-lib twice because jack depends on alsa-lib and if you > configure alsa-lib with jack support, it depends on jack. Would it be > possible for pcm_jack to be distributed se

[Alsa-devel] [PATCH] usbmidi printk changes

2003-03-05 Thread Clemens Ladisch
- removed old module name "snd-usb-midi" from messages - use snd_printk - improved debugging output Index: alsa-kernel/usb/usbmidi.c === RCS file: /cvsroot/alsa/alsa-kernel/usb/usbmidi.c,v retrieving revision 1.19 diff -u -r1.19 usb

Re: [Alsa-devel] hdsp patch, version II

2003-03-05 Thread Thomas Charbonnel
On Wed, 2003-03-05 at 00:22, Paul Davis wrote: > This is a new version of the previous patch, but now also includes: > > * use of udelay to force timed loops rather than count-based loops > * fix hdsp_is_9652() > * don't include unnecessary playback mixer controls for Multiface > *

Re: [Alsa-devel] pcm_jack and jack chicken-and-egg situation

2003-03-05 Thread Takashi Iwai
At 05 Mar 2003 00:02:30 +, Bob Ham wrote: > > Hi all, > > The new pcm_jack thing presents a bit of a chicken and egg problem; I > just compiled alsa-lib twice because jack depends on alsa-lib and if you > configure alsa-lib with jack support, it depends on jack. yep. > Would it be > possibl

Re: [Alsa-devel] New driver

2003-03-05 Thread Takashi Iwai
Hi, At Tue, 4 Mar 2003 19:35:35 -0400, mjander wrote: > > Hi, > > I started writing a new driver for the Aureal Vortex soundcards. wow, how did you get hardware information? > Now the howto is pretty good, and the basic stuff is nearly > complete, but > how do i integrate my driver into th

[Alsa-devel] alsa-lib cvs version fails to compile

2003-03-05 Thread Andrei Boros
On a Slackware 7.0 system, kernel 2.2.23 I have the following situation: alsa-0.9-rc7 works (driver, lib, tools). Due to some isapnp related problems, Takashi Iwai sent me a patch and asked me to try in on the cvs version. While I still have problems with the driver part, when I tried to compil