Re: [linux-audio-user] alsa setup debug (was: jackd -d alsa -d hw:0 -p512 / problem to start)

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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] alsa setup debug (was: jackd -d alsa -d hw:0 -p512 / problem to start)
From: felix.news_AT_qodiga.com
Date: Mon Oct 27 2003 - 16:47:39 EET

On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 04:58:33PM +0100, Tim Orford wrote:
> i'm assuming you mean the alsa init script.
> did you look in the logs (eg /var/log/syslog) for why it failed?
mmm... no.

> maybe you could tell us what distro and software versions you are

Debian [unstable]
Package: alsa [alsa-base 0.9.6-5 ]
Package: jackd
Versions:
0.75.0-2(/var/lib/apt/lists/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_main_binary-i386_Packages)(/var/lib/dpkg/status)

> lspci -v

00:0e.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1370 [AudioPCI] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Unknown device 4942:4c4c
Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 96, IRQ 5
I/O ports at 1480 [size=64]

[this Montego soundcard doesn't work under my Debian box]
00:10.0 Multimedia audio controller: Aureal Semiconductor Vortex 1 (rev 02)
Subsystem: Voyetra Technologies Montego
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 9
Memory at f4000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
[size=128K]
I/O ports at 14f8 [size=8]
I/O ports at 14f0 [size=8]
Capabilities: [dc] Power
Management version 1

> lsmod
Module Size Used by Not tainted
3c59x 27600 1
lp 6432 0 (autoclean)
snd-seq-midi 4064 0 (autoclean) (unused)
snd-seq-oss 29632 0 (unused)
snd-seq-midi-event 3296 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-oss]
snd-seq 36816 2 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-oss
snd-seq-midi-event]
snd-pcm-oss 39556 0
snd-mixer-oss 13592 0 [snd-pcm-oss]
snd-ens1370 8580 0
snd-pcm 60804 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-ens1370]
snd-timer 14468 0 [snd-seq snd-pcm]
snd-page-alloc 6292 0 [snd-ens1370 snd-pcm]
snd-rawmidi 13408 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-ens1370]
snd-seq-device 4288 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-oss snd-seq
snd-rawmidi]
snd-ak4531-codec 4888 0 [snd-ens1370]
snd 28964 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-oss
snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-ens1370
snd-pcm snd-timer snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device snd-ak4531-codec]
soundcore 3844 8 [snd]

> service alsa status
> (or whatever it is on your distro)
[I don't know how to do that, my init script say that. In fact is the
first time I'm trying to use alsa]
Usage: /etc/init.d/alsa
{start|stop|restart|reload|force-stop|force-restart|force-reload}

> cat /var/log/syslog | grep -i alsa
> (for the last boot)
# cat /var/log/syslog |grep -i alsa
#
[nothing, except grep -i alsa /var/log/boot]
/var/log/boot:Tue Oct 21 10:03:21 2003: Starting ALSA (version 0.9.6): ens1370.
/var/log/boot:Tue Oct 21 10:03:24 2003: Restoring ALSA mixer settings... failed
/var/log/boot.0:Thu Oct 16 14:24:13 2003: Starting ALSA (version 0.9.6):
warning, no drivers defined in /etc/modules.conf failed

But I have this lines in /etc/modules.conf
### update-modules: start processing /etc/modutils/alsa
# ALSA portion
alias char-major-116 snd
alias snd-card-0 snd-ens1370
# module options should go here

# OSS/Free portion
alias char-major-14 soundcore
alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0

> also read the documentation for your card on
> http://www.alsa-project.org
I readed yet

> and the quicktoots:
> http://www.djcj.org/LAU/quicktoots/
I'm reading now ;-)

> the archives for the alsa-user list might also be instructive...

Thanks a lot for your help Tim.

Felix 

-- 
Félix Cuello
felix_AT_qodiga.com
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