[linux-audio-dev] ams compile issues [was: qsynth configure script fails on debian [qt]]

[Frank Neumann]

Hi list,
on Sunday eric at zhevny.com wrote:

> I found and installed libqt3-compat-headers. The compile got much
> further this time, but still no joy. There are a lot of compiler
> warnings and errors. The errors would seem to indicate I'm using an
> incompatible alsa version (or ams' alsa support is outdated ... ) I'm
> working with the most recent tarball of ams-1.7.1 from sourceforge.
 
[..]

> alsa-1.0.0rc2
>     ./configure --with-isapnp=no --with-sequencer=yes --with-oss=no \
>     --with-cards=dummy,virmidi,serial-u16550,mpu401,ice1712,ymfpci
> libsndfile-1.0.5
>     from tar.gz. debian only had 1.0.4
> jack-0.91.1
>     ./configure --enable-optimize --with-default-tmpdir=/mnt/ramfs/
> --disable-portaudio
> ecasound-2.3.2
>     ./configure --enable-pyecasound --disable-oss --disable-arts
> 
> /usr/include/alsa/pcm.h:604: error: too few arguments to function `int
>    snd_pcm_hw_params_get_periods(const snd_pcm_hw_params_t*, unsigned
> int*,
>    int*)'

To all those who do not read alsamodular-devel: The fix here is to add
two lines at the top of alsa_driver.h, just BEFORE the #include
<alsa/asoundlib.h> line:

#define ALSA_PCM_OLD_HW_PARAMS_API
#define ALSA_PCM_OLD_SW_PARAMS_API

That should compile and link ams-1.7.1 fine for you.

Frank