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

[felix.news at qodiga.com]

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


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