[linux-audio-user] New install issues (Was: Trouble compiling JACK 0.98.1)

[Russell Hanaghan]

On Sun, 2004-08-15 at 20:22, Jos Laake wrote:
> Florian Schmidt wrote:
> > 
> > hi
> > 
> > maybe the troubleshooting page on alsa.opensrc.org has some clues :)
> > 
> > flo
> > 
> Thank you, flo, for the pointer.
> Their page was very helpful.  I got a lot further with it.
> 
> I'm still not up yet, though.  Here's where I'm at today...
> 
> ALSA recompiled with the soundcards I have.
> 'alsaplayer' compiled.
> 'envy24control' compiled.
> 
> 'Alsaplayer' plays via the alsa output. (Yea!!!)
> 
> 'envy24control' now runs and sees 'hw:0' but doesn't do
> squat other than show me the output volume.
> 
> The output was REALLY LOUD and nothing would turn it down.
> I discovered that the volume control on 'alsaplayer' would
> turn it dowm.
> 
> Tried starting 'qjackctl'.  It starts 'jackd' but now it
> craps out for different reasons.  Oh, well, I'll just try
> to look at that as "progress". ;-)
> 
> Here's the latest trace from 'qjackctl':
> 
> ------------------------------
> 19:52:28.367 JACK is starting...
> 19:52:28.368 /usr/local/bin/jackd -R -dalsa -dhw:0 -r96000 -p1024 -n2 
> -i2 -o2 -zs
> 19:52:28.383 JACK was started with PID=21751 (0x54f7).
> jackd 0.98.1
> Copyright 2001-2003 Paul Davis and others.
> jackd comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY
> This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
> under certain conditions; see the file COPYING for details
> loading driver ..
> apparent rate = 96000
> creating alsa driver ... hw:0|hw:0|1024|2|96000|2|2|nomon|swmeter|-|32bit
> control device hw:0
> configuring for 96000Hz, period = 1024 frames, buffer = 2 periods
> ALSA: cannot set channel count to 2 for capture
> ALSA: cannot configure capture channel
> cannot load driver module alsa
> 19:52:28.461 JACK was stopped successfully.
> 19:52:31.472 Could not connect to JACK server as client.
> ------------------------------
> 
> Other info:
> 
> All these modules are loaded:
> -----
> snd-pcm-oss            45192   0 (autoclean)
> snd-mixer-oss          16728   2 (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss]
> snd-seq-midi            5152   0 (unused)
> snd-seq-midi-event      6272   0 [snd-seq-midi]
> snd-seq                50032   3 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-midi-event]
> snd-intel8x0           25196   1
> gameport                3380   0 [snd-intel8x0]
> snd-ice1712            56260   3
> snd-pcm                86432   0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-intel8x0 snd-ice1712]
> snd-timer              20996   0 [snd-seq snd-pcm]
> snd-page-alloc          9336   0 [snd-intel8x0 snd-pcm]
> snd-cs8427              9320   0 [snd-ice1712]
> snd-i2c                 4660   0 [snd-ice1712 snd-cs8427]
> snd-ac97-codec         68188   0 [snd-intel8x0 snd-ice1712]
> snd-mpu401-uart         5696   0 [snd-intel8x0 snd-ice1712]
> snd-rawmidi            19520   0 [snd-seq-midi snd-mpu401-uart]
> snd-seq-device          6220   0 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq snd-rawmidi]
> snd-ice17xx-ak4xxx      2760   0 [snd-ice1712]
> snd-ak4xxx-adda         5680   0 [snd-ice1712 snd-ice17xx-ak4xxx]
> snd                    48708   2 [snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-seq-midi 
> snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq snd-intel8x0 snd-ice1712 snd-pcm snd-timer 
> snd-cs8427 snd-i2c snd-ac97-codec snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi 
> snd-seq-device snd-ak4xxx-adda]
> soundcore
> -----
> 
> 
> The pertinent section of my '/etc/modules.conf' looks like this:
> -----
> alias char-major-116 snd
> alias char-major-14 soundcore
> alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
> alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
> alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
> alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
> alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
> alias snd-card-0 snd-ice1712
> alias sound-slot-0 snd-ice1712
> alias snd-card-1 snd-intel8x0
> alias sound-slot-1 snd-intel8x0
> alias sound-service-1-0 snd-mixer-oss
> alias sound-service-1-3 snd-pcm-oss
> alias sound-service-1-12 snd-pcm-oss
> #--- Keep modules from being autocleaned
> add options -k snd-card-0
> add options -k snd-card-1
> -----
> 
> 
> My '.asoundrc' file looks like this:
> -----
>   pcm.ice1712 {
>     type hw
>     card 0
>   }
> 
>   ctl.ice1712 {
>     type hw
>     card 0
>   }
> -----
> 
> 
> Versions of stuff:
> 
> kernel ----- kernel-2.4.26-1.ll.rh90.ccrma compiled for i686
> alsa ------- Version 1.0.5a
> jack ------- Version 0.98.1
> qjackctl --- Version 0.2.9
> alsaplayer - Version 0.99.76
> 
> Soundcards:
> 
> M-Audio Delta 1010 (ice1712)
> Motherboard audio  (intel8x0)
> 
> 
> Okay, I can take a break now. :-)
> 
> Any help of any kind will be greatly appreciated!

Go to the alsa pages and locate the page for the ice1712 chip. Down the
bottom there is an .asoundrc file posted for a "hoontech" card. Create a
new .asoundrc from that post. When you run Qjackctl, set the capture and
playback channels to "0".  See what happens.

R~

> 
> Peace,
> ~Jos~