[linux-audio-user] Which kernel for low latency?

Gian Paolo Mureddu Thetargos at tutopia.com
Sat Jan 17 03:03:47 EST 2004


Tommi Sakari Uimonen wrote:

>>rebooted and install alsa-lib-1.0.1 and alsa-utils-1.0.1 as well but I
>>get these errors
>>
>>root at upstairs glenn # aplay /usr/kde/3.2/share/sounds/pop.wav
>>ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:1055:(snd_pcm_hw_open) open /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p failed:
>>No such file or directory
>>aplay: main:502: audio open error: No such file or directory
>>    
>>
>
>I'm not totally sure, but if devfs is not in the kernel, you should also
>run snddevices script from alsa-driver.
>
>It will create the /dev entries needed for alsa.
>
>Tommi Uimonen
>
>  
>
Also, did you set the modules to load in modprobe.conf, used by 2.6.x 
(instead of modules.conf which is used by 2.4.x) to load modules 
(copy-paste the settings). Definitly it is also advisable to run 
snddevices (if this is your first time using ALSA).



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