Re: [LAD] ASUS mobo NEW thread - started OT for another tread

On Saturday 29 November 2008, Ralf Mardorf wrote: I just now rebooted to 2.6.28-rc6, and I still get this at the x start: =================== Sound server informational message: Error while initializing the sound driver: device: default can't be opened for playback (Connection refused) The sound server will continue, using the null output device. ==================== I don't know what device the 'default device' is, although a cat of /proc/asound/cards returns this list: 0 [Audigy2 ]: Audigy2 - Audigy 2 Value [SB0400] Audigy 2 Value [SB0400] (rev.0, serial:0x10011102) at 0xac00, irq 17 1 [NVidia ]: HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia HDA NVidia at 0xfe024000 irq 21 2 [HDMI ]: HDA-Intel - HDA ATI HDMI HDA ATI HDMI at 0xfddfc000 irq 16 And I have this in /dev: [root@coyote ~]# ls -l /dev/a* crw-rw---- 1 root root 14, 14 2008-11-29 10:39 /dev/admmidi crw-rw----+ 1 root root 14, 12 2008-11-29 10:39 /dev/adsp crw-rw----+ 1 root root 14, 28 2008-11-29 10:39 /dev/adsp1 crw-rw----+ 1 root root 14, 13 2008-11-29 10:39 /dev/amidi crw-rw----+ 1 root root 14, 4 2008-11-29 10:39 /dev/audio crw-rw----+ 1 root root 14, 20 2008-11-29 10:39 /dev/audio1 crw-rw---- 1 root root 10, 60 2008-11-29 10:39 /dev/autofs Here is /etc/alsa/pulse-default.conf: ================= # PulseAudio plugin configuration # Let's create a virtual device "pulse" for mixer and PCM pcm.pulse { type pulse } ctl.pulse { type pulse } # Let's make it the default! pcm.!default { type pulse } ctl.!default { type pulse } =============== Which gives me no clue as to what the 'default device' might be either. So here is /etc/alsa/alsa.conf: =============== # # ALSA library configuration file # # pre-load the configuration files @hooks [ { func load files [ "/etc/alsa/pulse-default.conf" "/etc/asound.conf" "~/.asoundrc" ] errors false } ] # load card-specific configuration files (on request) cards.@hooks [ { func load files [ { @func concat strings [ { @func datadir } "/cards/aliases.conf" ] } ] } { func load_for_all_cards files [ { @func concat strings [ { @func datadir } "/cards/" { @func private_string } ".conf" ] } ] errors false } ] # # defaults # # show all name hints also for definitions without hint {} section defaults.namehint.showall off # show just basic name hints defaults.namehint.basic on # show extended name hints defaults.namehint.extended off # defaults.ctl.card 0 defaults.pcm.card 0 defaults.pcm.device 0 defaults.pcm.subdevice -1 defaults.pcm.nonblock 1 defaults.pcm.ipc_key 5678293 defaults.pcm.ipc_perm 0600 defaults.pcm.dmix.max_periods 0 defaults.pcm.dmix.rate 48000 defaults.pcm.dmix.format "unchanged" defaults.pcm.dmix.card defaults.pcm.card defaults.pcm.dmix.device defaults.pcm.device defaults.pcm.dsnoop.card defaults.pcm.card defaults.pcm.dsnoop.device defaults.pcm.device defaults.pcm.front.card defaults.pcm.card defaults.pcm.front.device defaults.pcm.device defaults.pcm.rear.card defaults.pcm.card defaults.pcm.rear.device defaults.pcm.device defaults.pcm.center_lfe.card defaults.pcm.card defaults.pcm.center_lfe.device defaults.pcm.device defaults.pcm.side.card defaults.pcm.card defaults.pcm.side.device defaults.pcm.device defaults.pcm.surround40.card defaults.pcm.card defaults.pcm.surround40.device defaults.pcm.device defaults.pcm.surround41.card defaults.pcm.card defaults.pcm.surround41.device defaults.pcm.device defaults.pcm.surround50.card defaults.pcm.card defaults.pcm.surround50.device defaults.pcm.device defaults.pcm.surround51.card defaults.pcm.card defaults.pcm.surround51.device defaults.pcm.device defaults.pcm.surround71.card defaults.pcm.card defaults.pcm.surround71.device defaults.pcm.device defaults.pcm.iec958.card defaults.pcm.card defaults.pcm.iec958.device defaults.pcm.device defaults.pcm.modem.card defaults.pcm.card defaults.pcm.modem.device defaults.pcm.device defaults.rawmidi.card 0 defaults.rawmidi.device 0 defaults.rawmidi.subdevice -1 defaults.hwdep.card 0 defaults.hwdep.device 0 defaults.timer.class 2 defaults.timer.sclass 0 defaults.timer.card 0 defaults.timer.device 0 defaults.timer.subdevice 0 # # PCM interface # # redirect to load-on-demand extended pcm definitions pcm.cards cards.pcm pcm.default cards.pcm.default pcm.front cards.pcm.front pcm.rear cards.pcm.rear pcm.center_lfe cards.pcm.center_lfe pcm.side cards.pcm.side pcm.surround40 cards.pcm.surround40 pcm.surround41 cards.pcm.surround41 pcm.surround50 cards.pcm.surround50 pcm.surround51 cards.pcm.surround51 pcm.surround71 cards.pcm.surround71 pcm.iec958 cards.pcm.iec958 pcm.spdif iec958 pcm.dmix cards.pcm.dmix pcm.dsnoop cards.pcm.dsnoop pcm.modem cards.pcm.modem pcm.phoneline cards.pcm.phoneline pcm.hw { @args [ CARD DEV SUBDEV ] @args.CARD { type string default { @func getenv vars [ ALSA_PCM_CARD ALSA_CARD ] default { @func refer name defaults.pcm.card } } } @args.DEV { type integer default { @func igetenv vars [ ALSA_PCM_DEVICE ] default { @func refer name defaults.pcm.device } } } @args.SUBDEV { type integer default { @func refer name defaults.pcm.subdevice } } type hw card $CARD device $DEV subdevice $SUBDEV hint { show { @func refer name defaults.namehint.extended } description "Direct hardware device without any conversions" } } pcm.plughw { @args [ CARD DEV SUBDEV ] @args.CARD { type string default { @func getenv vars [ ALSA_PCM_CARD ALSA_CARD ] default { @func refer name defaults.pcm.card } } } @args.DEV { type integer default { @func igetenv vars [ ALSA_PCM_DEVICE ] default { @func refer name defaults.pcm.device } } } @args.SUBDEV { type integer default { @func refer name defaults.pcm.subdevice } } type plug slave.pcm { type hw card $CARD device $DEV subdevice $SUBDEV } hint { show { @func refer name defaults.namehint.extended } description "Hardware device with all software conversions" } } pcm.plug { @args [ SLAVE ] @args.SLAVE { type string } type plug slave.pcm $SLAVE } pcm.shm { @args [ SOCKET PCM ] @args.SOCKET { type string } @args.PCM { type string } type shm server $SOCKET pcm $PCM } pcm.tee { @args [ SLAVE FILE FORMAT ] @args.SLAVE { type string } @args.FILE { type string } @args.FORMAT { type string default raw } type file slave.pcm $SLAVE file $FILE format $FORMAT } pcm.file { @args [ FILE FORMAT ] @args.FILE { type string } @args.FORMAT { type string default raw } type file slave.pcm null file $FILE format $FORMAT } pcm.null { type null hint { show { @func refer name defaults.namehint.basic } description "Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)" } } # # Control interface # ctl.default { type hw card { @func getenv vars [ ALSA_CTL_CARD ALSA_CARD ] default { @func refer name defaults.ctl.card } } } ctl.hw { @args [ CARD ] @args.CARD { type string default { @func getenv vars [ ALSA_CTL_CARD ALSA_CARD ] default { @func refer name defaults.ctl.card } } } type hw card $CARD } ctl.shm { @args [ SOCKET CTL ] @args.SOCKET { type string } @args.CTL { type string } type shm server $SOCKET ctl $CTL } # # RawMidi interface # rawmidi.default { type hw card { @func getenv vars [ ALSA_RAWMIDI_CARD ALSA_CARD ] default { @func refer name defaults.rawmidi.card } } device { @func igetenv vars [ ALSA_RAWMIDI_DEVICE ] default { @func refer name defaults.rawmidi.device } } } rawmidi.hw { @args [ CARD DEV SUBDEV ] @args.CARD { type string default { @func getenv vars [ ALSA_RAWMIDI_CARD ALSA_CARD ] default { @func refer name defaults.rawmidi.card } } } @args.DEV { type integer default { @func igetenv vars [ ALSA_RAWMIDI_DEVICE ] default { @func refer name defaults.rawmidi.device } } } @args.SUBDEV { type integer default -1 } type hw card $CARD device $DEV subdevice $SUBDEV hint { description "Direct rawmidi driver device" device $DEV } } rawmidi.virtual { @args [ MERGE ] @args.MERGE { type string default 1 } type virtual merge $MERGE } # # Sequencer interface # seq.default { type hw } seq.hw { type hw } # # HwDep interface # hwdep.default { type hw card { @func getenv vars [ ALSA_HWDEP_CARD ALSA_CARD ] default { @func refer name defaults.hwdep.card } } device { @func igetenv vars [ ALSA_HWDEP_DEVICE ] default { @func refer name defaults.hwdep.device } } } hwdep.hw { @args [ CARD DEV ] @args.CARD { type string default { @func getenv vars [ ALSA_HWDEP_CARD ALSA_CARD ] default { @func refer name defaults.hwdep.card } } } @args.DEV { type integer default { @func igetenv vars [ ALSA_HWDEP_DEVICE ] default { @func refer name defaults.hwdep.device } } } type hw card $CARD device $DEV } # # Timer interface # timer_query.default { type hw } timer_query.hw { type hw } timer.default { type hw class { @func refer name defaults.timer.class } sclass { @func refer name defaults.timer.sclass } card { @func refer name defaults.timer.card } device { @func refer name defaults.timer.device } subdevice { @func refer name defaults.timer.subdevice } hint.description "Default direct hardware timer device" } timer.hw { @args [ CLASS SCLASS CARD DEV SUBDEV ] @args.CLASS { type integer default { @func refer name defaults.timer.class } } @args.SCLASS { type integer default { @func refer name defaults.timer.sclass } } @args.CARD { type string default { @func refer name defaults.timer.card } } @args.DEV { type integer default { @func refer name defaults.timer.device } } @args.SUBDEV { type integer default { @func refer name defaults.timer.subdevice } } type hw class $CLASS sclass $SCLASS card $CARD device $DEV subdevice $SUBDEV } ================= and I had no idea it was that long. It does say card0 near the top, and if that is in the order assigned in my modprobe.conf, and in the cat of /proc/asound/cards then it is the audigy2 (emu10k1 driver) Who, or what is denying permissions as shown by the startup message above? Thanks folks. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Neutrinos are into physicists.