27 Oct
2003
27 Oct
'03
9:44 a.m.
this sounds
like what happens when alsa is not running properly.
I do the following tests: arecord (meanwhile in other xterm play some
mp3), and then when I do aplay, file.tests contains a portion of this
mp3 recorded [I suppose] using alsa.
But you're right, alsa say 'failed' when start and all seems to go bad,