[linux-audio-user] recording problem with arecord / asound.conf issue?

I'm still playing around and trying to get my Delta 1010LT to work, so I can record from the different input channels. I'm now simply trying to record using arecord, but I can't seem to record anything but silence. the specific problems I get: - I can't recrod from the hardware device as configured /etc/asound.conf I try: $ arecord -f cd -d 5 -D hw test.wav Recording WAVE 'test.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 44100 Hz, Stereo arecord: set_params:805: Sample format non available or $ arecord -f cd -d 5 -D ice1712 test.wav Recording WAVE 'test.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 44100 Hz, Stereo arecord: set_params:805: Sample format non available where $ cat /etc/asound.conf pcm.ice1712 { type hw card 0 } ctl.ice1712 { type hw card 0 } is the config that was hinted at the 1010LT ALSA driver installation page. BTW, $ arecord -l **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: 1010LT [M Audio Delta 1010LT], device 0: ICE1712 multi [ICE1712 multi] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 anyways, what does it mean by "Sample format non available", as the sound card supports this format? also, how do I list the available formats? - I can record from the 'default' device, but only silence I can succesfully run: $ arecord -f cd -d 5 -D default test.wav Recording WAVE 'test.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 44100 Hz, Stereo but, it only records silence, even though all my channels are _not_ muted, and I have input running in to the sound card at hardware inputs 3 and 4. I can see this from envy24control. I also experimented with default:0,1 ... 0,3 and default:1,0 ... 3,0, but the same occurs. what am I doing wrong? Akos