alsa pcm write error

Gªutama · n00b Joined: 08 Jun 2003 Posts: 32 Location: Tokyo, Japan

I have a very frustrating alsa error.
I have all the alsa stuff compiled into the kernel. That is:

Gªutama · n00b Joined: 08 Jun 2003 Posts: 32 Location: Tokyo, Japan

*bump*
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Woody · Guru Joined: 30 Nov 2002 Posts: 592 Location: Milwaukee

My only suggestion would be to try to recompile alsa-lib. Its a shot in the
dark, sorry.

Gªutama · n00b Joined: 08 Jun 2003 Posts: 32 Location: Tokyo, Japan

tuxwatcher · Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2004 2:21 pm Post subject:

Have you had any luck? I had the sound working on my machine then it stopped. I get the same error with aplay. My card is an onboard via chipset.

tuxwatcher · Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2004 5:59 pm Post subject:

Found my solution searching through some other threads. Apparently the newer ALSA drivers added some mixer settings that actually control the read write to the device. So I used alsamixer to turn on those settings and then did a

Gªutama · n00b Joined: 08 Jun 2003 Posts: 32 Location: Tokyo, Japan

I acctually gave up and compiled a OSS kernel. So now the sound works. But I would defenitley like to give ALSA a new shot.

Do you think you could post the output of amixer?
So I can compare with mine.
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tuxwatcher · Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2004 2:56 pm Post subject:

Per your request

Gªutama · n00b Joined: 08 Jun 2003 Posts: 32 Location: Tokyo, Japan

Ahh sweet.

now ALSA works. even after a reboot. I updated to the 2.6.2-r1 kernel and now it works. Sweet
Thanks.

I am now a very happy ALSA user.
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