Re: Need Help-YMF724F Sound Card And ALSA
On Tuesday 19 April 2005 03:35, Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
> Justin Guerin wrote:
> >On Sunday 17 April 2005 08:54, you wrote:
> >>Justin Guerin wrote:
> >>>Copying the list, so others might be able to help
> >>>
> >>>On Saturday 16 April 2005 18:49, you wrote:
> >>>>Justin Guerin wrote:
> >>>>><posted & mailed>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
[snip]
> Yeah, me too, til about 3am. Had lots of hits but no clearcut
> solution. Already tried the
> above but doesn't show me anything. Perhaps you can make something of
> the results:
> ChatagnierL-Home:/home/lchata# ls -l /dev/dsp
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Apr 19 07:11 /dev/ds p -> dsp
Looks like /dev/dsp points to itself. Weird. That's where your recursion
comes from, though.
> ChatagnierL-Home:/home/lchata# ls -l/dsp
> ls: invalid option -- /
> Try `ls --help' for more information.
> ChatagnierL-Home:/home/lchata# ls -l /dsp
> ls: /dsp: No such file or directory
> ChatagnierL-Home:/home/lchata# ls -l dsp
> ls: dsp: No such file or directory
> ChatagnierL-Home:/home/lchata#
> I did locate dsp:
> /dev/.udevdb/class@sound@adsp
> /dev/.udevdb/class@sound@dsp
> /dev/adsp
> /dev/dsp
Do you have anything that matches /dev/dsp* ?
> snipped a bunch or .ko, .so and .h files wih the 'dsp' sequence in
> them. I'll ls -l these if needed
> but I only see the "one" symbolic link to dsp. So, I didn't get
> anywhere. Also, I think the number
> 3, after root root(3rd column in ls -l output) indicates the number of
> links to /dev/dsp? Where are
> they, if that's so?
>
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> >I think the files you tried to play that gave you the error about too many
> >levels of symbolic links are good files. Right now, that's the error
> > you've got to fix.
> >
> >One way to do this is to move all alsa related config files out of the
> > way, run alsaconf, and see if it still generates recursive links. If it
> > doesn't, you might be finished. If it does, post the results, and what
> > you did, and we'll work it from there.
>
> Ok, this could be difficult. There are a lot of them. Do something like
> locate alsa.
> Rename all alsa*.conf to *.old.
> Then run alsaconf? ?to be sure I'm on the same wavelength?
>
You should be able to do this just in the /etc directory. You could just
move /etc/alsa/ to /etc/oldalsa/, then run alsaconf again.
>
> Thanks for coming back. Had time for a little googling and came up with
> same
> conclusion, but no solution. BTW, I have sound on w98se on the Dell so,
> the wiring
> setup between my HP speakers, mic, etc must be ok.
>
> >Justin Guerin
>
> Len C
Well, it's good that you know your physical connections are fine, and that
your hardware works. One less problem to troubleshoot.
Justin
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