Re: Can't record in audacity
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On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 17:51:36 +0200
Florian Kulzer <florian.kulzer+debian@icfo.es> wrote:
> >
> > Been there. Tried that. /dev/dsp works for playback as does Alsa
> > default...but for record..nothing works including /dev/dsp. Most of the
> > selections for recording produce the " can't open device error". I am
> > totally baffled because Audacity works out of the box on Ubuntu Gutsy
> > and Windows XP. How much of a difference can there be between Debian
> > Sid/Lenny and Gutsy ??
>
> You'll have to tell us...
>
> Run these commands on the Debian install:
>
> cat /dev/sndstat > sndstat-debian.txt
> cat /proc/asound/cards > cards-debian.txt
> amixer > amixer-debian.txt
> grep '.*' /sys/module/snd_*/parameters/* > modparams-debian.txt
>
> Then do the same on the Ubuntu system to generate the equivalent
> *-ubuntu.txt files. Compare the pairs of corresponding files (e.g. with
> "diff -u") and post the results here.
diff.amixer
- --- amixer-debian.txt 2008-04-27 12:38:11.000000000 -0400
+++ amixer-gutsy.txt 2008-04-27 12:47:01.000000000 -0400
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-46.50dB] [off]
- - Front Right: Playback 1 [3%] [-45.00dB] [off]
+ Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-46.50dB] [off]
Simple mixer control 'Headphone Jack Sense',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
@@ -26,41 +26,41 @@
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Mono:
- - Front Left: Playback 25 [81%] [3.00dB] [on]
- - Front Right: Playback 25 [81%] [3.00dB] [on]
+ Front Left: Playback 29 [94%] [9.00dB] [on]
+ Front Right: Playback 29 [94%] [9.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Surround',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Mono:
- - Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-46.50dB] [on]
- - Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-46.50dB] [on]
+ Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-46.50dB] [off]
+ Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-46.50dB] [off]
Simple mixer control 'Surround Jack Mode',0
Capabilities: enum
Items: 'Shared' 'Independent'
- - Item0: 'Independent'
+ Item0: 'Shared'
Simple mixer control 'Center',0
Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
- - Mono: Playback 0 [0%] [-46.50dB] [off]
+ Mono: Playback 5 [16%] [-39.00dB] [off]
Simple mixer control 'LFE',0
Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
- - Mono: Playback 2 [6%] [-43.50dB] [off]
+ Mono: Playback 0 [0%] [-46.50dB] [off]
Simple mixer control 'Line',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch cswitch cswitch-exclusive
Capture exclusive group: 0
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
- - Front Left: Playback 1 [3%] [-33.00dB] [on] Capture [off]
- - Front Right: Playback 1 [3%] [-33.00dB] [on] Capture [off]
+ Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off] Capture [off]
+ Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off] Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'Line Jack Sense',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
- - Mono: Playback [on]
+ Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'CD',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch cswitch cswitch-exclusive
Capture exclusive group: 0
@@ -75,9 +75,9 @@
Playback channels: Mono
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
- - Mono: Playback 29 [94%] [9.00dB] [on]
+ Mono: Playback 28 [90%] [7.50dB] [on]
Front Left: Capture [on]
- - Front Right: Capture [off]
+ Front Right: Capture [on]
Simple mixer control 'Mic Boost (+20dB)',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
@@ -104,22 +104,22 @@
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
- - Mono: Playback [off]
+ Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Playback AC97-SPSA',0
Capabilities: volume volume-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Capture channels: Mono
Limits: 0 - 3
- - Mono: 1 [33%]
+ Mono: 0 [0%]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Playback Source',0
Capabilities: enum
Items: 'AC-Link' 'A/D Converter'
- - Item0: 'A/D Converter'
+ Item0: 'AC-Link'
Simple mixer control 'PC Speaker',0
Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Limits: Playback 0 - 15
- - Mono: Playback 0 [0%] [-45.00dB] [off]
+ Mono: Playback 0 [0%] [-45.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Aux',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch cswitch cswitch-exclusive
Capture exclusive group: 0
@@ -136,14 +136,14 @@
Capabilities: cvolume cswitch
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Capture 0 - 15
- - Front Left: Capture 15 [100%] [22.50dB] [on]
- - Front Right: Capture 15 [100%] [22.50dB] [on]
+ Front Left: Capture 12 [80%] [18.00dB] [on]
+ Front Right: Capture 12 [80%] [18.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Mix',0
Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-exclusive
Capture exclusive group: 0
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Front Left: Capture [off]
- - Front Right: Capture [on]
+ Front Right: Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'Mix Mono',0
Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-exclusive
Capture exclusive group: 0
@@ -169,11 +169,11 @@
Simple mixer control 'External Amplifier',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
- - Mono: Playback [off]
+ Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'High Pass Filter Enable',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
- - Mono: Playback [off]
+ Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'Spread Front to Surround and Center/LFE',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
diff.cards
(empty)
diff.modparams
- --- modparams-debian.txt 2008-04-27 12:38:14.000000000 -0400
+++ modparams-gutsy.txt 2008-04-27 12:47:01.000000000 -0400
@@ -6,13 +6,28 @@
/sys/module/snd_intel8x0/parameters/buggy_semaphore:N
/sys/module/snd_intel8x0/parameters/enable:N
/sys/module/snd_intel8x0/parameters/id:<NULL>
- -/sys/module/snd_intel8x0/parameters/index:0
+/sys/module/snd_intel8x0/parameters/index:-1
/sys/module/snd_intel8x0/parameters/joystick:0
/sys/module/snd_intel8x0/parameters/spdif_aclink:0
/sys/module/snd_intel8x0/parameters/xbox:N
- -/sys/module/snd_pcm_oss/parameters/adsp_map:1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1
- -/sys/module/snd_pcm_oss/parameters/dsp_map:0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
+/sys/module/snd_pcm_oss/parameters/adsp_map:1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1
+/sys/module/snd_pcm_oss/parameters/dsp_map:0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
/sys/module/snd_pcm_oss/parameters/nonblock_open:Y
/sys/module/snd_pcm/parameters/maximum_substreams:4
/sys/module/snd_pcm/parameters/preallocate_dma:1
+/sys/module/snd_rawmidi/parameters/amidi_map:1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1
+/sys/module/snd_rawmidi/parameters/midi_map:0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
+/sys/module/snd_seq_dummy/parameters/duplex:N
+/sys/module/snd_seq_dummy/parameters/ports:1
+/sys/module/snd_seq_midi/parameters/input_buffer_size:4096
+/sys/module/snd_seq_midi/parameters/output_buffer_size:4096
+/sys/module/snd_seq_oss/parameters/maxqlen:1024
+/sys/module/snd_seq_oss/parameters/seq_oss_debug:0
+/sys/module/snd_seq/parameters/seq_client_load:14,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1
+/sys/module/snd_seq/parameters/seq_default_timer_card:-1
+/sys/module/snd_seq/parameters/seq_default_timer_class:1
+/sys/module/snd_seq/parameters/seq_default_timer_device:1
+/sys/module/snd_seq/parameters/seq_default_timer_resolution:0
+/sys/module/snd_seq/parameters/seq_default_timer_sclass:0
+/sys/module/snd_seq/parameters/seq_default_timer_subdevice:0
/sys/module/snd_timer/parameters/timer_limit:2
diff.sndstat
- --- sndstat-debian.txt 2008-04-27 12:38:11.000000000 -0400
+++ sndstat-gutsy.txt 2008-04-27 12:47:01.000000000 -0400
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
- -Sound Driver:3.8.1a-980706 (ALSA v1.0.15 emulation code)
- -Kernel: Linux debian 2.6.24-1-686 #1 SMP Sat Apr 19 00:37:55 UTC 2008 i686
+Sound Driver:3.8.1a-980706 (ALSA v1.0.14 emulation code)
+Kernel: Linux frank-desktop 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Tue Feb 12 07:42:25
UTC 2008 i686 Config options: 0
Installed drivers:
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
Midi devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG
Timers:
- -7: system timer
+31: system timer
Mixers:
0: Analog Devices AD1985
That's it. Hope it makes sense to you as it doesn't to me!!
Cheers
- --
Frank McCormick debian@videotron.ca
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