Re: alsa error messages

[Richard <richard.bown@blueyonder.co.uk>]

On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 13:32:16 +0000 (UTC)
Curt <curty@free.fr> wrote:

> On 2011-10-13, Richard <richard.bown@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I'm getting some error messages that weren't there in squeeze, they are not stopping the application
> > from running, but I'd like to get rid of them.
> 
> What application would that be?  Or am I being stupid or something?
wsjt
> 
> And when you say the messages weren't there in squeeze, are we meant to
> infer that you are no longer using squeeze and are now using testing or
> something?
> 
> And are we also meant to infer that something isn't working (what?  no
> sound?) or is it only a question of getting rid of the messages (which I
> would describe as informational rather than error messages -- usually
> error messages say ERROR in the message).

see above "they are not stopping the application running"
> 
> Have you looked here for troubleshooting ideas and techniques?
> 
> http://wiki.debian.org/ALSA
> 
> > I've use slocate to try and find the file which is being read, but I cant find it.
> > Does anyone known the location and name off the offending file please.
> 
> Aren't the configuration files here(?):
> 
> /usr/share/alsa/pcm
> 
> > Revision date: 2011-09-13 20:56:36 +0100 (Tue, 13 Sep 2011) 
> > Run date:   Thu Oct 13 08:18:40 2011 UTC
> > ALSA lib pcm.c:2212:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.rear
> > ALSA lib pcm.c:2212:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.center_lfe
> > ALSA lib pcm.c:2212:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.side
> > ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:957:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) The dmix plugin supports only playback stream
> > ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1018:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> 
> 

Hi I've tried creating a folder in /usr/share/alsa/pcm and moving pcm.rear, pcm.center_lfe & pcm.side in
to it. I still get those messages, I've looked through the wiki, and asked on the alsa-users list and
got nowhere.
I'm using wheezy at the moment

-- 
Best wishes / 73
Richard Bown

e-mail: richard@g8jvm.com   or   richard.bown@blueyonder.co.uk

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