Re: alsa-tools update in Wheesy
On Sat, 2011-10-29 at 14:48 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Sat, 2011-10-29 at 12:55 +0100, Richard wrote:
> > On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 12:55:52 +0200
> > Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@alice-dsl.net> wrote:
> >
> > > A shot in the dark.
> > >
> > > If you run
> > > speaker-test -c2 -l5 -twav
> > > 1. time while X is running
> > > would this be ok? No surround sound, just 2 channels!
> > > 2. What happens if you run it while X isn't used?
> > >
> > > I suspect a PulseAudio issue. Is PA active on your Debian?
> > >
> > > For my Debian (nearly) everything is ok, but I'm not using PA.
> > >
> > > Btw. what exactly is bad when you run jackd as user? IIRC the Debian
> > > package already set everything, e.g. the user to the group audio. Note,
> > > my Debian is a DAW, I compiled JACK myself, so I don't know what exactly
> > > is the state of Debian.
> > >
> > > I suspect you are aware of QjackCtl?
> > >
> >
> > Hi Ralf
> > If I start jackd from qjackctl I get the message "could not connect to server as client,
> > overall operation failed"
> >
> > However, I can start jackd as a user if I :-
> >
> > richard@debian:~$ jackd -R -P 50 -t 9999 -d alsa -r 48000 -C hw:M66 -P hw:M66 -n4 -p 512 -s &
> > [1] 5396
> > richard@debian:~$ jackdmp 1.9.7
> > Copyright 2001-2005 Paul Davis and others.
> > Copyright 2004-2011 Grame.
> > jackdmp comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY
> > This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
> > under certain conditions; see the file COPYING for details
> > JACK server starting in realtime mode with priority 50
> > audio_reservation_init
> > Acquire audio card Audio3
> > creating alsa driver ... hw:M66|hw:M66|512|4|48000|0|0|nomon|swmeter|soft-mode|32bit
> > configuring for 48000Hz, period = 512 frames (10.7 ms), buffer = 4 periods
> > ALSA: final selected sample format for capture: 32bit integer little-endian
> > ALSA: use 4 periods for capture
> > ALSA: final selected sample format for playback: 32bit integer little-endian
> > ALSA: use 4 periods for playback
> >
> > This is great because I can use the Alsa name of the card "M66" to acquire the right device.
> > If I try from qjackctl it will fail unless I start it as root.
> > I have put myself in group audio.
> >
> > speaker-test -c2 -l5 -twav works OK with X running, I'll have to kill X and try it, but cant do it while
> > replying.
>
> Oops, so everything regarding to audio using jackd for your machine
> appears to be ok.
> I never used wsjt myself.
>
> If you now would launch wsjt, the card would be kicked out?
>
> I'm puzzled.
>
> Is the package pulseaudio installed? If so, I would test what happens if
> it's removed. OTOH I wonder why your Debian was ok before you did the
> upgrade.
>
> Hm?
>
> I'll install wstj now ...
>
> spinymouse@debian:~$ wsjt
> ******************************************************************
> WSJT Version 5.9.7 r383 , by K1JT
> Revision date: 2007-05-04 23:17:52 +1000 (Fri, 04 May 2007)
> Run date: Sat Oct 29 12:38:13 2011 UTC
> Using PortAudio.
> ALSA lib confmisc.c:1286:(snd_func_refer) Unable to find
> definition 'cards.HDSPM.pcm.front.0:CARD=0'
> ALSA lib conf.c:4184:(_snd_config_evaluate) function
> snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or directory
> ALSA lib conf.c:4663:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such
> file or directory
> ALSA lib pcm.c:2212:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM front
> 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 confmisc.c:1286:(snd_func_refer) Unable to find
> definition 'cards.HDSPM.pcm.surround40.0:CARD=0'
> ALSA lib conf.c:4184:(_snd_config_evaluate) function
> snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or directory
> ALSA lib conf.c:4663:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such
> file or directory
> ALSA lib pcm.c:2212:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM
> surround40
> ALSA lib confmisc.c:1286:(snd_func_refer) Unable to find
> definition 'cards.HDSPM.pcm.surround51.0:CARD=0'
> ALSA lib conf.c:4184:(_snd_config_evaluate) function
> snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or directory
> ALSA lib conf.c:4663:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such
> file or directory
> ALSA lib pcm.c:2212:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM
> surround41
> ALSA lib confmisc.c:1286:(snd_func_refer) Unable to find
> definition 'cards.HDSPM.pcm.surround51.0:CARD=0'
> ALSA lib conf.c:4184:(_snd_config_evaluate) function
> snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or directory
> ALSA lib conf.c:4663:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such
> file or directory
> ALSA lib pcm.c:2212:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM
> surround50
> ALSA lib confmisc.c:1286:(snd_func_refer) Unable to find
> definition 'cards.HDSPM.pcm.surround51.0:CARD=0'
> ALSA lib conf.c:4184:(_snd_config_evaluate) function
> snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or directory
> ALSA lib conf.c:4663:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such
> file or directory
> ALSA lib pcm.c:2212:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM
> surround51
> ALSA lib pcm.c:2212:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM
> cards.pcm.surround71
> ALSA lib confmisc.c:1286:(snd_func_refer) Unable to find
> definition
> 'cards.HDSPM.pcm.iec958.0:CARD=0,AES0=4,AES1=130,AES2=0,AES3=2'
> ALSA lib conf.c:4184:(_snd_config_evaluate) function
> snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or directory
> ALSA lib conf.c:4663:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such
> file or directory
> ALSA lib pcm.c:2212:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM iec958
> ALSA lib confmisc.c:1286:(snd_func_refer) Unable to find
> definition
> 'cards.HDSPM.pcm.iec958.0:CARD=0,AES0=4,AES1=130,AES2=0,AES3=2'
> ALSA lib conf.c:4184:(_snd_config_evaluate) function
> snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or directory
> ALSA lib conf.c:4663:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such
> file or directory
> ALSA lib pcm.c:2212:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM spdif
> ALSA lib confmisc.c:1286:(snd_func_refer) Unable to find
> definition
> 'cards.HDSPM.pcm.iec958.0:CARD=0,AES0=4,AES1=130,AES2=0,AES3=2'
> ALSA lib conf.c:4184:(_snd_config_evaluate) function
> snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or directory
> ALSA lib conf.c:4663:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such
> file or directory
> ALSA lib pcm.c:2212:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM spdif
> ALSA lib pcm.c:2212:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM
> cards.pcm.hdmi
> ALSA lib pcm.c:2212:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM
> cards.pcm.hdmi
> ALSA lib pcm.c:2212:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM
> cards.pcm.modem
> ALSA lib pcm.c:2212:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM
> cards.pcm.modem
> ALSA lib pcm.c:2212:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM
> cards.pcm.phoneline
> ALSA lib pcm.c:2212:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM
> cards.pcm.phoneline
> ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:957:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) The dmix plugin
> supports only playback stream
> ALSA lib pcm_direct.c:980:(snd1_pcm_direct_initialize_slave)
> unable to install hw params
> ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1030:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to
> initialize slave
> At line 53 of file decode1.F90 (unit = 21, file =
> '/home/spinymouse/.wsjt/ALL.TXT')
> Fortran runtime error: Sequential READ or WRITE not allowed
> after EOF marker, possibly use REWIND or BACKSPACE
>
> :D Hm? PulseAudio isn't installed on my machine.
>
> Starting jackd first didn't improve anything on my machine.
>
> But I e.g. can launch Ardour.
>
> spinymouse@debian:~$ ardour2
> Ardour 2.8.12
> (built using 10144 and GCC version 4.6.1)
> Copyright (C) 1999-2008 Paul Davis
> Some portions Copyright (C) Steve Harris, Ari Johnson, Brett
> Viren, Joel Baker
>
> Ardour comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY
> not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
> PURPOSE.
> This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
> under certain conditions; see the source for copying conditions.
> theme_init() called from internal clearlooks engine
> /usr/share/themes/Adwaita/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:80: error: unexpected
> identifier `colorize_scrollbar', expected character `}'
> loading default ui configuration
> file /etc/ardour2/ardour2_ui_default.conf
> loading user ui configuration
> file /home/spinymouse/.ardour2/ardour2_ui.conf
> Loading ui configuration file /etc/ardour2/ardour2_ui_dark.rc
> theme_init() called from internal clearlooks engine
> ardour: [INFO]: Ardour will be limited to 1024 open files
> loading system configuration file /etc/ardour2/ardour_system.rc
> loading user configuration
> file /home/spinymouse/.ardour2/ardour.rc
> ardour: [INFO]: No H/W specific optimizations in use
> ardour: [INFO]: looking for control protocols
> in /home/spinymouse/.ardour2/surfaces/:/usr/lib/ardour2/surfaces/
> ardour: [INFO]: Control surface protocol discovered: "Mackie"
> ardour: [INFO]: Control protocol Tranzport not usable
> ardour: [INFO]: Control surface protocol discovered: "Generic
> MIDI"
> powermate: Opening of powermate failed - No such file or
> directory
> ardour: [INFO]: Control protocol powermate not usable
> loading bindings from /etc/ardour2/mnemonic-us.bindings
>
> (ardour-2.8.12:6123): Gtk-WARNING **: EnableTranslation: missing
> action EnableTranslation
> Session writable based on /home/spinymouse/Desktop/test/
>
> FWIW, libportaudio2 on system is installed.
>
> > Was this to go to the list as well Ralf ?
>
> No :D
>
> Resume: *?* Anyway, for wstj it's the same on my machine.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Ralf
FWIW hwinfo is mistaken regarding to the name of my RME card. For audio
I'm using a RME HDSPe AIO, it has got two IOs + 8 IOs by an ADAT device.
More than enough for surround sound, but OTOH hand it's not such a mobo
thingy with surround sound. Now I suspect that the portaudio lib does
cause the trouble. Perhaps you should file a bugreport cross-posted to
portaudio, wstj and Debian. IMO ALSA isn't the cause, anyway, it won't
harm to carbon copy the bug report to ALSA too.
Btw. I'm running a self build
spinymouse@debian:~$ uname -a
Linux debian 2.6.39.1 #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Jun 7 01:40:05 CEST 2011 x86_64
GNU/Linux
with threadirqs enabled.
Best,
Ralf
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