<div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 27, 2008 6:01 PM, Aaron Konstam <<a href="mailto:akonstam@sbcglobal.net">akonstam@sbcglobal.net</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">On Sun, 2008-01-27 at 13:51 -0200, Paulo Cavalcanti wrote: > > > On Jan 27, 2008 12:10 PM, Aaron Konstam <<a href="mailto:akonstam@sbcglobal.net">akonstam@sbcglobal.net</a>> > wrote: > > On Sat, 2008-01-26 at 19:15 -0500, Jelena i Zoran wrote: > > Jelena i Zoran wrote: > > > Frank Cox wrote: > > > > On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 18:37:43 -0500 > > > > Jelena i Zoran <<a href="mailto:mr.macos@earthlink.net">mr.macos@earthlink.net</a>> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > I searched the web, others seem to have the same issue > with xmms but no > > > > > answers were provided. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <a href="http://crazedmuleproductions.blogspot.com/2007/10/xmms-error-alsasetupmixer-failed-to.html" target="_blank">http://crazedmuleproductions.blogspot.com/2007/10/xmms-error-alsasetupmixer-failed-to.html</a> > > > > > > > > (That's the first link when I ran your error message > through google. I recall > > > > having exactly the same problem when I set up F8 and > that's the fix.) > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for your reply. > > > I found that link but it did not help. > > > My card is M Audio Audiophile 24/96. > > > The choices I have under the arrow described in the link > above are: > > > ADC, DAC, Multi, Multi Track Peak, Multi Track Volume > Rate. > > > Some of these repeat several times. I tried them all and > none works. > > > So I think the issue is with alsa since snd does not work > either. > > > I went from FC4 to FC8 and both xmms and snd worked there. > > > > > My observation is that nothing alsa works in F8 when > pulseaudio is > installed. > > My experience is the opposite. I have everything working with > pulseaudio installed, > including skype, xvidcap, ohphone, mythtv, xine, mplayer, vlc, xmms, > audacious, etc ... But it is necessary > some knowledge about alsa configuration to bypass > pulseaudio when it is necessary. This can be accomplished by writing > an adequate ~/.asoundrc, or using the esd plugin. > </div></div>The key is the word everything. alsa does not work if pulseaudio is installed. pulseaudio is a substiture for alsa. <div class="Ih2E3d">> </div></blockquote><div> Pulseaudio is not a substitute for alsa. It is just another software layer on top of Alsa, the same way compiz is not a substitute for X. </div></div> -- Paulo Roma Cavalcanti LCG - UFRJ