Volume control problems

[Mike Chambers]

On Thu, 2007-09-13 at 00:19 +0200, Lennart Poettering wrote:

> Try "pulseaudio -k" first to shut down the running instance.

[mike at scrappy ~]$ pulseaudio -k
[mike at scrappy ~]$ pulseaudio -vv
I: main.c: Page size is 4096 bytes
I: main.c: Fresh high-resolution timers available! Bon appetit!
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of
'/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules//module-hal-detect.so': success
I: module-hal-detect.c: Trying capability alsa
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded
device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_alsa_timer
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded
device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_alsa_sequencer
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded
device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1039_7012_alsa_capture_1
D: module-hal-detect.c: Loading module-alsa-sink with arguments
'device=hw:1 sink_name=alsa_output.pci_1039_7012_alsa_playback_0'
ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:1351:(_snd_pcm_hw_open) Invalid value for card
E: module-alsa-sink.c: Error opening PCM device hw:1: No such device
E: module.c: Failed to load  module "module-alsa-sink" (argument:
"device=hw:1 sink_name=alsa_output.pci_1039_7012_alsa_playback_0"):
initialization failed.
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded
device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1039_7012_alsa_playback_0
D: module-hal-detect.c: Loading module-alsa-source with arguments
'device=hw:1 source_name=alsa_input.pci_1039_7012_alsa_capture_0'
ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:1351:(_snd_pcm_hw_open) Invalid value for card
E: module-alsa-source.c: Error opening PCM device hw:1: No such device
E: module.c: Failed to load  module "module-alsa-source" (argument:
"device=hw:1 source_name=alsa_input.pci_1039_7012_alsa_capture_0"):
initialization failed.
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded
device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1039_7012_alsa_capture_0
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded
device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1102_7_alsa_playback_3
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded
device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1102_7_alsa_capture_3
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded
device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1102_7_alsa_playback_2
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded
device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1102_7_alsa_capture_2
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded
device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1102_7_alsa_playback_1
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded
device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1102_7_alsa_capture_1
D: module-hal-detect.c: Loading module-alsa-sink with arguments
'device=hw:0 sink_name=alsa_output.pci_1102_7_alsa_playback_0'
ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:1351:(_snd_pcm_hw_open) Invalid value for card
E: module-alsa-sink.c: Error opening PCM device hw:0: No such device
E: module.c: Failed to load  module "module-alsa-sink" (argument:
"device=hw:0 sink_name=alsa_output.pci_1102_7_alsa_playback_0"):
initialization failed.
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded
device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1102_7_alsa_playback_0
D: module-hal-detect.c: Loading module-alsa-source with arguments
'device=hw:0 source_name=alsa_input.pci_1102_7_alsa_capture_0'
ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:1351:(_snd_pcm_hw_open) Invalid value for card
E: module-alsa-source.c: Error opening PCM device hw:0: No such device
E: module.c: Failed to load  module "module-alsa-source" (argument:
"device=hw:0 source_name=alsa_input.pci_1102_7_alsa_capture_0"):
initialization failed.
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded
device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1102_7_alsa_capture_0
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded
device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1102_7_alsa_midi_0
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded
device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1039_7012_alsa_control__1
D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded
device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1102_7_alsa_control__1
I: module-hal-detect.c: Loaded 0 modules.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-hal-detect" (index: #0; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-esound-protocol-unix" (index: #1; argument:
"").
I: protocol-native.c: loading cookie from disk.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-native-protocol-unix" (index: #2; argument:
"").
I: module-volume-restore.c: starting with empty ruleset.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-volume-restore" (index: #3; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-default-device-restore" (index: #4;
argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-rescue-streams" (index: #5; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-suspend-on-idle" (index: #6; argument: "").
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of
'/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules//module-x11-publish.so': success
D: module-x11-publish.c: using already loaded auth cookie.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-x11-publish" (index: #7; argument: "").
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of
'/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules//module-gconf.so': success
I: module.c: Loaded "module-gconf" (index: #8; argument: "").
I: main.c: Daemon startup complete.
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.DBus,
path=/org/freedesktop/DBus, member=NameAcquired

> > [mike at scrappy ~]$ aplay -D hw:0 /dev/urandom
> > ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:1351:(_snd_pcm_hw_open) Invalid value for card
> > aplay: main:545: audio open error: No such device
> 
> Apparently there is no sound card detected at all.
> 
> Please check wheter anything is listed in /proc/asound/cards. Check if
> you plugged everything in correctly. 

[mike at scrappy ~]$ more /proc/asound/cards
 0 [CA0106         ]: CA0106 - CA0106
                      Audigy SE [SB0570] at 0xe300 irq 22
 1 [SI7012         ]: ICH - SiS SI7012
                      SiS SI7012 with ALC655 at irq 23

> PulseAudio is not going to make your sound magically work if your
> sound card is not recognized at all by the Linux kernel.

Thanks for helping out so far. And as I stated originally (or I left it
out), if I run the "Soundcard Detection" program, it finds the card as
well as on board sound (SiS MB), and I can hear the sample sound it
plays (speakers are pluggined into the Audigy SE card not the onboard).

So I don't get why it's not being picked up otherwise.

-- 
Mike Chambers
Madisonville, KY

"The best lil town on Earth!"