GlitchFreeAudio, features for F10

[Antonio Olivares]

--- On Thu, 9/18/08, Tom London <selinux at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Tom London <selinux at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: GlitchFreeAudio, features for F10
> To: olivares14031 at yahoo.com, "For testers of Fedora Core development releases" <fedora-test-list at redhat.com>
> Date: Thursday, September 18, 2008, 7:04 AM
> On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 5:20 AM, Antonio Olivares
> <olivares14031 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > --- On Thu, 9/18/08, Dennis J.
> <dennisml at conversis.de> wrote:
> >
> >> From: Dennis J. <dennisml at conversis.de>
> >> Subject: Re: GlitchFreeAudio, features for F10
> >> To: olivares14031 at yahoo.com, "For testers of
> Fedora Core development releases"
> <fedora-test-list at redhat.com>
> >> Date: Thursday, September 18, 2008, 4:58 AM
> >> Have you tested sound without PulseAudio going
> directly
> >> through alsa? PA
> >> does seem to be really picky with every update
> when it
> >> comes to audio
> >> hardware while alsa always keeps working fine for
> me.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>    Dennis
> >>
> >
> > I have tried oss, but does not work.
> >
> > I leave it as default, I get
> >
> >
> ==========================================================================
> > Opening audio decoder: [mp3lib] MPEG layer-2, layer-3
> > AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 128.0 kbit/9.07% (ratio:
> 16000->176400)
> > Selected audio codec: [mp3] afm: mp3lib (mp3lib MPEG
> layer-2, layer-3)
> >
> ==========================================================================
> > [AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: confmisc.c:768:(parse_card) cannot
> find card '0'
> > [AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: conf.c:3513:(_snd_config_evaluate)
> function snd_func_card_driver returned error: Permission
> denied
> > [AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: confmisc.c:392:(snd_func_concat)
> error evaluating strings
> > [AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: conf.c:3513:(_snd_config_evaluate)
> function snd_func_concatreturned error: Permission denied
> > [AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: confmisc.c:1251:(snd_func_refer)
> error evaluating name
> > [AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: conf.c:3513:(_snd_config_evaluate)
> function snd_func_refer returned error: Permission denied
> > [AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: conf.c:3985:(snd_config_expand)
> Evaluate error: Permission denied
> > [AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: pcm.c:2202:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate)
> Unknown PCM default
> > [AO_ALSA] Playback open error: Permission denied
> > Could not open/initialize audio device -> no sound.
> > Audio: no sound
> > Video: no video
> >
> > I try oss and I get:
> >
> >
> ==========================================================================
> > Opening audio decoder: [mp3lib] MPEG layer-2, layer-3
> > AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 128.0 kbit/9.07% (ratio:
> 16000->176400)
> > Selected audio codec: [mp3] afm: mp3lib (mp3lib MPEG
> layer-2, layer-3)
> >
> ==========================================================================
> > [AO OSS] audio_setup: Can't open audio device
> /dev/dsp: Permission denied
> > Could not open/initialize audio device -> no sound.
> > Audio: no sound
> > Video: no video
> >
> >
> >
> > I have checked the wiki on PulseAudio to no avail.  I
> had enjoyed sound for a good while, but now after two or
> three rawhide reports ago, it went down :(
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Antonio
> >
> 
> Could 'pulsed' or some other sound daemon be
> running in the background
> preventing standard alsa/oss from accessing /dev/dsp or
> /dev/snd/* ?
> 
> Try running 'lsof | grep /dev/snd' and see if
> anything shows up.
> (replace /dev/snd with any other appropriate sound/video
> device
> files.....)
> 
> On my system that has pulseaudio running very happily:
> 
> [root at tlondon ~]# lsof | grep /dev/snd
> lsof: WARNING: can't stat() fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon file
> system /home/tbl/.gvfs
>       Output information may be incomplete.
> pulseaudi 3131       tbl  mem       CHR      116,5
> 6499 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p
> pulseaudi 3131       tbl   16u      CHR      116,8        
> 0t0
> 6576 /dev/snd/controlC0
> pulseaudi 3131       tbl   22u      CHR      116,8        
> 0t0
> 6576 /dev/snd/controlC0
> pulseaudi 3131       tbl   31u      CHR      116,5        
> 0t0
> 6499 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p
> mixer_app 3158       tbl   22r      CHR      116,8        
> 0t0
> 6576 /dev/snd/controlC0
> [root at tlondon ~]#
> 
> tom
> -- 
> Tom London

[olivares at localhost ~]$ lsof | grep /dev/snd
bash: lsof: command not found               
[olivares at localhost ~]$ su -                
Password:                                   
[root at localhost ~]# lsof | grep /dev/snd
-bash: lsof: command not found
[root at localhost ~]# lsof | grep /dev/snd
-bash: lsof: command not found
[root at localhost ~]# lsof | grep '/dev/snd'
-bash: lsof: command not found
[root at localhost ~]# dmesg | grep 'snd'
[root at localhost ~]# dmesg | grep 'alsa'
[root at localhost ~]# dmesg | grep ala
rtc0: alarms up to one year, y3k
[root at localhost ~]# dmesg | grep alsa
[root at localhost ~]# lsof | grep /dev/snd/*
grep: /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c: File descriptor in bad state
grep: /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: Invalid argument
grep: /dev/snd/pcmC0D1c: File descriptor in bad state
grep: /dev/snd/pcmC0D2p: Invalid argument
-bash: lsof: command not found

^C
[root at localhost ~]#


Thanks,

Antonio