[PlanetCCRMA] snd card now not working. apparently slipped from Card 1 to Card 0.

Brad Fuller brad@sonaural.com
Tue Nov 14 18:43:00 2006


Fernando Lopez-Lezcano wrote:
>
>> For another weirdness, my modprobe is now:
>>
>> # cat modprobe.conf
>> alias eth0 3c59x
>> alias snd-card-1 snd-ice1712
>> options snd-card-1 index=1
>> options snd-ice1712 index=1
>> remove snd-ice1712 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store 1 >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; };
>> /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-ice1712
>>
>> Would the (behind-my-back) removal of the midisport slip the Delta 66
>> into card 0 spot, but not tell others that the Delta 66 is now card 0
>> and not card 1? I don't care much about the Midisport, so why doesn't my
>> Delta66 work?
>>     
>
> Try directing aplay to card 0 specifically, something like:
>   aplay --device=plughw:0 filename.wav
>   
Yep, that works as expected.
> Looks like kudzu (the hardware discovery software) missed the midisport
> and automagically rewrote the soundcard related configuration files but
> missed something. 
>   
That's strange as the Midisport 8x8 LED is flashing slowly - which
indicates that the driver was loaded into it.
> See if you have a /etc/asound.conf file and what it contains now...
>   
Hmmm, what does this mean?

$ cat /etc/asound.conf
#Generated by system-config-soundcard, do not edit by hand
#SWCONF
#DEV 0
defaults.pcm.card 1
defaults.pcm.device 0
defaults.ctl.card 1