Package: alsa-driver 1.0.13-1, alsa-driver 1.0.13-2 Severity: important I have tried to use several instrument tuners in Debian, including fmit, lingot, gtkguitune, and k3guitune (the latter is not in Debian, but I compiled it). I have two sound cards, a SoundBlaster Live! Value, and a SoundBlaster Live! 5.1. Both work fine for playing audio, but I am not able to record microphone input. Here's what I've tried and encountered:
* I can use Audacity to record from hw:0,2 or hw:1,2, but those devices
(the ,2 ones) are multichannel input/output devices. For some reason,
Audacity can handle them, but all the tuner apps I've tried cannot handle the
multiple channels; they give errors like this:
Couldn't set number of channels for ALSA device hw:0,2: Invalid argument
* I have tried to use hw:0,1 and hw:1,1, which are supposed to be the
microphone input devices, but Audacity simply receives no input, and the
tuners give errors like this:
ALSA audio initialized succesfully
Audio driver initialized
Error reading sound: Broken pipe
Error reading sound: Broken pipe
Error reading sound: Broken pipe
Error reading sound: Broken pipe
Error reading sound: Broken pipe
...
The "broken pipe" errors continue forever; some apps even crash. No matter
what I do with adjusting sliders and changing inputs, it doesn't help.
* If I try to use hw:0,0 or hw:1,0--which shouldn't have anything to do with
the microphone, but it was something to try--I get errors like this:
Couldn't open ALSA audio device hw:0,0: Device or resource busy
* If I try to use aoss with the apps, I get errors that /dev/dsp is busy.
* If I raise the correct sliders and unmute the correct inputs, I can hear
the microphone through the speakers, so I know the hardware is working.
* I've tried removing my ~/.asoundrc file, purging and reinstalling the ALSA
packages, and probably other things that I can't remember, but nothing works.
This is frustrating and bewildering. I have spent much time googling
for "alsa broken pipe" and come up with nothing helpful. Please help.
Here are my config files:
~/.asoundrc:
# ALSA library configuration file
# Include settings that are under the control of asoundconf(1).
# (To disable these settings, comment out this line.)
</home/me/.asoundrc.asoundconf>
~/.asoundrc.asoundconf:
# ALSA library configuration file managed by asoundconf(1).
#
# MANUAL CHANGES TO THIS FILE WILL BE OVERWRITTEN!
#
# Manual changes to the ALSA library configuration should be implemented
# by editing the ~/.asoundrc file, not by editing this file.
!defaults.pcm.card 0
defaults.ctl.card 0
defaults.pcm.device 0
defaults.pcm.subdevice -1
--- System information. ---
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-4-k7
Debian Release: testing/unstable
900 testing ftp.us.debian.org
900 testing ftp.sunet.se
800 unstable ftp.us.debian.org
800 unstable ftp.sunet.se
500 stable security.debian.org
500 edgy-cafuego ubuntu.cafuego.net
500 edgy wine.budgetdedicated.com
1 experimental ftp.us.debian.org
--- Package information. ---
Depends (Version) | Installed
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