Re: Some ALSA apps stopped working [REALLY SOLVED]

2007-07-12 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 17:49:11 +0100, Chris Lale wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 10:30:15 +0100, Chris Lale wrote: > > > > [...] > > > >> Problem solved. alsaconf runs the obsolete command "update-modules" which > >> modifies /etc/modprobe.d/sound and /etc/modprobe.conf if present. > >> Acc

Re: Some ALSA apps stopped working [REALLY SOLVED]

2007-07-12 Thread Chris Lale
Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 10:30:15 +0100, Chris Lale wrote: > > [...] > >> Problem solved. alsaconf runs the obsolete command "update-modules" which >> modifies /etc/modprobe.d/sound and /etc/modprobe.conf if present. According >> to >> the update-modules man page the exist

Re: Some ALSA apps stopped working [REALLY SOLVED]

2007-07-11 Thread Chris Lale
Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 10:30:15 +0100, Chris Lale wrote: > > [...] > >> Problem solved. alsaconf runs the obsolete command "update-modules" which >> modifies /etc/modprobe.d/sound and /etc/modprobe.conf if present. According >> to >> the update-modules man page the exist

Re: Some ALSA apps stopped working [REALLY SOLVED]

2007-07-10 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 10:30:15 +0100, Chris Lale wrote: [...] > Problem solved. alsaconf runs the obsolete command "update-modules" which > modifies /etc/modprobe.d/sound and /etc/modprobe.conf if present. According to > the update-modules man page the existence of /etc/modprobe.conf will cause

Re: Some ALSA apps stopped working [REALLY SOLVED]

2007-07-10 Thread Chris Lale
Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Fri, Jul 06, 2007 at 19:49:55 +0100, Chris Lale wrote: > > [...] > >> I've now discovered why /dev/dsp disappeared - /dev/dsp is deleted when I run >> alsaconf! This might be related to unreproducible bug #406738: alsa-utils: >> Running alsaconf stops sound card from wo

Re: Some ALSA apps stopped working [SOLVED]

2007-07-07 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Fri, Jul 06, 2007 at 19:49:55 +0100, Chris Lale wrote: [...] > I've now discovered why /dev/dsp disappeared - /dev/dsp is deleted when I run > alsaconf! This might be related to unreproducible bug #406738: alsa-utils: > Running alsaconf stops sound card from working[1]. Not quite the same beca

Re: Some ALSA apps stopped working [SOLVED]

2007-07-06 Thread Chris Lale
Chris Lale wrote: > Florian Kulzer wrote: >> On Fri, Jun 29, 2007 at 12:39:48 +0100, Chris Lale wrote: >> >> [...] >> >>> Both machines have Etch up to date. >>> >>> The laptop has /dev/dsp, the affected desktop does not. Perhaps this device >>> is >>> needed by alsa for the affected applications?

Re: Some ALSA apps stopped working [SOLVED]

2007-06-29 Thread Chris Lale
Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Fri, Jun 29, 2007 at 12:39:48 +0100, Chris Lale wrote: > > [...] > >> Both machines have Etch up to date. >> >> The laptop has /dev/dsp, the affected desktop does not. Perhaps this device >> is >> needed by alsa for the affected applications? I tried to create the devi

Re: Some ALSA apps stopped working

2007-06-29 Thread Nigel Henry
On Friday 29 June 2007 13:39, Chris Lale wrote: > Thanks for the suggestions, Nigel. > > Nigel Henry wrote: > > On Thursday 28 June 2007 12:08, Chris Lale wrote: > >> Some of my Etch sound apps have stopped working: Audacity, RealPlayer > >> 10, XMMS. Others continue to work OK: gxine, mplayer, VLC

Re: Some ALSA apps stopped working

2007-06-29 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Fri, Jun 29, 2007 at 12:39:48 +0100, Chris Lale wrote: [...] > Both machines have Etch up to date. > > The laptop has /dev/dsp, the affected desktop does not. Perhaps this device is > needed by alsa for the affected applications? I tried to create the device > with > > # cd /dev; ./MA

Re: Some ALSA apps stopped working

2007-06-29 Thread Chris Lale
Thanks for the suggestions, Nigel. Nigel Henry wrote: > On Thursday 28 June 2007 12:08, Chris Lale wrote: >> Some of my Etch sound apps have stopped working: Audacity, RealPlayer 10, >> XMMS. Others continue to work OK: gxine, mplayer, VLC Media Player. > > Hi Chris. Is this [...] an existing ins

Re: Some ALSA apps stopped working

2007-06-28 Thread Nigel Henry
On Thursday 28 June 2007 12:08, Chris Lale wrote: > Some of my Etch sound apps have stopped working: Audacity, RealPlayer 10, > XMMS. Others continue to work OK: gxine, mplayer, VLC Media Player. Hi Chris. Is this a new install of Etch on this machine, and some sound apps just arn't working, or i