Re: Alsa sound errors

2013-06-06 Thread Raffaele Morelli
2013/6/6 Marc Shapiro > >> So, do I create the file and add the line: > > ipc_gid_audio > > or > > ipc_gid_audio TRUE > > or > > something else? I guess you are running pulseaudio so you can fix your error at global level or per user level. Per user level: - copy /

Re: Alsa sound errors

2013-06-05 Thread James Richardson
Marc Shapiro wrote: > On 06/05/2013 01:54 PM, Klaus wrote: > >On 05/06/13 21:31, Kailash wrote: > >>On Wed, 05 Jun 2013 07:24:16 -0700 > >>Marc Shapiro wrote: > >> > >>>On 06/04/2013 11:04 PM, Raffaele Morelli wrote: > 2013/6/5 Marc Shapiro > > >

Re: Alsa sound errors

2013-06-05 Thread Raffaele Morelli
2013/6/5 Klaus > >> >> Searching the alsa-project.org website for ipc_key_add_uid indicates > that this feature was removed before v 1.0.10 ? > > > > > + Config

Re: Alsa sound errors

2013-06-05 Thread Raffaele Morelli
2013/6/5 Marc Shapiro > On 06/04/2013 11:04 PM, Raffaele Morelli wrote: > > You should use > ipc_key_add_uid TRUE > > in your .asoundrc when defining dmix. > > Details are in > http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/alsa-lib/pcm_plugins.html > > Regards > /r > > Is that a user lever file? I d

Re: Alsa sound errors

2013-06-05 Thread Marc Shapiro
On 06/05/2013 01:54 PM, Klaus wrote: On 05/06/13 21:31, Kailash wrote: On Wed, 05 Jun 2013 07:24:16 -0700 Marc Shapiro wrote: On 06/04/2013 11:04 PM, Raffaele Morelli wrote: 2013/6/5 Marc Shapiro mailto:marcns...@gmail.com>> There are three people with logins to my desktop box -- mysel

Re: Alsa sound errors

2013-06-05 Thread Klaus
On 05/06/13 21:31, Kailash wrote: On Wed, 05 Jun 2013 07:24:16 -0700 Marc Shapiro wrote: On 06/04/2013 11:04 PM, Raffaele Morelli wrote: 2013/6/5 Marc Shapiro mailto:marcns...@gmail.com>> There are three people with logins to my desktop box -- myself, my wife and my daughter. My daught

Re: Alsa sound errors

2013-06-05 Thread Kailash
On Wed, 05 Jun 2013 07:24:16 -0700 Marc Shapiro wrote: > On 06/04/2013 11:04 PM, Raffaele Morelli wrote: > > 2013/6/5 Marc Shapiro > > > > > > There are three people with logins to my desktop box -- myself, > > my wife and my daughter. My daughter plays Flash gam

Re: Alsa sound errors

2013-06-05 Thread Marc Shapiro
On 06/04/2013 11:04 PM, Raffaele Morelli wrote: 2013/6/5 Marc Shapiro mailto:marcns...@gmail.com>> There are three people with logins to my desktop box -- myself, my wife and my daughter. My daughter plays Flash games with sound all the time and has no problems. I run YouTube video

Re: Alsa sound errors

2013-06-05 Thread Marc Shapiro
On 06/04/2013 11:48 PM, Thierry Chatelet wrote: The Wednesday 05 June 2013 07:50:35, Marc Shapiro wrote : So I swiched over to my wife's login and did the same thing: play /home/marc/public_html/footpain/media/montoya.wav Any help will be greatly appreciated. Marc

Re: Alsa sound errors

2013-06-05 Thread Raffaele Morelli
2013/6/5 Andrei POPESCU > On Ma, 04 iun 13, 22:50:35, Marc Shapiro wrote: > > > > So I swiched over to my wife's login and did the same thing: > > > > play /home/marc/public_html/footpain/media/montoya.wav > > ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:985:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to create IPC > semaphore > > play

Re: Alsa sound errors

2013-06-05 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 04 iun 13, 22:50:35, Marc Shapiro wrote: > > So I swiched over to my wife's login and did the same thing: > > play /home/marc/public_html/footpain/media/montoya.wav > ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:985:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to create IPC semaphore > play FAIL formats: can't open output file `de

Re: Alsa sound errors

2013-06-04 Thread Thierry Chatelet
The Wednesday 05 June 2013 07:50:35, Marc Shapiro wrote : > > So I swiched over to my wife's login and did the same thing: > > play /home/marc/public_html/footpain/media/montoya.wav > > > Any help will be greatly appreciated. > > Marc Hi Is your wife's name marc? Thierry

Re: Alsa sound errors

2013-06-04 Thread Raffaele Morelli
2013/6/5 Marc Shapiro > There are three people with logins to my desktop box -- myself, my wife > and my daughter. My daughter plays Flash games with sound all the time and > has no problems. I run YouTube videos and otherwise use sound with no > problems. My wife gets no sound whatsoever. We

Alsa sound errors

2013-06-04 Thread Marc Shapiro
There are three people with logins to my desktop box -- myself, my wife and my daughter. My daughter plays Flash games with sound all the time and has no problems. I run YouTube videos and otherwise use sound with no problems. My wife gets no sound whatsoever. We used to have a problem with

Re (4): Default alsa sound device in Squeeze ...

2010-11-14 Thread peasthope
* From: Camaleón * Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 20:26:53 +0200 > It's quite the same information you already sent, but adds another > method for setting the default sound device. For Iceweasel and the few multimedia I've tried, this works. Multimedia in this Squeeze now includes sound! Per

Re: Re (2): Default alsa sound device in Squeeze ...

2010-10-08 Thread Camaleón
El 2010-10-08 a las 10:40 -0700, peasthope escribió: (resending to the list) > From: Camaleon > Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2010 16:46:37 + (UTC) > > I'd say yes (at least for lenny I followed those steps and worked fine). > > Oddly, after a reboot or two, the system is using the new USB device >

Re: Default alsa sound device in Squeeze ...

2010-10-08 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 06 Oct 2010 09:33:23 -0700, peasthope wrote: > ... is the on-board device in a system here. > > I'm interested to make a USB audio adapter the default and found this > discussion. > http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Asoundrc#The_default_plugin > Is it applicable for Squeeze? I

Default alsa sound device in Squeeze ...

2010-10-06 Thread peasthope
... is the on-board device in a system here. I'm interested to make a USB audio adapter the default and found this discussion. http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Asoundrc#The_default_plugin Is it applicable for Squeeze? Is there a better way? Thanks, ... Peter E. -- Telep

Re: ALSA sound recording frustration SOLVED (to a point)

2008-12-07 Thread Nigel Henry
On Sunday 07 December 2008 17:28, Mark Neidorff wrote: > On Monday 01 December 2008 12:39 pm, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > On Mon,01.Dec.08, 05:19:05, Mark Neidorff wrote: > > > Now I need to compile some kernel modules for VirtualBox so I need the > > > kernel source. Of course, it is not listed in

Re: ALSA sound recording frustration SOLVED (to a point)

2008-12-07 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Sun, Dec 07, 2008 at 11:28:33 -0500, Mark Neidorff wrote: > On Monday 01 December 2008 12:39 pm, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > On Mon,01.Dec.08, 05:19:05, Mark Neidorff wrote: > > > Now I need to compile some kernel modules for VirtualBox so I need the > > > kernel source. Of course, it is not list

Re: ALSA sound recording frustration SOLVED (to a point)

2008-12-07 Thread Elimar Riesebieter
* Mark Neidorff [081207 17:30 +0100] [...] > Assuming that it is the wrong version of ALSA, where can I find > detailed instructions for downloading and compiling the newer ALSA > kernel(?)/modules(?) so that I can use sound and VirtualBox at the > same time? apt-get install alsa-source read /usr

Re: ALSA sound recording frustration SOLVED (to a point)

2008-12-07 Thread Mark Neidorff
On Monday 01 December 2008 12:39 pm, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Mon,01.Dec.08, 05:19:05, Mark Neidorff wrote: > > Now I need to compile some kernel modules for VirtualBox so I need the > > kernel source. Of course, it is not listed in synaptic, so now I'm in > > the position of rebooting between c

Re: ALSA sound recording frustration

2008-12-05 Thread Chris Bannister
On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 05:26:49PM -0600, John Hasler wrote: > lee writes: > > But how do know that there is voltage when you cannot measure it or > > otherwise make evident that there is? As far as I understand it, you > > cannot do that without current flowing. You can do it for water pressure >

Re: ALSA sound recording frustration SOLVED (to a point)

2008-12-01 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon,01.Dec.08, 19:19:49, Nigel Henry wrote: > I'm not complaining, as I do have the Musix kernel installed, which has the > sounds working (alsa driver 1.0.16), but it is a bit bizarre that Dapper has > sound using the alsa driver 1.0.15, but etchnhalf, using the same alsa > driver, does no

Re: ALSA sound recording frustration SOLVED (to a point)

2008-12-01 Thread Nigel Henry
On Monday 01 December 2008 18:39, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Mon,01.Dec.08, 05:19:05, Mark Neidorff wrote: > > Now I need to compile some kernel modules for VirtualBox so I need the > > kernel source. Of course, it is not listed in synaptic, so now I'm in > > the position of rebooting between conf

Re: ALSA sound recording frustration SOLVED (to a point)

2008-12-01 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon,01.Dec.08, 05:19:05, Mark Neidorff wrote: > Now I need to compile some kernel modules for VirtualBox so I need the kernel > source. Of course, it is not listed in synaptic, so now I'm in the position > of rebooting between configurations that use sound and one where I can use > Virtual

Re: ALSA sound recording frustration SOLVED (to a point)

2008-12-01 Thread Nigel Henry
On Monday 01 December 2008 11:19, Mark Neidorff wrote: > On Saturday 29 November 2008 07:20 pm, Kelly Clowers wrote: > > On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 14:11, Nigel Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi Kelly. > > > > > > I did see the Etchnhalf 2.6.24 kernel when looking at synaptic.

Re: ALSA sound recording frustration SOLVED (to a point)

2008-12-01 Thread Mark Neidorff
On Saturday 29 November 2008 07:20 pm, Kelly Clowers wrote: > On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 14:11, Nigel Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > Hi Kelly. > > > > I did see the Etchnhalf 2.6.24 kernel when looking at synaptic. I only > > suggested the musix one, as I have it installed, and know it

Re: ALSA sound recording frustration

2008-11-29 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 14:11, Nigel Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Kelly. > > I did see the Etchnhalf 2.6.24 kernel when looking at synaptic. I only > suggested the musix one, as I have it installed, and know it uses alsa driver > 1.0.16. I'm on dialup, and didn't want to download the et

Re: ALSA sound recording frustration

2008-11-29 Thread lee
On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 08:27:02AM -0500, Napoleon wrote: > lee wrote: >> On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 08:32:24PM -0500, Napoleon wrote: >>> Which is why is is important to correct misinformation on the list. >> >> You got all wrong: People will start thinking you're a twat when you >> try to do that ..

Re: ALSA sound recording frustration

2008-11-29 Thread Nigel Henry
All, > >> > > >> > In case I have to say it, I'm very frustrated trying to get ALSA sound > >> > working on my Debian ETCH (up to date) box. > >> > > >> > My motherboard has built-in sound. Needless to say, I want to hear > >&

Re: ALSA sound recording frustration

2008-11-29 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 14:52, Nigel Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 27 November 2008 17:40, Nigel Henry wrote: >> On Thursday 27 November 2008 15:38, Mark Neidorff wrote: >> > Hi All, >> > >> > In case I have to say it, I'm very frus

Re: ALSA sound recording frustration

2008-11-29 Thread Napoleon
lee wrote: On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 08:32:24PM -0500, Napoleon wrote: Which is why is is important to correct misinformation on the list. You got all wrong: People will start thinking you're a twat when you try to do that ... No, I'm not the one being called a twat. That only happens when

Re: ALSA sound recording frustration

2008-11-28 Thread lee
On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 08:32:24PM -0500, Napoleon wrote: > Which is why is is important to correct misinformation on the list. You got all wrong: People will start thinking you're a twat when you try to do that ... -- "Don't let them, daddy. Don't let the stars run down." http://adin.dyndns.or

Re: OT: volt and current (ALSA sound recording frustration)

2008-11-28 Thread lee
On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 04:10:17PM -0900, Ken Irving wrote: > >> BTW, I agree a bit with an earlier poster that you a being a bit of a > >> twat. This mailing list isn't really appropriate for epistemological > >> discussions. > > > > Me, three. > > One more. Hm, it's interesting to see how u

Re: ALSA sound recording frustration

2008-11-28 Thread Napoleon
Tzafrir Cohen wrote: On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 11:01:01AM -0600, lee wrote: On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 09:38:40AM -0500, Mark Neidorff wrote: also want to be able to record sound from the stereo headphones jack of my radio and the stereo audio out from my XM radio. The headphone connector is for h

Re: OT: volt and current (ALSA sound recording frustration)

2008-11-28 Thread Ken Irving
On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 06:36:58PM -0500, Napoleon wrote: > Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >> On Friday 2008 November 28 15:28, lee wrote: >>> On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 04:13:21PM -0500, Andrew Reid wrote: On Friday 28 November 2008 14:10, lee wrote: > Is it even possible to measure a mere po

Re: OT: volt and current (ALSA sound recording frustration)

2008-11-28 Thread Andrew Reid
On Friday 28 November 2008 16:28, lee wrote: > On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 04:13:21PM -0500, Andrew Reid wrote: > > On Friday 28 November 2008 14:10, lee wrote: > > > Is it even possible to measure a mere potential? > > > > You mean, in principle? Of course. > > > > Put your two wires of unknown p

Re: OT: volt and current (ALSA sound recording frustration)

2008-11-28 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Friday 2008 November 28 17:36, Napoleon wrote: > Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > On Friday 2008 November 28 15:28, lee wrote: > >> On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 04:13:21PM -0500, Andrew Reid wrote: > >>> On Friday 28 November 2008 14:10, lee wrote: > Is it even possible to measure a mere potent

Re: OT: volt and current (ALSA sound recording frustration)

2008-11-28 Thread Napoleon
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: On Friday 2008 November 28 15:28, lee wrote: On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 04:13:21PM -0500, Andrew Reid wrote: On Friday 28 November 2008 14:10, lee wrote: Is it even possible to measure a mere potential? You mean, in principle? Of course. It takes energy to defec

Re: OT: volt and current (ALSA sound recording frustration)

2008-11-28 Thread Napoleon
lee wrote: On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 04:48:59PM -0500, Napoleon wrote: lee wrote: On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 02:43:28PM -0500, Napoleon wrote: lee wrote: Is it even possible to measure a mere potential? Of course. That's what voltage is. Hm, true, voltage is impossible without current flowing b

Re: ALSA sound recording frustration

2008-11-28 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 11:01:01AM -0600, lee wrote: > On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 09:38:40AM -0500, Mark Neidorff wrote: > > > also want to be able to record sound from the stereo headphones jack of my > > radio and the stereo audio out from my XM radio. > > The headphone connector is for headphone

Re: ALSA sound recording frustration

2008-11-28 Thread John Hasler
lee writes: > But how do know that there is voltage when you cannot measure it or > otherwise make evident that there is? As far as I understand it, you > cannot do that without current flowing. You can do it for water pressure > without water flowing, but I don't see how you could do it for voltag

Re: OT: volt and current (ALSA sound recording frustration)

2008-11-28 Thread lee
On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 04:24:18PM -0600, Kent West wrote: > I'm no EE, and I may be wrong about this, but I think you're confusing > "voltage" (difference in potential) with "volt" (a specific amount of > difference in potential). You are right, I confused that, sorry. -- "Don't let them,

Re: ALSA sound recording frustration

2008-11-28 Thread Nigel Henry
On Thursday 27 November 2008 17:40, Nigel Henry wrote: > On Thursday 27 November 2008 15:38, Mark Neidorff wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > In case I have to say it, I'm very frustrated trying to get ALSA sound > > working on my Debian ETCH (up to date) box. > >

Re: OT: volt and current (ALSA sound recording frustration)

2008-11-28 Thread owens
> > > > Original Message >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >Subject: Re: OT: volt and current (ALSA sound recording frustration) >Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:16:47 -0200 > >>lee escreveu: >>> On Fri, Nov 28, 200

Re: OT: volt and current (ALSA sound recording frustration)

2008-11-28 Thread Ken Irving
On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 04:14:16PM -0600, lee wrote: > On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 04:48:59PM -0500, Napoleon wrote: > > lee wrote: > >> On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 02:43:28PM -0500, Napoleon wrote: > >>> lee wrote: > Is it even possible to measure a mere potential? > >>> Of course. That's what volta

Re: OT: volt and current (ALSA sound recording frustration)

2008-11-28 Thread Kent West
lee wrote: On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 04:48:59PM -0500, Napoleon wrote: lee wrote: On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 02:43:28PM -0500, Napoleon wrote: lee wrote: Is it even possible to measure a mere potential? Of course. That's what voltage is. Hm, true, vol

Re: OT: volt and current (ALSA sound recording frustration)

2008-11-28 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Friday 2008 November 28 15:28, lee wrote: > On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 04:13:21PM -0500, Andrew Reid wrote: > > On Friday 28 November 2008 14:10, lee wrote: > > > Is it even possible to measure a mere potential? > > > > You mean, in principle? Of course. > > It takes energy to defect particles o

Re: OT: volt and current (ALSA sound recording frustration)

2008-11-28 Thread lee
On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 04:48:59PM -0500, Napoleon wrote: > lee wrote: >> On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 02:43:28PM -0500, Napoleon wrote: >>> lee wrote: Is it even possible to measure a mere potential? >>> Of course. That's what voltage is. >> >> Hm, true, voltage is impossible without current flow

Re: OT: volt and current (ALSA sound recording frustration)

2008-11-28 Thread Napoleon
Ken Irving wrote: On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 01:10:32PM -0600, lee wrote: On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 06:59:06PM +, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: A voltmeter has two connectors and shows the potential differences between them. This is unlike an Ampermeter that shows the current flowing through it. If y

Re: OT: volt and current (ALSA sound recording frustration)

2008-11-28 Thread Napoleon
lee wrote: On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 02:43:28PM -0500, Napoleon wrote: lee wrote: Is it even possible to measure a mere potential? Of course. That's what voltage is. Hm, true, voltage is impossible without current flowing because of how voltage is defined. No current <--> no voltage, and volt

Re: ALSA sound recording frustration

2008-11-28 Thread lee
On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 07:29:45PM +, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Fri, 28 Nov 2008 12:45:39 -0600 > lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hm, I'm not sure what you mean by "electrical theory". > > The study of electricity. No, I didn't really study that. > > > Voltage, or Potential Difference as it

Re: ALSA sound recording frustration

2008-11-28 Thread lee
On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 02:40:45PM -0500, Napoleon wrote: > lee wrote: >> It's likely that voltage and water pressure exist even when you don't >> measure them, but without measuring them (or otherwise observing their >> effects), you don't know that they do. Not oberserving something >> doesn't me

Re: OT: volt and current (ALSA sound recording frustration)

2008-11-28 Thread lee
On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 12:19:13PM -0900, Ken Irving wrote: > On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 01:10:32PM -0600, lee wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 06:59:06PM +, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > > > > > A voltmeter has two connectors and shows the potential differences > > > between them. > > > > > > This

Re: OT: volt and current (ALSA sound recording frustration)

2008-11-28 Thread lee
On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 04:13:21PM -0500, Andrew Reid wrote: > On Friday 28 November 2008 14:10, lee wrote: > > Is it even possible to measure a mere potential? > > You mean, in principle? Of course. > > Put your two wires of unknown potential difference at > opposite ends of an evacuated t

Re: OT: volt and current (ALSA sound recording frustration)

2008-11-28 Thread Ken Irving
On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 01:10:32PM -0600, lee wrote: > On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 06:59:06PM +, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > > > A voltmeter has two connectors and shows the potential differences > > between them. > > > > This is unlike an Ampermeter that shows the current flowing through it. > > If

Re: OT: volt and current (ALSA sound recording frustration)

2008-11-28 Thread lee
On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 02:43:28PM -0500, Napoleon wrote: > lee wrote: >> Is it even possible to measure a mere potential? > > Of course. That's what voltage is. Hm, true, voltage is impossible without current flowing because of how voltage is defined. No current <--> no voltage, and voltage is s

Re: OT: volt and current (ALSA sound recording frustration)

2008-11-28 Thread Andrew Reid
On Friday 28 November 2008 14:10, lee wrote: > On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 06:59:06PM +, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > > A voltmeter has two connectors and shows the potential differences > > between them. > > > > This is unlike an Ampermeter that shows the current flowing through it. > > If you have a mu

Re: OT: volt and current (ALSA sound recording frustration)

2008-11-28 Thread Napoleon
lee wrote: On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 06:59:06PM +, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: A voltmeter has two connectors and shows the potential differences between them. This is unlike an Ampermeter that shows the current flowing through it. If you have a multimeter that can measure voltage or current, bo

Re: ALSA sound recording frustration

2008-11-28 Thread Napoleon
lee wrote: On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 10:37:26PM -0500, Napoleon wrote: lee wrote: But how do know that there is voltage when you cannot measure it or otherwise make evident that there is? As far as I understand it, you cannot do that without current flowing. You can do it for water pressure witho

Re: OT: volt and current (ALSA sound recording frustration)

2008-11-28 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 13:10:32 -0600, lee wrote: > On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 06:59:06PM +, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > > > A voltmeter has two connectors and shows the potential differences > > between them. > > > > This is unlike an Ampermeter that shows the current flowing through it. > > If y

Re: ALSA sound recording frustration

2008-11-28 Thread Brad Rogers
On Fri, 28 Nov 2008 12:45:39 -0600 lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello lee, > Hm, I'm not sure what you mean by "electrical theory". The study of electricity. > > Voltage, or Potential Difference as it's also known, is always > > there. > Still, how do you know that? :) Oh, I see, you're be

Re: OT: volt and current (ALSA sound recording frustration)

2008-11-28 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
lee escreveu: > On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 06:59:06PM +, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > > >> A voltmeter has two connectors and shows the potential differences >> between them. >> >> This is unlike an Ampermeter that shows the current flowing through it. >> > > If you have a multimeter that can m

OT: volt and current (ALSA sound recording frustration)

2008-11-28 Thread lee
On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 06:59:06PM +, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > A voltmeter has two connectors and shows the potential differences > between them. > > This is unlike an Ampermeter that shows the current flowing through it. If you have a multimeter that can measure voltage or current, both mode

Re: ALSA sound recording frustration

2008-11-28 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 12:43:41PM -0600, lee wrote: > On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 10:37:26PM -0500, Napoleon wrote: > > lee wrote: > >> > >> But how do know that there is voltage when you cannot measure it or > >> otherwise make evident that there is? As far as I understand it, you > >> cannot do that

Re: ALSA sound recording frustration

2008-11-28 Thread lee
On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 09:16:02AM +, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Thu, 27 Nov 2008 21:11:47 -0600 > lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello lee, > > > > flowing. And you still have voltage at your outlet, even though > > > no current is flowing. > > How do you know? > > Have you never studie

Re: ALSA sound recording frustration

2008-11-28 Thread lee
On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 10:37:26PM -0500, Napoleon wrote: > lee wrote: >> >> But how do know that there is voltage when you cannot measure it or >> otherwise make evident that there is? As far as I understand it, you >> cannot do that without current flowing. You can do it for water >> pressure wit

Re: ALSA sound recording frustration

2008-11-28 Thread owens
> > > > Original Message >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >Subject: Re: ALSA sound recording frustration >Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 19:15:50 -0600 > >>On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 07:06:42PM +0200, Rob de Graaf wrote: >> >>

Re: ALSA sound recording frustration

2008-11-28 Thread Thomas H. George
I just had a long struggle with Alsa and Lenny as I had sound from playing a cd but nothing from input to the mobo sound card. I finally learned to switch the alsamixer to capture (tab) and try different capture choices (arrows, space bar) until I found the correct setting. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: ALSA sound recording frustration

2008-11-28 Thread Brad Rogers
On Thu, 27 Nov 2008 21:11:47 -0600 lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello lee, > > flowing. And you still have voltage at your outlet, even though > > no current is flowing. > How do you know? Have you never studied electrical theory? Voltage, or Potential Difference as it's also known, is al

Re: ALSA sound recording frustration

2008-11-27 Thread Napoleon
lee wrote: On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 09:11:31PM -0500, Napoleon wrote: lee wrote: On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 07:06:42PM +0200, Rob de Graaf wrote: An input which measures voltages (here the microphone input) has infinite large impedance, hence no current will flow. How can there be voltage (or vol

Re: ALSA sound recording frustration

2008-11-27 Thread Napoleon
John Hasler wrote: Napoleon writes: Without getting into the more technical stuff, for correct operation impedances need to match. Any mismatch lower performance. A small mismatch probably won't be noticed but a larger one will. You need an impedance match for maximum power transfer but that

Re: ALSA sound recording frustration

2008-11-27 Thread John Hasler
Napoleon writes: > Without getting into the more technical stuff, for correct operation > impedances need to match. Any mismatch lower performance. A small > mismatch probably won't be noticed but a larger one will. You need an impedance match for maximum power transfer but that is rarely what i

Re: ALSA sound recording frustration

2008-11-27 Thread lee
On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 09:11:31PM -0500, Napoleon wrote: > lee wrote: >> On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 07:06:42PM +0200, Rob de Graaf wrote: >>> An input which measures voltages (here the microphone input) has >>> infinite large impedance, hence no current will flow. >> How can there be voltage (or volt

Re: ALSA sound recording frustration

2008-11-27 Thread Napoleon
lee wrote: On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 07:06:42PM +0200, Rob de Graaf wrote: The headphone connector is for headphones, it is not for connecting recording devices: If the voltage and/or current are too high/much, you can damage the soundcard. An input which measures voltages (here the microphone i

Re: ALSA sound recording frustration

2008-11-27 Thread lee
On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 07:06:42PM +0200, Rob de Graaf wrote: > > The headphone connector is for headphones, it is not for connecting > > recording devices: If the voltage and/or current are too high/much, > > you can damage the soundcard. > > An input which measures voltages (here the microphone

Re: ALSA sound recording frustration

2008-11-27 Thread Rob de Graaf
On Thu, 2008-11-27 at 18:01 +0100, lee wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 09:38:40AM -0500, Mark Neidorff wrote: > > > also want to be able to record sound from the stereo headphones jack > of my > > radio and the stereo audio out from my XM radio. > > The headphone connector is for headphones,

Re: ALSA sound recording frustration

2008-11-27 Thread H.S.
Mark Neidorff wrote: > > Is there anything else you need to know about my system to help me get sound > working? > > PLEASE HELP me get sound working. To list the recording devices on your system use the command: $> arecord -l ..snip.. card 1: M2496 [M Audio Audiophile 24/96], device 0: ICE17

Re: ALSA sound recording frustration

2008-11-27 Thread lee
On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 09:38:40AM -0500, Mark Neidorff wrote: > also want to be able to record sound from the stereo headphones jack of my > radio and the stereo audio out from my XM radio. The headphone connector is for headphones, it is not for connecting recording devices: If the voltage and

Re: ALSA sound recording frustration

2008-11-27 Thread Nigel Henry
On Thursday 27 November 2008 15:38, Mark Neidorff wrote: > Hi All, > > In case I have to say it, I'm very frustrated trying to get ALSA sound > working on my Debian ETCH (up to date) box. > > My motherboard has built-in sound. Needless to say, I want to hear sound. >

ALSA sound recording frustration

2008-11-27 Thread Mark Neidorff
Hi All, In case I have to say it, I'm very frustrated trying to get ALSA sound working on my Debian ETCH (up to date) box. My motherboard has built-in sound. Needless to say, I want to hear sound. I also want to be able to record sound from the stereo headphones jack of my radio an

Re: Problem with Alsa sound and VIA 82xx

2008-03-21 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 15:19:32 -0700, Peter Belew wrote: > My problem is that sound takes a long time to start up after system > boot. Sometimes I have to reload or restart the Alsa daemons, which > sometimes seems to help. Playing music for a long time will eventually > cause sound output to sta

Re: Problem with Alsa sound and VIA 82xx

2008-03-19 Thread Thierry Chatelet
On Wednesday 19 March 2008 23:19, Peter Belew wrote: > My problem is that sound takes a long time to start up after system boot. > Sometimes I have to reload or restart the Alsa daemons, which sometimes > seems to help. Playing music for a long time will eventually cause sound > output to start. >

Problem with Alsa sound and VIA 82xx

2008-03-19 Thread Peter Belew
My problem is that sound takes a long time to start up after system boot. Sometimes I have to reload or restart the Alsa daemons, which sometimes seems to help. Playing music for a long time will eventually cause sound output to start. I haven't filed any Debian bug reports previously; I previo

Re: Naming multiple alsa sound cards (was Re: synthetic sound generator with api)

2006-08-10 Thread Jacob S
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 13:46:32 -0400 "Chuckk Hubbard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/10/06, Jacob S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 12:35:33 -0400 > > "Chuckk Hubbard" <[EMA

Re: Naming multiple alsa sound cards (was Re: synthetic sound generator with api)

2006-08-10 Thread Chuckk Hubbard
On 8/10/06, Jacob S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 12:35:33 -0400 "Chuckk Hubbard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/10/06, Jacob S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > To have modules loaded in a cer

Re: Naming multiple alsa sound cards (was Re: synthetic sound generator with api)

2006-08-10 Thread Jacob S
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 12:35:33 -0400 "Chuckk Hubbard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/10/06, Jacob S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > To have modules loaded in a certain order, I would add them > > to /etc/modules

Re: Naming multiple alsa sound cards (was Re: synthetic sound generator with api)

2006-08-10 Thread Chuckk Hubbard
On 8/10/06, Jacob S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- To have modules loaded in a certain order, I would add them to /etc/modules in the order you want them loaded. One module per line, no other instructions needed. This works when I need network cards loaded in a cert

Re: Naming multiple alsa sound cards (was Re: synthetic sound generator with api)

2006-08-10 Thread Jacob S
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 01:41:00 -0400 "Chuckk Hubbard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If no one knows, does anyone know where I can find documentation of > how to control this for Debian? > I'd like my ALSA to be in order so I can recompile my kernel, and

Re: Naming multiple alsa sound cards (was Re: synthetic sound generator with api)

2006-08-10 Thread Chuckk Hubbard
On 8/10/06, CJ van den Berg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thu, Aug 10, 2006 at 01:41:00AM -0400, Chuckk Hubbard wrote: > If no one knows, does anyone know where I can find documentation of > how to control this for Debian? > I'd like my ALSA to be in order so I can recompile my kernel, and I > ca

Re: Naming multiple alsa sound cards (was Re: synthetic sound generator with api)

2006-08-10 Thread CJ van den Berg
On Thu, Aug 10, 2006 at 01:41:00AM -0400, Chuckk Hubbard wrote: > If no one knows, does anyone know where I can find documentation of > how to control this for Debian? > I'd like my ALSA to be in order so I can recompile my kernel, and I > can't find any clear explanation of it. Everyone says the

Re: Naming multiple alsa sound cards (was Re: synthetic sound generator with api)

2006-08-09 Thread Chuckk Hubbard
If no one knows, does anyone know where I can find documentation of how to control this for Debian? I'd like my ALSA to be in order so I can recompile my kernel, and I can't find any clear explanation of it. Everyone says the order the modules are loaded is random, but you can control it; how do

Re: Naming multiple alsa sound cards (was Re: synthetic sound generator with api)

2006-08-09 Thread Chuckk Hubbard
Could /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base be the culprit? /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base: # autoloader aliases install sound-slot-0 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-0 install sound-slot-1 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-1 install sound-slot-2 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-2 install sound-slot-3 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-3 install soun

Re: Naming multiple alsa sound cards (was Re: synthetic sound generator with api)

2006-08-09 Thread Chuckk Hubbard
On 8/9/06, Jacob S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 9 Aug 2006 12:24:24 -0400 "Chuckk Hubbard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > and now the cards always seem to come up in that order. > > But thanks for the tip! > > Is there any sort of standard for

Re: Naming multiple alsa sound cards (was Re: synthetic sound generator with api)

2006-08-09 Thread Jacob S
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 9 Aug 2006 12:24:24 -0400 "Chuckk Hubbard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/5/06, Hugo Vanwoerkom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > CJ van den Berg wrote: > > > On Thu, Aug 03, 2006 at 05:20:38PM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > >> For the alsa

Re: Naming multiple alsa sound cards (was Re: synthetic sound generator with api)

2006-08-09 Thread Chuckk Hubbard
On 8/5/06, Hugo Vanwoerkom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: CJ van den Berg wrote: > On Thu, Aug 03, 2006 at 05:20:38PM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: >> For the alsa behaved apps (like libao) you set alsa_card=1 or 0 and >> ao_example.c plays on either one soundcard or the other. > > Just a small tip.

Re: Naming multiple alsa sound cards (was Re: synthetic sound generator with api)

2006-08-05 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
CJ van den Berg wrote: On Thu, Aug 03, 2006 at 05:20:38PM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: For the alsa behaved apps (like libao) you set alsa_card=1 or 0 and ao_example.c plays on either one soundcard or the other. Just a small tip. On machines with multiple sound devices the alsa card numbers m

Re: Naming multiple alsa sound cards (was Re: synthetic sound generator with api)

2006-08-04 Thread Kevin Mark
On Fri, Aug 04, 2006 at 12:20:21PM +0200, CJ van den Berg wrote: > On Thu, Aug 03, 2006 at 05:20:38PM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > For the alsa behaved apps (like libao) you set alsa_card=1 or 0 and > > ao_example.c plays on either one soundcard or the other. > > Just a small tip. On machine

Naming multiple alsa sound cards (was Re: synthetic sound generator with api)

2006-08-04 Thread CJ van den Berg
On Thu, Aug 03, 2006 at 05:20:38PM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > For the alsa behaved apps (like libao) you set alsa_card=1 or 0 and > ao_example.c plays on either one soundcard or the other. Just a small tip. On machines with multiple sound devices the alsa card numbers may not be predictable

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