asoundconf generates broken custom alsa configuration

If it works as root, then probably only because there are no .asoundrc files in /root. I recently fixed the generated .asoundrc.asoundconf files. Can you please remove them and try gnome-sound-properties again?

On Tue, 23 May 2006 16:22:00 -0000
Martin Pitt <email address hidden> wrote:

> If it works as root, then probably only because there are no .asoundrc
> files in /root. I recently fixed the generated .asoundrc.asoundconf
> files. Can you please remove them and try gnome-sound-properties again?

better, but not completely fixed:

jackd starts fine as user. hdspmixer starts ok, and sets the card levels, but the metering is inactive. so, i have audio i/o but the meters in hdspmixer are inactive.

here are the relevant lines from the console in which hdspmixer is started:

ALSA lib confmisc.c:1107:(snd_func_refer) Unable to find definition 'defaults.hwdep.device'
ALSA lib conf.c:3493:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or
directory ALSA lib confmisc.c:242:(snd_func_getenv) error evaluating default
ALSA lib conf.c:3493:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_igetenv returned error: No such file
or directory ALSA lib conf.c:3951:(snd_config_expand) Args evaluate error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib hwdep.c:151:(snd_hwdep_open_noupdate) Unknown HwDep hw:1
Couldn't open hwdep device. Metering stopped

metering within other applications is fine.

.pltk.

> ** Changed in: alsa-driver (Ubuntu)
> Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info
>
> ** Changed in: alsa-driver (Ubuntu)
> Sourcepackagename: alsa-driver => alsa-utils
>
> ** Summary changed:
>
> - gnome-sound-properties kills user alsa
> + gnome-sound-properties generates broken alsa conf
>

.pltk.

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plutek wrote:
> better, but not completely fixed:
>
> jackd starts fine as user. hdspmixer starts ok, and sets the card
> levels, but the metering is inactive. so, i have audio i/o but the
> meters in hdspmixer are inactive.
>
> here are the relevant lines from the console in which hdspmixer is
> started:
>
> ALSA lib confmisc.c:1107:(snd_func_refer) Unable to find definition 'defaults.hwdep.device'
> ALSA lib conf.c:3493:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or
> directory ALSA lib confmisc.c:242:(snd_func_getenv) error evaluating default
> ALSA lib conf.c:3493:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_igetenv returned error: No such file
> or directory ALSA lib conf.c:3951:(snd_config_expand) Args evaluate error: No such file or directory
> ALSA lib hwdep.c:151:(snd_hwdep_open_noupdate) Unknown HwDep hw:1
> Couldn't open hwdep device. Metering stopped
>
>
> metering within other applications is fine.

What if you mv ~/.asoundrc* out of the way completely and use jackd?

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On Wed, 24 May 2006 04:07:30 -0000
Daniel T Chen <email address hidden> wrote:

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> plutek wrote:
> > better, but not completely fixed:
> >
> > jackd starts fine as user. hdspmixer starts ok, and sets the card
> > levels, but the metering is inactive. so, i have audio i/o but the
> > meters in hdspmixer are inactive.
> >
> > here are the relevant lines from the console in which hdspmixer is
> > started:
> >
> > ALSA lib confmisc.c:1107:(snd_func_refer) Unable to find definition 'defaults.hwdep.device'
> > ALSA lib conf.c:3493:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or
> > directory ALSA lib confmisc.c:242:(snd_func_getenv) error evaluating default
> > ALSA lib conf.c:3493:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_igetenv returned error: No such file
> > or directory ALSA lib conf.c:3951:(snd_config_expand) Args evaluate error: No such file or directory
> > ALSA lib hwdep.c:151:(snd_hwdep_open_noupdate) Unknown HwDep hw:1
> > Couldn't open hwdep device. Metering stopped
> >
> >
> > metering within other applications is fine.
>
> What if you mv ~/.asoundrc* out of the way completely and use jackd?

yes, that's fine..... as has always been the case. i normally run without any .asoundrc* files and simply stumbled upon this bug in .asoundrc* creation when i decided (for some perverse reason which i cannot possibly fathom) to play with gnome-sound-properties.

.pltk.

What if you insert the following fields (from /usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf) into ~/.asoundrc.asoundconf?

defaults.rawmidi.card 0
defaults.rawmidi.device 0
defaults.rawmidi.subdevice -1
defaults.hwdep.card 0
defaults.hwdep.device 0
defaults.timer.class 2
defaults.timer.sclass 0
defaults.timer.card 0
defaults.timer.device 0
defaults.timer.subdevice 0

On Wed, 24 May 2006 05:40:51 -0000
Daniel T Chen <email address hidden> wrote:

> What if you insert the following fields (from /usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf)
> into ~/.asoundrc.asoundconf?
>
> defaults.rawmidi.card 0
> defaults.rawmidi.device 0
> defaults.rawmidi.subdevice -1
> defaults.hwdep.card 0
> defaults.hwdep.device 0
> defaults.timer.class 2
> defaults.timer.sclass 0
> defaults.timer.card 0
> defaults.timer.device 0
> defaults.timer.subdevice 0
>

yup.... here's the current [hand-assembled] ~/.asoundrc.asoundconf:

!defaults.pcm.card 1
defaults.ctl.card 1
defaults.pcm.device 0
defaults.pcm.subdevice -1

defaults.rawmidi.card 1
defaults.rawmidi.device 0
defaults.rawmidi.subdevice -1
defaults.hwdep.card 1
defaults.hwdep.device 0
defaults.timer.class 2
defaults.timer.sclass 0
defaults.timer.card 1
defaults.timer.device 0

this one works.

.pltk.

Please see http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-alsa-devel/2006-May/003363.html for rationale and appropriate fix.

Backport patch from Debian Sid's current alsa-lib source package (-7 in incoming) which fixes various error spew about not finding components of a device. This issue was the cause of much grief in Ubuntu Dapper, and most recently, in Debian Sid.

References: Malone #31699, Malone #35540, Debian #369299, Debian #369302, and Debian #369309. See also:
http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-alsa-devel/2006-May/003363.html

Further testing has revealed that we need to set the additional parameters documented above. I'll make the changes to Edgy's alsa-utils (asoundconf) source package shortly.

I'm also reassigning this bug report against the correct source package (alsa-utils instead of alsa-lib).

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Format: 1.7
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2006 19:35:51 -0400
Source: alsa-utils
Binary: alsa-utils
Architecture: source
Version: 1.0.11-6ubuntu2
Distribution: edgy
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian ALSA Maintainers <email address hidden>
Changed-By: Daniel T Chen <email address hidden>
Description:
 alsa-utils - ALSA utilities
Changes:
 alsa-utils (1.0.11-6ubuntu2) edgy; urgency=low
 .
   * debian/asoundconf:
     - list(): Handle leading whitespace when parsing /proc/asound/cards
       (see fix applied in 1.0.10-1ubuntu11 for #43197).
     - set_default_card()/reset_default_card(): Add additional
       definitions from alsa-lib's confdir/alsa.conf so that using the
       standard overridable ones (e.g., plug:dmix) don't throw alsa-lib
       errors (Closes Ubuntu: #43146).
Files:
 f0d970ecf449c48e8e21cbc0f115ecf2 913 sound optional alsa-utils_1.0.11-6ubuntu2.dsc
 4f2f1297b4d68ef5bf9f0617916e60a5 36845 sound optional alsa-utils_1.0.11-6ubuntu2.diff.gz

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