Comment 4 for bug 43146

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.