From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Lee Revell Subject: Re: Setup when compiled in 2.6 kernel Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 14:00:58 -0500 Message-ID: <1140375659.2733.338.camel@mindpipe> References: <43F8A917.8010008@dpets.demon.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <43F8A917.8010008@dpets.demon.co.uk> Sender: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: John Talbut Cc: alsa-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org On Sun, 2006-02-19 at 17:21 +0000, John Talbut wrote: > Am I correct in believing that the kernel will set up and communicate > with device files? If so, how can I test them? I have tried on > various > devices, e.g. > > > sox -V -b -c 1 -r 448000 -t alsa /dev/snd/pcmC2D0p -t .wav test.wav > and I get > > ALSA lib pcm.c:2099:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown > PCM /dev/snd/pcmC2D0p sox: Failed reading /dev/snd/pcmC2D0p: cannot > open audio device > and > > cat /dos/Workspace/Music/originaldedodedo.wav > /dev/snd/pcmC2D0pD > and I get nothing. This is not how ALSA works, you can't just cat things to the device file. The interface to ALSA is through alsa-lib. What happens if you start SIMPLE: aplay file.wav ? ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=103432&bid=230486&dat=121642