Re: Problem with ALSA on PPC

[Lee Revell <rlrevell@joe-job.com>]

On Sat, 2006-06-10 at 11:00 +0100, Adrian McMenamin wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-06-09 at 21:26 -0400, Lee Revell wrote:
> > On Fri, 2006-06-09 at 18:18 -0400, Lee Revell wrote:
> > > I do not have strace on this platform.  How can I determine which file
> > > or directory is missing?
> > > 
> > > /usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf is present as well as the correct device
> > > node:
> > > 
> > > ~ # ls -al /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p 
> > > crw-rw----    1 root     29       116,  16 Jun  9
> > > 15:54 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p
> > > 
> > > What am I doing wrong?
> > > 
> > 
> > I found the problem by installing strace on the PPC board.  alsa-lib is
> > looking for its config files using the original path from the build
> > host.  Either my build environment is still incorrect or it's a bug -
> > probably the former ;-)
> > 
> > Once I am done maybe I will write an embedded ALSA HOWTO.
> > 
> > Lee
> > 
> 
> I had/have a very similar problem with the Dreamcast - I can only use
> the oss emulation
> 
> Asking about here didn't get me an answer so I await any answers to your
> problem with anticipation...
> 
> / # aplay -l
> **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
> aplay: device_list:230: control open (0): Invalid argument

I don't know how I ever could have solved this without strace - the ALSA
library is a twisty maze of function pointers.  Have you looked into
porting strace to your platform?

Lee