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From: "Clemens Ladisch" <cladisch@fastmail.net>
Subject: Re: aplay appication failed to open the alsa device
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 08:24:07 +0200
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Tharmarajan G wrote:
> 	I have built the kernel image with ALSA audio support and the
> applications aplay and arecord for playing and recording audio data
> using ALSA api.
> 
> 	I have got the alsa related entries in the /proc filesystem . But when
> playing the aplay, it failed to open the device.
> 
> [root@SIRIUS /flash2]#./aplay /usr/local/Songs/AjRaj-Anthimanthirai-Theme4.mp3
> ALSA lib pcm.c:2144:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM default

Apparently, alsa-lib's .conf files are not installed in /usr/share/alsa/.


HTH
Clemens