PDAudioCF questions

[Dave Phillips <dlphilp@bright.net>]

Greetings:

  I'm testing the Core Sound PDAudioCF card on a laptop, an Omnibook
4150, using a CF-to-PCMCIA adapter. The card appears to initialize
correctly, and 'cat /proc/asound/cards' tells me this:

	0 [PDAudioCF      ]: PDAudio-CF - Core Sound PDAudio-CF
        	             Core Sound PDAudio-CF at 0x100, irq 11

'ls /proc/asound/card0' yields this information:

	dlphilp@localhost:~$ ls /proc/asound/card0/
	id  oss_mixer  pcm0c

where 'pcm0c' is a subdirectory and oss_mixer simply lists mixer
elements. However, I've been unable to invoke a mixer for the card. That
might be why I receive the following error trying to use arecord:

	dlphilp@localhost:~$ arecord -Dhw:PDAudioCF -f cd
	RIFF$ÿÿWAVEfmt o`aD¬o±acodataÿÿRecording WAVE 'stdout' : Signed 16 bit
Little Endian, Rate 44100 Hz, Stereo
	arecord: pcm_read:1110: read error: Input/output error

  The test is done with ALSA 0.9.6 under kernel 2.4.18. If anyone else
is working with this card I'd like to hear about your success/failure,
particularly if you've used it on a laptop (not a PDA). I'll also check
the archives for previous messages about this card. TIA!

Best regards,

== Dave Phillips

	The Book Of Linux Music & Sound at http://www.nostarch.com/lms.htm
	The Linux Soundapps Site at http://linux-sound.org


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