From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Philip A. Prindeville" Subject: How to fix "Invalid type for PCM iec958:"? Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 13:53:38 -0600 Message-ID: <42EBDAC2.9080605@redfish-solutions.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mail.redfish-solutions.com (mail.redfish-solutions.com [71.36.29.88]) by alsa.jcu.cz (ALSA's E-mail Delivery System) with ESMTP id 2B3301A1 for ; Sat, 30 Jul 2005 21:53:39 +0200 (MEST) Received: from [192.168.1.5] ([192.168.1.5]) by mail.redfish-solutions.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j6UJrcPS016848 for ; Sat, 30 Jul 2005 13:53:38 -0600 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: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org I've been seeing: alsa-init: 1 soundcard found, using: iec958:{CARD 0 AES0 0x02 AES1 0x82 AES2 0x00 AES3 0x02} ALSA lib pcm.c:1851:(snd_pcm_open_conf) Invalid type for PCM iec958:{CARD 0 AES0 0x02 AES1 0x82 AES2 0x00 AES3 0x02} definition (id: iec958, value: cards.pcm.iec958) alsa-init: playback open error: Invalid argument And went looking via Google if this is anything obvious. I saw several other postings about having the same issue, but no clear replies about what causes it, or how to fix it. Should this be a FAQ question? BTW: What *is* the fix? Thanks, -Philip ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click