From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Henderson Subject: Re: additional problem Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 09:14:55 -0400 Message-ID: <4E1D9A4F.503@digital-pipe.com> References: <4E0B2F67.3070304@digital-pipe.com> <4E0C68ED.1070506@digital-pipe.com> <4E1B07FD.9030702@digital-pipe.com> <4E1B1127.4080800@digital-pipe.com> <4E1B12FF.4080307@digital-pipe.com> <4E1B15EE.8080304@digital-pipe.com> <4E1C469B.4050400@digital-pipe.com> <4E1C4C8A.50703@digital-pipe.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mail-gw0-f51.google.com (mail-gw0-f51.google.com [74.125.83.51]) by alsa0.perex.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id E34982444C for ; Wed, 13 Jul 2011 15:17:09 +0200 (CEST) Received: by gwj17 with SMTP id 17so2525461gwj.38 for ; Wed, 13 Jul 2011 06:17:08 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4E1C4C8A.50703@digital-pipe.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: alsa-devel-bounces@alsa-project.org Errors-To: alsa-devel-bounces@alsa-project.org To: Takashi Iwai Cc: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org On 07/12/2011 09:30 AM, David Henderson wrote: > On 07/12/2011 09:13 AM, Takashi Iwai wrote: >> At Tue, 12 Jul 2011 09:05:31 -0400, >> David Henderson wrote: >>> On 07/11/2011 11:52 AM, Takashi Iwai wrote: >>>> At Mon, 11 Jul 2011 11:25:34 -0400, >>>> David Henderson wrote: >>>>> On 07/11/2011 11:17 AM, Takashi Iwai wrote: >>>>>> At Mon, 11 Jul 2011 11:13:03 -0400, >>>>>> David Henderson wrote: >>>>>>> On 07/11/2011 11:12 AM, Takashi Iwai wrote: >>>>>>>> At Mon, 11 Jul 2011 11:05:11 -0400, >>>>>>>> David Henderson wrote: >>>>>>>>> On 07/11/2011 10:43 AM, Takashi Iwai wrote: >>>>>>>>>> At Mon, 11 Jul 2011 10:26:05 -0400, >>>>>>>>>> David Henderson wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> On 07/01/2011 02:41 AM, Takashi Iwai wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> At Thu, 30 Jun 2011 08:15:41 -0400, >>>>>>>>>>>> David Henderson wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> On 06/29/2011 09:57 AM, David Henderson wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi gang! I've successfully been able to compile the >>>>>>>>>>>>>> alsa-utils >>>>>>>>>>>>>> package with the >>>>>>>>>>>>>> "--with-alsa-inc-prefix=/opt/staging/alsa/var/share/include >>>>>>>>>>>>>> --with-alsa-prefix=/opt/staging/alsa/lib", but the >>>>>>>>>>>>>> problem I'm having >>>>>>>>>>>>>> now is that the compiled binaries are looking for those >>>>>>>>>>>>>> directories >>>>>>>>>>>>>> during run-time and not just compile-time. Does anyone >>>>>>>>>>>>>> have any >>>>>>>>>>>>>> thoughts on using those directories for package creation, >>>>>>>>>>>>>> but that the >>>>>>>>>>>>>> software doesn't use the '/opt/staging/alsa' prefix >>>>>>>>>>>>>> during run-time? >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dave >>>>>>>>>>>>> bump for help >>>>>>>>>>>> It works usually as is. Check once via ldd whether the >>>>>>>>>>>> binary is >>>>>>>>>>>> really linked with that fixed path. You may hit a problem >>>>>>>>>>>> when using >>>>>>>>>>>> libtool with *.la files, for example. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Takashi >>>>>>>>>>> Thanks for the continued help Takashi. I've performed the >>>>>>>>>>> requested >>>>>>>>>>> steps, but all referenced libs are correct (e.g. /lib/... >>>>>>>>>>> and not >>>>>>>>>>> /opt/staging/alsa/lib/...). Any other thoughts? >>>>>>>>>> Check ldd output of the binary. If it contains the /opt/ >>>>>>>>>> path, it >>>>>>>>>> means that the path is set statically into the binary. The old >>>>>>>>>> libtool had a related problem, IIRC. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Other than that, rather ask your distro. It's really >>>>>>>>>> distro-specific. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Takashi >>>>>>>>> Hey Takashi, I performed the requested steps, but the output >>>>>>>>> is still >>>>>>>>> correct (e.g. /lib/... and not /opt/staging/alsa/lib/...). >>>>>>>> So, what shows ldd at all? Too little information. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Takashi >>>>>>> # ldd /bin/amixer >>>>>>> linux-gate.so.1 => (0xb7768000) >>>>>>> libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0xb7741000) >>>>>>> libasound.so.2 => /lib/libasound.so.2 (0xb7667000) >>>>>>> libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0xb7663000) >>>>>>> libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0xb764b000) >>>>>>> libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0xb7507000) >>>>>>> /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb7769000) >>>>>>> librt.so.1 => /lib/librt.so.1 (0xb74fe000) >>>>>> Then what happens if you run /bin/amixer ? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Takashi >>>>> # /bin/amixer >>>>> ALSA lib conf.c:3601:(snd_config_update_r) Cannot access file >>>>> /opt/staging/package/var/share/alsa/alsa.conf >>>>> ALSA lib control.c:902:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL default >>>>> amixer: Mixer attach default error: No such file or directory >>>> It's a problem of alsa-lib build, not alsa-utils. >>>> Maybe you changed --prefix wrongly at alsa-lib build time? >>>> >>>> >>>> Takashi >>> That solved the problem! Thanks Takashi! Now that I've gotten the >>> software to compile correctly and I'm able to interact with the audio >>> hardware using alsamixer, I tried to run the speaker-test and now I'm >>> getting the error "ALSA lib >>> pcm_direct.c:1616:(snd1_pcm_direct_parse_open_conf) The field ipc_gid >>> must be a valid group (create group audio)" which I can see is a >>> problem >>> with the absence of the 'audio' group on the distro. Is there a way I >>> can configure alsa to use a different group other than 'audio'? >> You can set defaults.pcm.ipc_gid in ~/.asoundrc or /etc/asound.conf. >> Put a line like >> defaults.pcm.ipc_gid "user" >> >> then the group "user" will be used for dmix/dsnoop. >> >> >> Takashi > > Thanks again for the help Takashi. Ok, I've created the > /etc/asound.conf file with the appropriate group and now I'm trying to > run the aplay binary and I'm not getting any error messages, but I'm > also not hearing any sounds from the speakers. > > # aplay freq10-30000-10s.wav > Playing WAVE 'freq10-30000-10s.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, > Rate 44100 Hz, Mono > > # speaker-test -w ./freq10-30000-10s.wav > > speaker-test 1.0.23 > > Playback device is default > Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 1 channels > Using 16 octaves of pink noise > Rate set to 48000Hz (requested 48000Hz) > Buffer size range from 2048 to 8192 > Period size range from 1024 to 1024 > Using max buffer size 8192 > Periods = 4 > was set period_size = 1024 > was set buffer_size = 8192 > 0 - Front Left > Time per period = 2.835792 > 0 - Front Left > Time per period = 2.986653 > 0 - Front Left > Time per period = 2.986654 > 0 - Front Left > ...snip... > > I've made sure nothing is muted with the audio hardware by using > alsamixer and changed the permissions on the files within the /etc/snd > directory. Any other thoughts? > > Dave bump for help