Re: New azx driver: Problems in snd_mixer_load

[Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>]

At Thu, 9 Dec 2004 10:20:04 -0800,
Stephen Warren wrote:
> 
> Hi.
> 
> Background: We have a custom 2.6.9 kernel, to which we've back-ported
> the ALSA 1.0.7 drivers, and they're all compiled in as non-modules right
> now. I've installed this kernel on a machine running FC2, plus installed
> the 1.0.7 version of libasound and associated config files.
> 
> On top of this, I added the latest CVS version of the azx driver into
> the kernel.
> 
> Now, when I run alsamixer, I get the following error message right at
> startup:
> 
> ===========================
> root@localhost# alsamixer
> ALSA lib simple.c:950:(simple_add1) helem (MIXER,'Capture Source',0,0,0)
> appears twice or more
> alsamixer: function snd_mixer_load failed: Invalid argument
> ===========================
> 
> Does anyone have any ideas about this?

Could you show the content of /etc/asound.state after "alscatl store"?
Also, try to build with --with-debug=detect
(i.e. CONFIG_SND_DEBUG_DETECT=y).  This will give some more verbose info.

> In particular, I'm a little confused about the role the files in
> /usr/share/alsa play in the whole ALSA system. Do I need to import new
> version of these files along with the udpated device driver?

It'd be better if you update the driver.


Takashi


-------------------------------------------------------
SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide
Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users.
Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. 
http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/