[PlanetCCRMA] problem with ALSA and RME multiface

Fri Aug 13 07:31:02 2004

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Fernando Pablo Lopez-Lezcano a écrit :

>On Thu, 2004-08-12 at 15:03, gryphius.ginsberg wrote:
>  
>
>>Mark Knecht a écrit :
>>    
>>
>>>gryphius.ginsberg wrote: 
>>>      
>>>
>>>>Mark Knecht a écrit : 
>>>>i did it with hdspmixer (all sound is open)... but i ear nothing
>>>>(i use output plugin ALSA 1.2.10 in xmms) 
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>1) So do you see xmms sending audio to an input of the HDSP? That
>>>should show up in the middle row to show the card is receiving
>>>audio.
>>>      
>>>
>>no, when i try to play something xmms refuse and the message is :
>>make sure that :
>>1 your sound card is correctly configured
>>2 you set the good output plugin
>>3 no other program stop the sound card
>>    
>>
>
>I'm not sure if xmms's alsa plugin can deal with multichannel soundcards
>properly. That was a problem in the past (a lot of the alsa software
>used to assume the world was "stereo" and would not properly query for
>the number of channels the soundcard required to be sent). 
>
>Try something different, perhaps just aplay a wav file just to check
>that sound is working. Or start jack and use, for example, hydrogen and
>one of its demo patterns. 
>
ok i tried

[root@localhost root]#cat /etc/modules.conf

# --- ALSA configuration
alias char-major-116 snd
alias char-major-14 soundcore
alias snd-card-0 snd-hdsp
alias snd-card-1 snd-intel8x0
alias snd-card-2 snd-usb-audio
#--- OSS compatibility alias
alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0
alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-slot-1 snd-card-1
alias sound-service-1-0 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-service-1-3 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-service-1-12 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-slot-2 snd-card-2
alias sound-service-2-0 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-service-2-3 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-service-2-12 snd-pcm-oss
#--- Options
options snd major=116 cards_limit=3
options snd-hdsp index=0
options snd-intel8x0 index=1
options snd-usb-audio index=2
#--- Keep modules from being autocleaned
add options -k snd-card-0
add options -k snd-card-1
add options -k snd-card-2
#--- ALSA configuration END

alias usb-controller usb-ohci
alias usb-controller1 ehci-hcd
alias ieee1394-controller ohci1394
alias scsi_hostadapter sbp2

[root@localhost root]# jackd -d alsa
jackd 0.98.0
Copyright 2001-2003 Paul Davis and others.
jackd comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
under certain conditions; see the file COPYING for details

JACK compiled with System V SHM support
loading driver ..
creating alsa driver ... hw:0|hw:0|1024|2|48000|0|0|nomon|swmeter|-|32bit
ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:1057:(snd_pcm_hw_open) open /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p failed: 
No such device
jackd: pcm.c:690: snd_pcm_nonblock: Assertion `pcm' failed.
Abandon

[root@localhost root]# hdsploader
hdsploader - firmware loader for RME Hammerfall DSP cards
Looking for HDSP + Multiface or Digiface cards :
Card 0 : RME Hammerfall DSP at 0x40800000, irq 11
Upload firmware for card hw:0
Firmware uploaded for card hw:0
Card 1 : SiS SI7012 at 0xa800, irq 11

why are the twice cards on the same irq ?

[root@localhost root]# xmms

** WARNING **: alsa_setup_mixer(): Failed to find mixer element: PCM

** WARNING **: alsa_setup_mixer(): Failed to find mixer element: PCM

Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkcombo.c: line 849 
(gtk_combo_set_popdown_strings): assertion `strings != NULL' failed.
Message: alsa_setup(): Cannot set mmap'ed mode: Argument invalide. 
falling back to direct write

** WARNING **: alsa_setup(): Cannot set direct write mode: Argument invalide

Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkcombo.c: line 849 
(gtk_combo_set_popdown_strings): assertion `strings != NULL' failed.

** WARNING **: alsa_setup_mixer(): Failed to find mixer element: PCM
after JACK_Close()

What's the problem with PCM ?

[root@localhost root]# aplay 
/home/gryphius/bordel/1090492216_everybodyclip.wav
Playing WAVE '/home/gryphius/bordel/1090492216_everybodyclip.wav' : 
Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 44100 Hz, Stereo

it's ok, i hear sound but it make a little saturation in the hdsp mixer 
why ?

>-- Fernando
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Fernando Pablo Lopez-Lezcano a &eacute;crit&nbsp;:<br>
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 cite="mid1092349738.28436.340.camel@cmn37.stanford.edu">
  <pre wrap="">On Thu, 2004-08-12 at 15:03, gryphius.ginsberg wrote:
  </pre>
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    <pre wrap="">Mark Knecht a &eacute;crit :
    </pre>
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      <pre wrap="">gryphius.ginsberg wrote: 
      </pre>
      <blockquote type="cite">
        <pre wrap="">Mark Knecht a &eacute;crit : 
i did it with hdspmixer (all sound is open)... but i ear nothing
(i use output plugin ALSA 1.2.10 in xmms) 
        </pre>
      </blockquote>
      <pre wrap="">1) So do you see xmms sending audio to an input of the HDSP? That
should show up in the middle row to show the card is receiving
audio.
      </pre>
    </blockquote>
    <pre wrap="">no, when i try to play something xmms refuse and the message is :
make sure that :
1 your sound card is correctly configured
2 you set the good output plugin
3 no other program stop the sound card
    </pre>
  </blockquote>
  <pre wrap=""><!---->
I'm not sure if xmms's alsa plugin can deal with multichannel soundcards
properly. That was a problem in the past (a lot of the alsa software
used to assume the world was "stereo" and would not properly query for
the number of channels the soundcard required to be sent). 

Try something different, perhaps just aplay a wav file just to check
that sound is working. Or start jack and use, for example, hydrogen and
one of its demo patterns. </pre>
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ok i tried 
 
[root@localhost root]#cat
/etc/modules.conf 
 
# --- ALSA configuration 
alias char-major-116 snd 
alias char-major-14 soundcore 
alias snd-card-0 snd-hdsp 
alias snd-card-1 snd-intel8x0 
alias snd-card-2 snd-usb-audio 
#--- OSS compatibility alias 
alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0 
alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss 
alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss 
alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss 
alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss 
alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss 
alias sound-slot-1 snd-card-1 
alias sound-service-1-0 snd-mixer-oss 
alias sound-service-1-3 snd-pcm-oss 
alias sound-service-1-12 snd-pcm-oss 
alias sound-slot-2 snd-card-2 
alias sound-service-2-0 snd-mixer-oss 
alias sound-service-2-3 snd-pcm-oss 
alias sound-service-2-12 snd-pcm-oss 
#--- Options 
options snd major=116 cards_limit=3 
options snd-hdsp index=0 
options snd-intel8x0 index=1 
options snd-usb-audio index=2 
#--- Keep modules from being autocleaned 
add options -k snd-card-0 
add options -k snd-card-1 
add options -k snd-card-2 
#--- ALSA configuration END 
 
alias usb-controller usb-ohci 
alias usb-controller1 ehci-hcd 
alias ieee1394-controller ohci1394 
alias scsi_hostadapter sbp2 
 
 
[root@localhost root]# jackd -d alsa 
jackd 0.98.0 
Copyright 2001-2003 Paul Davis and others. 
jackd comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY 
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it 
under certain conditions; see the file COPYING for details 
&nbsp; 
JACK compiled with System V SHM support 
loading driver .. 
creating alsa driver ...
hw:0|hw:0|1024|2|48000|0|0|nomon|swmeter|-|32bit 
ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:1057:(snd_pcm_hw_open) open /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p failed:
No such device 
jackd: pcm.c:690: snd_pcm_nonblock: Assertion `pcm' failed. 
Abandon 
 
[root@localhost root]# hdsploader 
hdsploader - firmware loader for RME Hammerfall DSP cards 
Looking for HDSP + Multiface or Digiface cards : 
Card 0 : RME Hammerfall DSP at 0x40800000, irq 11 
Upload firmware for card hw:0 
Firmware uploaded for card hw:0 
Card 1 : SiS SI7012 at 0xa800, irq 11 
 
why are the twice cards on the same irq ? 
 
[root@localhost root]# xmms 
&nbsp; 
** WARNING **: alsa_setup_mixer(): Failed to find mixer element: PCM 
&nbsp; 
** WARNING **: alsa_setup_mixer(): Failed to find mixer element: PCM 
&nbsp; 
Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkcombo.c: line 849
(gtk_combo_set_popdown_strings): assertion `strings != NULL' failed. 
Message: alsa_setup(): Cannot set mmap'ed mode: Argument invalide.
falling back to direct write 
&nbsp; 
** WARNING **: alsa_setup(): Cannot set direct write mode: Argument
invalide 
&nbsp; 
Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkcombo.c: line 849
(gtk_combo_set_popdown_strings): assertion `strings != NULL' failed. 
&nbsp; 
** WARNING **: alsa_setup_mixer(): Failed to find mixer element: PCM 
after JACK_Close() 
 
What's the problem with PCM ? 
 
[root@localhost root]# aplay
/home/gryphius/bordel/1090492216_everybodyclip.wav 
Playing WAVE '/home/gryphius/bordel/1090492216_everybodyclip.wav' :
Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 44100 Hz, Stereo 
 
it's ok, i hear sound but it make a little saturation in the hdsp mixer
why ? 
 
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 cite="mid1092349738.28436.340.camel@cmn37.stanford.edu">
 <pre wrap="">-- Fernando

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