[PlanetCCRMA] Chasing my tail with ALSA

[Michael]

O.K. Seems a little better now, but i still can't see the Midisport 
8x8/s in the Alsa Patchbay.

Any suggestions?

Thanks again for your help, Fernando...
-Mike

Fernando Pablo Lopez-Lezcano wrote:

>>>What do you have in /etc/modules.conf?
>>>Did you configure your mixer and save your mixer configuration?
>>>If alsa activated to start on boot?
>>>      
>>>
>>I unmuted the soundcard with alsamixer, and used alsactl store to save 
>>my settings.
>>
>>Is this right?
>>[mikes at localhost sbin]$ ./chkconfig --list alsasound
>>alsasound       0:off   1:off   2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
>>    
>>
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>Looks fine to me. 
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>>options ide-cd ignore='hdc hdd'
>>alias usb-controller usb-uhci
>>
>># -- Keep modules from being autocleaned
>>
>>add options -k snd-card-0
>># --- BEGIN: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---
>># --- ALSACONF verion 1.0.1 ---
>>alias char-major-116 snd
>>alias char-major-14 soundcore
>>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 snd-card-0 snd-emu10k1
>>alias sound-slot-0 snd-emu10k1
>># --- END: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---
>>    
>>
>
>And again this is fine. 
>
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>>>>If I start jack, jack says on start up that I'm using a software plug, 
>>>>rather than hardware, but at this point, I seem to be able to use other 
>>>>jack-dependent apps, like Ardour.
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>You should use the "hw" device, not the "default". In a SBLive, I think,
>>>you will have to use a period of 512 or lower (not the default 1024). 
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>How do I set this?
>>    
>>
>
>"man jackd" for all the details. 
>Try (as a normal user, not root):
>  jackstart -R -d alsa -d hw -p 512
>You may also want to try adding more periods if you have xruns, for
>example "-n 3" (default is 2). 
>
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>>>>Alsa Patchbay shows only my EMU10k1 sound card, and earlier today, it 
>>>>actually showed my Midispaort 8x8/s (but that was way early this 
>>>>morning...) now it shows only the PCI512 soundcard.
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>You have to configure (manually) alsa to use the two "cards". 
>>>      
>>>
>
>Try this:
>
># --- BEGIN: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---
># --- ALSACONF verion 0.9.0 ---
>alias char-major-116 snd
>alias snd-card-0 snd-emu10k1
>alias snd-card-1 snd-usb-audio
># --- OSS compatibility
>alias char-major-14 soundcore
>alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0
>alias sound-slot-1 snd-card-1
>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-service-1-0 snd-mixer-oss
>alias sound-service-1-3 snd-pcm-oss
>alias sound-service-1-12 snd-pcm-oss
># --- Options
>options snd major=116 cards_limit=2 device_mode=0666
>options snd-emu10k1 index=0
>options snd-usb-audio index=1
># --- Keep modules from being autocleaned
>add options -k snd-card-0
>add options -k snd-card-1
>
>Also, add "audio" and "usb-midi" to the list of blacklisted usb drivers
>in /etc/hotplug/blacklist so that the OSS usb driver does not get
>started on startup. 
>
>-- Fernando
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