[SOLVED]ALSA sequencer(/dev/snd/seq) missing = broken midi

I get this error when attempting to start qsynth (frontend for fluidsynth)
fluidsynth: warning: Failed to pin the sample data to RAM; swapping is possible.
fluidsynth: warning: Requested a period size of 1024, got 940 instead
ALSA lib seq_hw.c:457:(snd_seq_hw_open) open /dev/snd/seq failed: No such file or directory
fluidsynth: error: Error opening ALSA sequencer
It's right, /dev/snd/seq really does not exist on my system. I have the midi driver set to alsa_seq in the qsynth settings, and it's been working just fine up until now. I haven't tinkered with anything related to alsa, so I'm not sure how it disappeared. The only possible cause I can think of is that today I installed kernel26-lts and have been using it for a few hours. However, rebooting and switching to the standard kernel doesn't solve the problem, as /dev/snd/seq is still missing and I get an identical error message. Any ideas/suggestions/wild guesses?
Last edited by splittercode (2010-08-25 15:14:54)

Maybe you have blacklisted some module in rc.conf?
[karol@black ~]$ lsmod | grep -i seq
snd_seq_dummy 1071 0
snd_seq_oss 25016 0
snd_seq_midi_event 4488 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 41656 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 4353 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_timer 15601 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd 42602 11 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer
[karol@black ~]$ l /dev/snd/seq
crw-rw---- 1 116, 3 2010-08-25 13:56 /dev/snd/seq

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[SOLVED] Missing mixer device in /dev/snd??

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$ cat /proc/asound/cards
0 [SB ]: HDA-Intel - HDA ATI SB
HDA ATI SB at 0xfe7f0000 irq 16
1 [HDMI ]: HDA-Intel - HDA ATI HDMI
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1: : sequencer
2: [ 0- 1]: digital audio playback
3: [ 0- 0]: digital audio playback
4: [ 0- 0]: digital audio capture
5: [ 0- 0]: hardware dependent
6: [ 0] : control
7: [ 1- 3]: digital audio playback
8: [ 1- 0]: hardware dependent
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total 0
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crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 6 Jul 25 10:44 controlC0
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 9 Jul 25 10:44 controlC1
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 5 Jul 25 10:44 hwC0D0
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 8 Jul 25 10:44 hwC1D0
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 4 Jul 25 10:44 pcmC0D0c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 3 Jul 26 03:36 pcmC0D0p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 2 Jul 25 10:44 pcmC0D1p
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Thanks!
Last edited by barthel (2011-07-29 03:07:07)

That's what I was afraid of. I switched to Ubuntu at Dapper Drake, so I've not been up to speed with the details of program changes the way I was with Slackware. I don't want to install the OSS layer only for the sake of a volume widget.
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[SOLVED] ALSA and intel soundcard - not detected, /dev/snd is empty

Hi, there was some topics mounths ago about this but I still can't figure out how to get my sound to work.
The main problem is that my soundcard is not detected and /dev/snd seems a little empty. I can't find the controlc0,1 files either....
Here is some useful info.
root@red red]# ls -l /sys/module/snd/holders/
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jun 15 17:09 snd_hda_codec -> ../../snd_hda_codec
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jun 15 17:09 snd_hda_intel -> ../../snd_hda_intel
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jun 15 17:09 snd_hwdep -> ../../snd_hwdep
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jun 15 17:09 snd_mixer_oss -> ../../snd_mixer_oss
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jun 15 17:09 snd_pcm -> ../../snd_pcm
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jun 15 17:09 snd_pcm_oss -> ../../snd_pcm_oss
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jun 15 17:09 snd_seq -> ../../snd_seq
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jun 15 17:09 snd_seq_device -> ../../snd_seq_device
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jun 15 17:09 snd_seq_oss -> ../../snd_seq_oss
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jun 15 17:09 snd_timer -> ../../snd_timer
[root@red red]# lsmod | grep '^snd' | column -t
snd_seq_dummy 1439 0
snd_seq_oss 28928 0
snd_seq_midi_event 5412 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 50530 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 5233 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_hda_intel 22514 0
snd_pcm_oss 39096 0
snd_hda_codec 68863 1 snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 6150 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_mixer_oss 16956 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 70924 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_codec
snd_timer 19684 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd 57209 10 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
snd_page_alloc 7161 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
[root@red red]# ls -l /dev/snd/
total 0
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 3 Jun 15 17:00 seq
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 2 Jun 15 17:00 timer
Souncard : Don't know the exact name, the "intel hd" one with an ICH7 bridge
Mobo : intel d945gclf (little atom board, not the newer ones)
Notice that line : snd_hda_intel 22514 0
Seems to me that the module is loaded, am I right?
EDIT: Sorry, maybe I am in the wrong section...
Last edited by Lrouge (2010-06-18 18:33:54)

Looks pretty complete to me. (OK, /dev/snd does look sparse.) What do you see when you run alsamixer and press the F5 key?
$ sudo su -
# pacman -Sy alsa-utils
# alsamixer
Press F5 and check for:
* Master, Speaker, Front, Line, PCM volume down (if any)
* Any MM (bottom of vertical bar, signifies: line is muted) -- mute / un-mute with the 'm' key
Press Esc key to exit alsamixer + save changes.
Also, right after booting, run: dmesg | grep -i codec
Look for something like "Realtek" or "ALC662" or similar.
Manually add codec driver: modprobe snd_hda_codec_realtek
ls -al /dev/snd
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 60 May 28 19:35 by-path
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 7 May 28 19:35 controlC0
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 6 May 28 19:35 hwC0D2
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 5 May 28 19:35 pcmC0D0c
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 4 May 28 19:35 pcmC0D0p
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 3 May 28 19:35 seq
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 2 May 28 19:35 timer
lsmod | grep snd
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snd_seq_dummy 1099 0
snd_seq_oss 25304 0
snd_seq_midi_event 4452 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_hda_intel 18921 0
snd_seq 42628 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
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snd_pcm_oss 33693 0
snd_hwdep 5102 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 57479 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_mixer_oss 14810 1 snd_pcm_oss
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[SOLVED] ALSA firmware not loading properly with kernel 3.8.6-1

Hi All,
I have a E-MU 1820 card + breakout box that have been working beautiful under Archlinux for years but now something happen.
It still work OK under windows (dual boot same computer).
Normally during boot all indicators on the breakout box blink and then only thin show is clock setting indicator. But now all the indicators still blink but instead it is a -12 dB indicator that light up and not the clock settings and no sound.
dmesg show following.
[christer@Arch ~]$ dmesg | grep emu
[ 5.269612] emu1010: Special config.
[ 5.269731] emu1010: EMU_HANA_ID = 0x7f
[ 5.274685] emu1010: firmware file = emu/hana.fw, size = 0x133a4
[ 13.465727] emu1010: Hana Firmware loaded
[ 13.465776] emu1010: Hana version: 3.4
[ 13.465864] emu1010: Card options = 0x0
[ 13.465888] emu1010: Card options = 0x0
[ 13.466379] emu1010: Card options3 = 0x0
[ 14.486723] emu1010: Loading Audio Dock Firmware
[ 16.477785] emu1010: EMU_HANA+DOCK_IRQ_STATUS = 0x36
[ 16.477809] emu1010: EMU_HANA+DOCK_ID = 0x55
[ 16.477809] emu1010: Audio Dock Firmware loaded
[christer@Arch ~]$
aplay -l looks like it did before.
[christer@Arch ~]$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: EMU1010 [E-mu 1010 [MAEM8810]], device 0: emu10k1 [ADC Capture/Standard PCM Playback]
Subdevices: 32/32
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
Subdevice #2: subdevice #2
Subdevice #3: subdevice #3
Subdevice #4: subdevice #4
Subdevice #5: subdevice #5
Subdevice #6: subdevice #6
Subdevice #7: subdevice #7
Subdevice #8: subdevice #8
Subdevice #9: subdevice #9
Subdevice #10: subdevice #10
Subdevice #11: subdevice #11
Subdevice #12: subdevice #12
Subdevice #13: subdevice #13
Subdevice #14: subdevice #14
Subdevice #15: subdevice #15
Subdevice #16: subdevice #16
Subdevice #17: subdevice #17
Subdevice #18: subdevice #18
Subdevice #19: subdevice #19
Subdevice #20: subdevice #20
Subdevice #21: subdevice #21
Subdevice #22: subdevice #22
Subdevice #23: subdevice #23
Subdevice #24: subdevice #24
Subdevice #25: subdevice #25
Subdevice #26: subdevice #26
Subdevice #27: subdevice #27
Subdevice #28: subdevice #28
Subdevice #29: subdevice #29
Subdevice #30: subdevice #30
Subdevice #31: subdevice #31
card 0: EMU1010 [E-mu 1010 [MAEM8810]], device 2: emu10k1 efx [Multichannel Capture/PT Playback]
Subdevices: 8/8
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
Subdevice #2: subdevice #2
Subdevice #3: subdevice #3
Subdevice #4: subdevice #4
Subdevice #5: subdevice #5
Subdevice #6: subdevice #6
Subdevice #7: subdevice #7
card 0: EMU1010 [E-mu 1010 [MAEM8810]], device 3: emu10k1 [Multichannel Playback]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
[christer@Arch ~]$
lsmod
[christer@Arch ~]$ lsmod | grep emu
snd_emu10k1 140245 1
snd_util_mem 2403 1 snd_emu10k1
snd_hwdep 6428 1 snd_emu10k1
snd_ac97_codec 113456 1 snd_emu10k1
snd_rawmidi 18831 1 snd_emu10k1
snd_seq_device 5268 5 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_emu10k1,snd_seq_dummy
snd_pcm 78146 3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_ac97_codec,snd_emu10k1
snd_page_alloc 7426 2 snd_pcm,snd_emu10k1
snd_timer 18934 3 snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_emu10k1
snd 60156 13 snd_pcm_oss,snd_ac97_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_emu10k1,snd_seq_device,snd_mixer_oss
[christer@Arch ~]$
From what I can see all looks OK, like it did when it worked, but something is not at it should.
Any thoughts or ideas about what might have happen or how to progress in troubleshooting.
All input most welcome.
I found info describing problem with firmware loading, but it is over my head.
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel … 54cf7008ab
Output from Aadebug ( http://alsa.opensrc.org/Aadebug )
[christer@Arch ~]$ ./alsadebug
ALSA Audio Debug v0.2.0 - Fri Apr 12 20:46:05 CEST 2013
http://alsa.opensrc.org/aadebug
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.txt
Kernel ----------------------------------------------------
Linux Arch 3.8.6-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Apr 6 07:27:01 CEST 2013 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version k3.8.6-1-ARCH.
Loaded Modules --------------------------------------------
snd_emu10k1 139271 2
snd_util_mem 2339 1 snd_emu10k1
snd_hwdep 6364 1 snd_emu10k1
snd_pcm_oss 38511 0
snd_mixer_oss 14995 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_ac97_codec 112216 1 snd_emu10k1
snd_seq_dummy 1463 0
snd_seq_oss 29098 0
snd_seq_midi_event 5660 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_rawmidi 18742 1 snd_emu10k1
snd_seq 49946 5 snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_dummy
snd_seq_device 5180 5 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_emu10k1,snd_seq_dummy
snd_pcm 76956 4 snd_pcm_oss,snd_ac97_codec,snd_emu10k1
snd_page_alloc 7298 2 snd_pcm,snd_emu10k1
snd_timer 18687 3 snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_emu10k1
snd 58893 14 snd_pcm_oss,snd_ac97_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_emu10k1,snd_seq_device,snd_mixer_oss
Proc Asound -----------------------------------------------
0 [EMU1010 ]: Audigy2 - E-mu 1010 [MAEM8810]
E-mu 1010 [MAEM8810] (rev.3, serial:0x40011102) at 0xd000, irq 19
1: : sequencer
2: [ 0- 0]: hardware dependent
3: [ 0- 1]: raw midi
4: [ 0- 0]: raw midi
5: [ 0- 3]: digital audio playback
6: [ 0- 2]: digital audio playback
7: [ 0- 2]: digital audio capture
8: [ 0- 1]: digital audio capture
9: [ 0- 0]: digital audio playback
10: [ 0- 0]: digital audio capture
11: [ 0] : control
33: : timer
00-00: EMU10K1 (FX8010)
00-00: emu10k1 : ADC Capture/Standard PCM Playback : playback 32 : capture 1
00-01: emu10k1 mic : Mic Capture : capture 1
00-02: emu10k1 efx : Multichannel Capture/PT Playback : playback 8 : capture 1
00-03: emu10k1 : Multichannel Playback : playback 1
Client info
cur clients : 3
peak clients : 3
max clients : 192
Client 0 : "System" [Kernel]
Port 0 : "Timer" (Rwe-)
Port 1 : "Announce" (R-e-)
Connecting To: 15:0
Client 14 : "Midi Through" [Kernel]
Port 0 : "Midi Through Port-0" (RWe-)
Client 15 : "OSS sequencer" [Kernel]
Port 0 : "Receiver" (-we-)
Connected From: 0:1
Client 16 : "E-mu 1010 [MAEM8810]" [Kernel]
Port 0 : "Audigy MPU-401 (UART)" (RWeX)
Port 32 : "Audigy MPU-401 #2" (RWeX)
Client 17 : "Emu10k1 WaveTable" [Kernel]
Port 0 : "Emu10k1 Port 0" (-We-)
Port 1 : "Emu10k1 Port 1" (-We-)
Port 2 : "Emu10k1 Port 2" (-We-)
Port 3 : "Emu10k1 Port 3" (-We-)
Dev Snd ---------------------------------------------------
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 60 Apr 12 20:42 by-path
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 11 Apr 12 20:42 controlC0
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 2 Apr 12 20:42 hwC0D0
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 12 Apr 12 20:46 hwC0D2
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 4 Apr 12 20:42 midiC0D0
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 3 Apr 12 20:42 midiC0D1
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 13 Apr 12 20:46 midiC0D2
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 14 Apr 12 20:46 midiC0D3
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 10 Apr 12 20:42 pcmC0D0c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 9 Apr 12 20:43 pcmC0D0p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 8 Apr 12 20:42 pcmC0D1c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 7 Apr 12 20:42 pcmC0D2c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 6 Apr 12 20:42 pcmC0D2p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 5 Apr 12 20:42 pcmC0D3p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 1 Apr 12 20:42 seq
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 33 Apr 12 20:42 timer
CPU -------------------------------------------------------
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz
cpu MHz : 2000.000
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz
cpu MHz : 2000.000
RAM -------------------------------------------------------
MemTotal: 4051696 kB
SwapTotal: 51196 kB
Hardware --------------------------------------------------
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G94 [GeForce 9600 GT] (rev a1)
05:01.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy (rev 03)
Interupts -------------------------------------------------
CPU0 CPU1
0: 48 0 IO-APIC-edge timer
1: 1 1 IO-APIC-edge i8042
6: 1 2 IO-APIC-edge floppy
8: 0 1 IO-APIC-edge rtc0
9: 0 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi acpi
12: 4 1 IO-APIC-edge i8042
16: 529 493 IO-APIC-fasteoi uhci_hcd:usb1, pata_jmicron, nvidia
18: 10654 10645 IO-APIC-fasteoi uhci_hcd:usb3, ehci_hcd:usb4, uhci_hcd:usb8, firewire_ohci, i801_smbus
19: 3621 3626 IO-APIC-fasteoi uhci_hcd:usb7, snd_emu10k1
21: 0 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi uhci_hcd:usb2
23: 0 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi ehci_hcd:usb5, uhci_hcd:usb6
44: 7637 7652 PCI-MSI-edge ahci
45: 11719 11736 PCI-MSI-edge eth0
NMI: 47 47 Non-maskable interrupts
LOC: 49551 45081 Local timer interrupts
SPU: 0 0 Spurious interrupts
PMI: 47 47 Performance monitoring interrupts
IWI: 0 0 IRQ work interrupts
RTR: 0 0 APIC ICR read retries
RES: 28730 28313 Rescheduling interrupts
CAL: 94 54 Function call interrupts
TLB: 3503 3509 TLB shootdowns
TRM: 0 0 Thermal event interrupts
THR: 0 0 Threshold APIC interrupts
MCE: 0 0 Machine check exceptions
MCP: 1 1 Machine check polls
ERR: 0
MIS: 0
[christer@Arch ~]$
output from systemctl show somw inacive sound related sevices.
alsa-restore.service loaded inactive dead Restore Sound Card State
alsa-store.service loaded inactive dead Store Sound Card State
auditd.service error inactive dead auditd.service
display-manager.service error inactive dead display-manager.service
dmeventd.service loaded inactive dead Device-mapper event daemon
emergency.service loaded inactive dead Emergency Shell
lvmetad.service loaded inactive dead LVM2 metadata daemon
plymouth-quit-wait.service error inactive dead plymouth-quit-wait.service
plymouth-start.service error inactive dead plymouth-start.service
rc-local-shutdown.service loaded inactive dead /etc/rc.local.shutdown Compatibility
rescue.service loaded inactive dead Rescue Shell
systemd-...console.service loaded inactive dead Dispatch Password Requests to Console
systemd-...rd-wall.service loaded inactive dead Forward Password Requests to Wall
systemd-fsck-root.service loaded inactive dead File System Check on Root Device
systemd-...e8ee844.service loaded inactive dead File System Check on /dev/disk/by-uuid/9751ee37-e769-4bbe-9436-2d8e5e8ee844
systemd-...ev-sda2.service loaded inactive dead File System Check on /dev/sda2
systemd-...ev-sda4.service loaded inactive dead File System Check on /dev/sda4
systemd-initctl.service loaded inactive dead /dev/initctl Compatibility Daemon
systemd-...l-flush.service loaded inactive dead Trigger Flushing of Journal to Persistent Storage
systemd-...ed-load.service loaded inactive dead Load Random Seed
systemd-...ed-save.service loaded inactive dead Save Random Seed
systemd-...ad-done.service loaded inactive dead Stop Read-Ahead Data Collection
systemd-shutdownd.service loaded inactive dead Delayed Shutdown Service
systemd-...s-clean.service loaded inactive dead Cleanup of Temporary Directories
systemd-...unlevel.service loaded inactive dead Update UTMP about System Runlevel Changes
systemd-...hutdown.service loaded inactive dead Update UTMP about System Shutdown
ypbind.service error inactive dead ypbind.service
emergency.target loaded inactive dead Emergency Mode
final.target loaded inactive dead Final Step
nss-lookup.target loaded inactive dead Host and Network Name Lookups
nss-user-lookup.target loaded inactive dead User and Group Name Lookups
remote-fs-pre.target loaded inactive dead Remote File Systems (Pre)
remote-fs-setup.target error inactive dead remote-fs-setup.target
rescue.target loaded inactive dead Rescue Mode
runlevel1.target error inactive dead runlevel1.target
runlevel2.target error inactive dead runlevel2.target
runlevel3.target error inactive dead runlevel3.target
runlevel4.target error inactive dead runlevel4.target
runlevel5.target error inactive dead runlevel5.target
shutdown.target loaded inactive dead Shutdown
syslog.target error inactive dead syslog.target
umount.target loaded inactive dead Unmount All Filesystems
All the best!
Christer
Last edited by agkbill (2013-04-15 18:41:03)

Thank you mich41!
It looks like a kernel bug.
I downgraded to 3.7.10-1 then firmware loaded OK and I could play sounds.
Upgraded to 3.8.6-1 then the firmware fail to load.
Something looks not ok with 3.8.6-1.
Best regards,
Christer

The "alsa audio output error: cannot write: Broken pipe" problem

[Solved]
(No place for this word in the Subject field, so I put it here.)
Hi Arch community!
I noticed I have this problem and not sure when in started. Several months ago I bought and installed new videocard "GeForce GT 630". Right after installation I lost sound in the system. Having internal sound card (in mainboard) and SB Audigy2 (PCI), I searched for solution and found I had to disable "snd_hda_intel" module to restore sound to work through PCI sound card. Did it.
echo "blacklist snd_hda_intel" >> /etc/modprobe.d/no-nvidia-sound.conf
After that sound was working as it should. And I noticed recently that during playing of any sound file the sound interrupts. If run VLC from CLI I get "alsa audio output error: cannot write: Broken pipe" message. And my system hasn't been upgraded since I don't know when. I still ran Firefox 26. So googled again and found it's a bug in a kernel or somewhere else.
==========================================
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69942 :
2013-10-01 01:39:40 UTC
I ran a system update last night, and this issue appears to have been corrected.
==========================================
And so I thought upgrade would fix my problem since mainstream bug is fixed. After upgrade sound interrupts again, maybe even more often.
Do you guys have this issue and does anyone have a solution?
Last edited by Mr. Alex (2014-06-26 18:55:59)

Not particularly wise to blacklist the module, since it probably is also used by the integrated sound card. With vid and pid you could just disable the nvidia card alone using parameter enable=0. Unless you do not mind having both disabled.
Where do I need to input "enable=0"? When I was searching for solution to make my Creative card work with new nVidia card I installed, the only way I found was blacklisting the module.
dmesg says:
[ 20.448086] nvidia 0000:02:00.0: irq 42 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 21.112331] NVRM: Your system is not currently configured to drive a VGA console
[ 21.112340] NVRM: on the primary VGA device. The NVIDIA Linux graphics driver
[ 21.112345] NVRM: requires the use of a text-mode VGA console. Use of other console
[ 21.112349] NVRM: drivers including, but not limited to, vesafb, may result in
[ 21.112352] NVRM: corruption and stability problems, and is not supported.
Then:
lsmod | grep 'snd'
snd_ca0106 36242 0
snd_ac97_codec 114896 1 snd_ca0106
ac97_bus 1270 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_rawmidi 20278 1 snd_ca0106
snd_seq_device 5244 1 snd_rawmidi
snd_pcm 83207 2 snd_ac97_codec,snd_ca0106
snd_timer 19294 1 snd_pcm
snd 60780 6 snd_ac97_codec,snd_timer,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_ca0106
soundcore 5551 1 snd
I guess my card is "snd_ca0106". If yes,
# systool -v -m snd_ca0106
Module = "snd_ca0106"
Attributes:
coresize = "36242"
initsize = "0"
initstate = "live"
refcnt = "0"
taint = ""
uevent = <store method only>
Parameters:
enable = "Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y"
id = "(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null)"
index = "-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1"
subsystem = "0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0"
Sections:
.bss = "0xffffffffa0814780"
.data = "0xffffffffa0813300"
.exit.text = "0xffffffffa0811a1e"
.gnu.linkonce.this_module= "0xffffffffa0814500"
.init.text = "0xffffffffa0817000"
.note.gnu.build-id = "0xffffffffa0811a30"
.rodata = "0xffffffffa0811a80"
.rodata.str1.1 = "0xffffffffa08123dc"
.rodata.str1.8 = "0xffffffffa0812130"
.strtab = "0xffffffffa0818c10"
.symtab = "0xffffffffa0817020"
.text = "0xffffffffa080d000"
__mcount_loc = "0xffffffffa0812f98"
__param = "0xffffffffa0812f18"
__verbose = "0xffffffffa0814460"
Where would I look for "max_buffer_size" parameter?

[Solved] ALSA Wont Play If More Than One Device Has Access To It

This just started happening about two weeks ago and its really annoying. It seems that whenever one program has previously used the sound system no other applications can use the sound system until that initial program is closed. For example, lets say I watched a video on youtube an hour ago and the video is done playing but I still have the page open, amarok (v1.4) or a video player (smplayer/kaffeine/etc...) complains either that xine is in use of it cant find drivers for it or something of that sort. It gets even weirder:I was watching a video on the internet about 2 hours ago and wanted to watch a movie so I closed firefox knowing it would cause this problem and clicked 'save session and quit', I reopened firefox with the same session but I closed the webpage with the video on it, so I go to watch a tv off of my hdd but I dont have any sound since this video apparently still has a lease on the sound system.
heres the errors from mplayer while this problem is happening:
[AO OSS] audio_setup: Can't open audio device /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy
[AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: pcm_hw.c:1325:(snd_pcm_hw_open) open /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p failed: Device or resource busy
[AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: pcm_dmix.c:1008:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
[AO_ALSA] Playback open error: Device or resource busy
[JACK] cannot open server
[AO SDL] Samplerate: 48000Hz Channels: Stereo Format s16le
[AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: pcm_hw.c:1325:(snd_pcm_hw_open) open /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p failed: Device or resource busy
[AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: pcm_dmix.c:1008:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
[AO SDL] Unable to open audio: No available audio device
Last edited by brando56894 (2009-05-30 23:51:43)

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/All … nd_at_once
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=72827
Does this help?

[Solved] ALSA with multiple applications

I know this issue has been dealt with many times before, but I can't figure out how to conform those fixes to my use case.
I rebuilt my computer today (old motherboard died). Sound worked fine out of box on the old onboard -- I didn't even have an /etc/asound.conf or ~/.asoundrc -- but on this motherboard I'm encountering the problem with ALSA only allowing one process to output sound.
lspci -vvv output:
00:14.2 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH Azalia Controller (rev 01)
Subsystem: Biostar Microtech Int'l Corp Device 8228
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=slow >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 32, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16
Region 0: Memory at fef40000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=55mA PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+)
Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel
I have a 5.1 setup on device 1 that works perfectly fine with whatever audio stream has managed to grab the device. I have looked at breb's asoundrc and changed "card 0" to "card 1" but noticed no change at all, and I don't know enough about the structure of the rc to know if there is anything else to change (although I did also replace all "hw:0" with "hw:1" to no avail). In order to get audio working at all I found a post instructing to put the following in my /etc/asound.conf:
pcm.!default {
type hw
card 1
ctl.!default {
type hw
card 1
I went back to the Arch Wiki and reread the notice: "For ALSA 1.0.9rc2 and higher on analog sound outputs you do not need to setup dmix. Dmix is enabled as default for soundcards which do not support hardware mixing." This is probably what made my last install run without hitches, I am guessing. It then says that if you are still having issues with mixing, to manually add dmix to your asoundrc. So I did that, and my .asoundrc simply looks like:
pcm.dsp {
type plug
slave.pcm "dmix"
I don't know what to do at this point. The only thought I have is that maybe the dmix only mixes to card 0 (which is my disabled HDMI output) and not card 1 (which is my analog out).
aplay -l output (like I said, I have HDMI output disabled in BIOS. After I post this I can reboot to re-enable it just in case it makes a difference, but by all means if it does then there has to be some sort of issue there with how either dmix works or with how this sound card deals with its mixing or something).
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 1: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 0: ALC892 Analog [ALC892 Analog]
Subdevices: 0/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 1: ALC892 Digital [ALC892 Digital]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Also, for instance, when I have mpd running, and try to open a video in VLC, I get this error:
Audio output failed:
The audio device "sysdefault:CARD=Generic" could not be used:
Device or resource busy.
and in mpv (I don't know how much of this is relevant. Probably only the bit after "Selected audio codec..." but here's the whole thing:
The round option must be an integer: 16/9
Error parsing option round (option parameter could not be parsed)
Option vf: Error while parsing expand parameter round (16/9)
Error parsing option vf (option parameter could not be parsed)
/etc/mpv/mpv.conf:24: setting option vf='expand=::::1:16/9:16' failed.
Option af-add: pan has only 2 params, so you can't give more than 2 unnamed params.
Error parsing option af-add (parameter is outside values allowed for option)
/etc/mpv/mpv.conf:58: setting option af-add='pan=6:1:0:.4:0:.6:2:0:1:0:.4:.6:2' failed.
Option af-add: pan has only 2 params, so you can't give more than 2 unnamed params.
Error parsing option af-add (parameter is outside values allowed for option)
/etc/mpv/mpv.conf:63: setting option af-add='pan=2:0.7:0:0:0.7:0.5:0:0:0.5:0.6:0.6:0:0' failed.
Playing: /media/Videos/Other/Samsung_Galaxy_Note_3_4K_Video_sample-XgalnuBlSNE.mp4
Detected file format: QuickTime / MOV (libavformat)
Clip info:
major_brand: mp42
minor_version: 0
compatible_brands: isommp42
creation_time: 2013-09-30 13:12:57
[stream] Video (+) --vid=1 (*) (h264)
[stream] Audio (+) --aid=1 --alang=und (*) (aac)
Selected video codec: H.264 / AVC / MPEG-4 AVC / MPEG-4 part 10 [lavc:h264]
Selected audio codec: AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) [lavc:aac]
[ao/alsa] Playback open error: Device or resource busy
[ao] Failed to initialize audio driver 'alsa'
[ao/oss] Can't open audio device /dev/dsp: No such file or directory
[ao] Failed to initialize audio driver 'oss'
Could not open/initialize audio device -> no sound.
Audio: no audio
Audio: no audio
VO: [xv] 3840x2160 => 3840x2160 420p
V: 00:00:05 / 00:00:38 (12%)
Last edited by Zopiac (2014-01-28 16:57:49)

Apparently I knew less than I thought I did about the HDMI out and device numbers. Here's the aplay -l output after re-enabling HDMI out:
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 1: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 2: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 0: ALC892 Analog [ALC892 Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 2: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 1: ALC892 Digital [ALC892 Digital]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
I am currently getting nothing out of my speakers (lsof /dev/snd/* shows no processes using the soundcard even though mpd is "playing" (also ncmpcpp shows "Vol: n/a")). Even after I switched my /etc/asound.conf to "card 2" I get nothing. I am wondering if I needed what I already have in there after all. Maybe I added that and then rebooted, switching off the HDMI out as I did so. I'll check...
Edit: Nope. As I understand it, in order to have sound at all I need to have HDMI out disabled in BIOS and asound.conf set with the two clauses with "card 1", and I then encounter the singe process ALSA problem.
Last edited by Zopiac (2014-01-28 02:40:17)

Alsa sequencer init for awe/sblive (awesfx incl.)

Here are init scripts and pkgbuild for awesfx. I did this, then noticed someone had already posted a build - sorry I don't mean to step on your toes! Since I already went to the work of creating the init-scripts, and being the latest version with some changes here they are.
/etc/rc.d/alsa-sequencer:
#!/bin/bash
. /etc/rc.conf
. /etc/rc.d/functions
. /etc/alsa/aseq.conf
case "$1" in
start)
stat_busy "Loading ALSA Sequencer"
# SFXLoad requires /dev/sequencer to already exist, but devfs
# creates it when the sequencer device itself is actually created.
# Catch22! Work-around this by removing nodes if they exist
# (sending improper data to these exhibits VERY bad behaviour),
# then create the nodes in the proper locations.
if [ -e /dev/sequencer ]; then
rm -f /dev/sequencer
fi
if [ -e /dev/sound/sequencer ]; then
rm -f /dev/sound/sequencer
fi
mknod -m 666 /dev/sound/sequencer c 14 1
ln -s /dev/sound/sequencer /dev/sequencer
ln -s /proc/asound/oss/sndstat /dev/sndstat
# Last we load the soundbank into the hardware, passing all arguments...
$aseq_load $aseq_opt $aseq_target
stat_done
stop)
stat_busy "Stopping ALSA Sequencer"
# Do nothing actually...
stat_done
restart)
# The nodes already exist, so all we need is a rerun
$aseq_load $aseq_opt $aseq_target
echo "usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"
esac
exit 0
/etc/alsa/aseq.conf:
##. /etc/alsa/aseq.conf
# Configuration file for initializing the sequencer on Awe32/64
# and Emux audio devices.
# Specify the loader to use:
# sfxload for AWE32/64 cards
# OR
# asfxload for Emux devices
aseq_load=""
# Pass additional arguments here.
#Example:
#-c 35 -r 50 -V 75
aseq_opt=""
# Specify the soundfont/soundbank to load into the device's sequencer.
# NOTE: If target is a symlink, symlink must *not* be relative.
# Example:
# /usr/share/sounds/sf2/default.sf2
aseq_target=""
and as long as I went to the trouble of pasting the rest of it....
PKGBUILD:
# Contributor: My Name <[email protected]>
pkgname=awesfx
pkgver=0.5.0c
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Sequencer support files for Awe32/64 and EMUx (SBLive!) audio cards."
license=GPL
url="http://www.alsa-project.org/~iwai/awedrv.html#Utils"
depends=('alsa-lib')
source=(http://www.alsa-project.org/~iwai/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz)
md5sums=('b4f9192dc6357014215a3d06a99d40f2')
build() {
cd $startdir/src/$pkgname-$pkgver
./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-debug
make || return 1
make prefix=$startdir/pkg/usr install
mkdir -p $startdir/pkg/etc/alsa
mkdir -p $startdir/pkg/etc/rc.d
cp ../../aseq.conf $startdir/pkg/etc/alsa
cp ../../alsa-sequencer $startdir/pkg/etc/rc.d
Yes, I remove my email here, but it's in the full tarball that is now in incoming if anyone wants the binaries etc.

:shock: Just realized, it doesn't work properly with udev. If you use udev and patch it please submit the changes to me, so I can include them.
I don't use udev, because I have problems with it (i.e. kdm won't even load) so apologize for not seeing this sooner.
I say again
UDEV does not work
DEVFS works!!!

New document about sequence presets and codecs missing from Premiere Pro

If you're having problems with sequence presets and codecs missing from Premiere Pro, see this document for solutions for this activation issue.
This document relates to the following problems:
- missing sequence presets when creating a new sequence
- Encore error: "Encore will not launch in non-royalty bearing mode. The application needs to be serialized with a royalty bearing serial number."
- When opening a project in Premiere Pro: "Error Adobe Premiere Pro: This project contained a sequence that could not be opened. No sequence preview preset file or codec could be associated with this sequence type."
- When importing footage, the footage is missing audio or video.
These failures are all because Premiere Pro and Encore use some codecs that require activation before they can be used. If activation of these codecs has failed, these codecs will not be available to use.

Well done.

How to solve when we get error sid missing?

how to solve when we get error sid missing?

Hi,
If you get SID error means, There is no reference for the particular data in the Master data of that characteristic.
so, Load that value in the Master data of the characteristic you wont get that sid error.
Ex: When loading data to ods if it is giving sid for country withvalue ('india'), so india is not there in the master data of the characteristic Country. You need to enter the value India in mster data table of the characteristic.
Otherwise you can choose option ' Update without master data' or something similar to that in infpackage or dtp.
rgrds,
v.sen.

Udev: /dev/snd - /dev/sound

*[root@Asteraceae snd]# ls -la
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 2004-11-07 02:26 .
drwxr-xr-x 21 root root 0 2004-11-07 03:25 ..
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 0 2004-11-07 02:26 controlC0
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 24 2004-11-07 02:26 pcmC0D0c
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 16 2004-11-07 02:26 pcmC0D0p
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 25 2004-11-07 02:26 pcmC0D1c
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 33 2004-11-07 02:26 timer
*[root@Asteraceae sound]# ls -la
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 2004-11-07 02:26 .
drwxr-xr-x 21 root root 0 2004-11-07 03:25 ..
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 4 2004-11-07 02:26 audio
crw-rw-rw- 1 root audio 14, 3 2004-11-07 02:26 dsp
crw-rw-rw- 1 root audio 14, 0 2004-11-07 02:26 mixer
why are the inodes in /dev/snd only crw-rw---- and in /dev/sound crw-rw-rw-? (i don't really understand the concept having a /dev/snd AND a /dev/sound ... or is it simply legacy-reasons to keep older software working?)

phrakture wrote:my dirs are the same permission-wise...
thanx for confirming that i'm not crazy or having paranoia ;-)
phrakture wrote:you may have an extra 6 in your /etc/udev/permissions.d/udev.permissions...
yes, indeed i have
phrakture wrote:I think that /dev/sound is legacy (if I rmmod snd-pcm-oss this /dev/sound is empty).
oh ... didn't think at that ... exactly! if oss-legacy is removed, the duplica /dev/sound disappears - and now the world is a little bit more logical to me
thanx

[Solved]Alsa/pulseaudio going mute

Logging out/in with awesome/slim seems to have audio at first, but after awhile ssems to switch to pulseaudio, but then pulseaudio fails to recognize audio hardware as anything but dummy output.
Last edited by nomorewindows (2014-06-07 00:48:57)

emeres wrote:fuser -v /dev/snd/*
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: <user> xxxx F.... plugin-containe
/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: <user> xxxx F...m plugin-containe
/dev/snd/timer: <user> xxxx f.... plugin-containe
Looks like to me that plugin-container is the problem.
emeres wrote:
That would be probably flash. What if you kill plugin-container?
fuser -v /dev/snd/*
pkill -9 plugin-container
It goes away with exiting firefox and nothing shows up with
fuser -v /dev/snd/*
when the failure occurs. No applications with sound work, and fuser doesn't show anything.
Last edited by nomorewindows (2014-06-07 00:28:19)

[SOLVED] ALSA not working for "default" device

If I try to use alsamixer I get a "cannot open mixer: No such file or directory" error but if I try alsamixer -c 1 to select card 1, it works but seems to be causing issues with applications that are using default. Doing lspci shows that there are two entries labeled "Audio Device:", one an "intel series 8 HD audio controller" and one an "intel haswell-ult audio controller"
Any thoughts?
Last edited by 3mpach3r (2014-09-19 02:39:18)

Several. What are your Alsa configuration files? Did you change the default setup in any way? Do you use card 1 as default? Do you use Pulseaudio?
To change the default sound cards control for alsa only use defaults.ctl node:
$ cat ~/.asoundrc
defaults.ctl.card 1; # although the name identifier
# should be preferred
# execute
echo defaults.ctl.card \"$(cat /proc/asound/card1/id)\"\; > ~/.asoundrc
To change the default sound card using the preferred way, use modprobe options. In your case most probably:
$ cat /etc/modprobe.d/50-alsa.conf
options snd-hda-intel index=1,0
Edit: Added ";".
Last edited by emeres (2014-09-18 23:00:21)

Sound modules missing/broken [solved]

SOLVED:
I stupidly put this module into modprobe.conf with an index=0 parameter. I should have picked up on that quicker from the dmesg output.
Hi all, I'm posting this in the Kernel section because it appears to be an issue with loading modules and not ALSA itself.
Yesterday I installed from scratch with the new 2009.08 cd and got everything working just fine except sound. My USB headphones work great, but I'd much prefer to use my speakers during the daytime. The trouble is, I can't get the correct kernel modules to load.
twilkins ~ $ lspci | grep Audio
00:0f.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP55 High Definition Audio (rev a2)
This onboard audio is supposed to (and has in the past) work with the snd-hda-intel module. However, I have not been able to get it loaded:
twilkins ~ $ lsmod | grep snd
snd_seq_dummy 3540 0
snd_seq_oss 36224 0
snd_seq_midi_event 8592 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 64640 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 8324 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss 47328 0
snd_mixer_oss 20976 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_hwdep 9976 0
snd_pcm 90872 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 25344 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd 76744 8 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 8576 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 10784 1 snd_pcm
In fact, it isn't even in the holders directory:
twilkins ~ $ ls -l /sys/module/snd/holders/
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 2009-08-11 11:47 snd_hwdep -> ../../snd_hwdep
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 2009-08-11 11:47 snd_mixer_oss -> ../../snd_mixer_oss
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 2009-08-11 11:47 snd_pcm -> ../../snd_pcm
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 2009-08-11 11:47 snd_pcm_oss -> ../../snd_pcm_oss
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 2009-08-11 11:47 snd_seq -> ../../snd_seq
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 2009-08-11 11:47 snd_seq_device -> ../../snd_seq_device
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 2009-08-11 11:47 snd_seq_oss -> ../../snd_seq_oss
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 2009-08-11 11:47 snd_timer -> ../../snd_timer
Trying to load it manually will not work either:
root ~ # modprobe snd-hda-intel
FATAL: Error inserting snd_hda_intel (/lib/modules/2.6.30-ARCH/kernel/sound/pci/hda/snd-hda-intel.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
root ~ # dmesg | tail
[snipped useless info]
snd_hda_codec: Unknown parameter `index'
Alsaconf correctly recognizes the card and to use snd-hda-intel. When it completes it says it is ready to go, but it is lying and nothing has changed.
Can anyone help me with this?
Last edited by Mais (2009-08-11 18:57:02)

how did you re-install the kernel? I've never done that, and am too experiencing sound issues.
--nixIT

[SOLVED] Oxygen widget style missing/broken after KDE 4.8.0 to 4.8.1

hi all,
(I'm was not sure where to place this thread so please forgive me if I should have placed in somewhere else :-))
Today I upgraded my KDE to 4.8.1 and now I'm missing the Oxygen widget style. I tried reinstalling kdebase and kde-workspace and I even uninstalled all of kde, followed by installing kde-meta (previously I had the "kde" package installed).
Since there is no "oxygen" package (or at least I couldn't find it) I'm really stuck here. I also couldn't find anything related in the forums, like issues from previous upgrades.
I made two screenshots. At [1] you see that only unthemed widget styles are available. At [2] you see that also GTK apps like firefox have lost their theming although oxygen-gtk is installed.
I'd appreciate any help!
cheers
[1] http://imagepaste.nullnetwork.net/viewimage.php?id=3456
[2] http://imagepaste.nullnetwork.net/viewimage.php?id=3457
Last edited by Kei (2012-03-09 12:03:04)

Thanks for your replies!
bash wrote:See https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Un … oxygen-gtk
Sorry, I shouldn't have posted that firefox screenshot. What I meant was that GTK applications are not themed as well. However, the main issue here is that there seems to be no theming at all, e.g., oxygen is not available for Qt applications (only built-in styles selectable, as shown in the first screenshot).
the_easterbunny wrote:I had the same problem. It seems that KDE ignores the "old" oxygen.so file. Moving /usr/lib/kde4/plugins/styles/oxygen.so to /usr/lib/kde4/plugins/styles/oxygen2.so solved it for me - however, it is only a workaround for that strange problem.
I have just tried to symlink the oxygen.so file to oxygen2.so, but unfortunately that hasn't changed anything.
additional info: I did a fresh install of the system on wednesday with KDE 4.8.0. I didn't have any problems with oxygen or theming back then. I also tried removing ~/.kde4.
EDIT: note that I'm in a full KDE session and QT_PLUGIN_PATH is set to $HOME/.kde4/lib/kde4/plugins/:/usr/lib/kde4/plugins/
EDIT2: I just reported it as a bug -- https://bugs.archlinux.org/index.php?do … k_id=28838
EDIT3: It turned out it is indeed a configuration error. To anyone having this issue: delete ~/.config/Trolltech.conf
Last edited by Kei (2012-03-09 12:02:08)

[SOLVED]ALSA sequencer(/dev/snd/seq) missing = broken midi

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