[PD-dev] alsa rme pd again

[martin pi]

On Mon, 12 Aug 2002, [X-UNKNOWN] günter geiger wrote:

> 
> On Sun, 11 Aug 2002, Miller Puckette wrote:
> > Now, I have a more fundamental problem... I have yet, after trying on two
> > machines, to get the ALSA RME driver to find my RME cards!
> >
> 
> How are you installing ?
> I commonly just ignore the ALSA installation instructions and do a
> modprobe snd-rme9652
> 
> if that succeeds, you are the half way there. If not, then there is
> a serious problem. (Note, earlier the same module was called
> snd-card-rme9652, but this was changed ...)
> 
> The /dev/snd should be there and is a directory that shows the ALSA
> devices.
> if not, then link it
> ln -s /proc/asound/dev /dev/snd
> 

everything ok till here

> Then I think you dont even have to start the mixer, because the RME
> doesnt have a mixer, and so the ALSA drivers cant mute the  channels :)

problem: i cannot even start the mixer if i
want. complains about missing elements:

No mixer elems found

i just wanted to have alsa running because i saw
screenshots of a nice wav editor, something really
missing in linux

martin




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