[PD] debian, pd and alsa

[Frank Barknecht]

Orm Finnendahl hat gesagt: // Orm Finnendahl wrote:

> aplay and alsamixer work fine. 

Good. 

> Here's the output of various attempts:
> 
> plain:
> 
> orm at grisey:~$ pd
> /home/orm/.pdrc
> couldn't open MIDI input device 1
> couldn't open MIDI output device 1
> opened 0 MIDI input device(s) and 0 MIDI output device(s).
> /dev/dsp (writeonly): No such device
> /dev/dsp (readonly): No such device

Maybe you didn't load the oss compatibility modules?  Could you send
your alsa-modules configuration and the output of "lsmod | grep snd"?

> as root:

If you're in group "audio" root should be necessary.

> with -alsa flag (same output with -alsadev 1):
> 
> grisey:~# pd -alsa
> /root/.pdrc
> couldn't open MIDI input device 1
> couldn't open MIDI output device 1

Midi in PD is simply the raw midi devices /dev/midiXX, "-alsa" doesn't
change anything midi-wise.

> opened 0 MIDI input device(s) and 0 MIDI output device(s).
> snd_pcm_open (input): No such file or directory
> snd_pcm_open (output): No such file or directory
> audio I/O stuck... closing audio
> 
> 
> with -alsadev "hw:0.0" flag
> 
> grisey:~# pd -alsadev "hw:0.0"
> /root/.pdrc
> couldn't open MIDI input device 1
> couldn't open MIDI output device 1
> opened 0 MIDI input device(s) and 0 MIDI output device(s).
> ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:930:(_snd_pcm_hw_open) Invalid value for card
> snd_pcm_open (input): No such device
> ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:930:(_snd_pcm_hw_open) Invalid value for card
> snd_pcm_open (output): No such device
> audio I/O stuck... closing audio
> 
> What am I missing?

What card do you use? What version of ALSA? Is PD really built for the
matching ALSA? There are quite good alsa 0.9x packages in Debian
unstable/testing, that I am using here.


ciao,
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 Frank Barknecht                               _ ______footils.org__