Re: [GnomeMeeting-list] Some trouble with sound.

["Damien Sandras" <dsandras seconix com>]

Hello,

If you paste this :
snd_pcm_open_conf Invalid type for PCM default
definition

in google, you will find plenty of people having the same problem than yours.

It seems to be related to the ALSA configuration (either .asoundrc or the
global configuration) and not to GnomeMeeting directly. I think it is a
bug on Mandriva. Several people have reported other problems with ALSA and
Mandriva, and those problems were solved by upgrading libasound, so
perhaps that is something that you can try.

Alternatively, I would report the bug to Mandriva and look for possible
solutions on google. But I'm 99% sure it is a problem in one of the config
files of ALSA (perhaps in ~/.asoundrc or in /usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf or
wherever else Mandriva is putting them).

> Hello!
>
> I've been use Gnomemeeting succesfully since almost a year, I've been able
> to
> send/receive audio + video, using openphone on the other side.
>
> Now I've tried to install gnomemeeting (v.1.2.1, from a rpm package from
> the
> Mandriva LE 2005 distribution) to another PC, it worked good, I can send
> video, but not audio.
>
> When I run the asistant and select ALSA as my audio device and then press
> the
> "test" button there's an error:
>
> In english is something like:
> Is not possible to access at the selected device (Sound Blaster 16) to
> play,
> please check your sound configuration, the permissions and if the device
> is
> busy.
>
> (sorry the lame translation)
>
> On the other hand at the console appear this error:
>
> "ALSA lib pcm.c:1963:(snd_pcm_open_conf) Invalid type for PCM default
> definition (id: default, value: cards.pcm.default)"
>
> (this is textual, hence the "")
>
> So, I'm a bit lost here.
>
> My sound card is not a Sound Blaster, but a crystal sound I guess (it's
> integrated at my motherboard and I had to run alsaconf in order to detect
> it,
> according to harddrake the chipset is a CTL1745), in spite of that I can
> record my own voice using some gnome software and I can hear mp3 using
> XMMS.
> But I don't use gnome, but WindowMaker as my window manager.
>
> Can anybody help me? or point me to the right direction? thank you very
> much
> in advance.
>
> FJ
> --
> One day, in a bar, a young man walks in with a little dwarf about one foot
> tall on his shoulder and orders a beer.  The bartender serves the man a
> beer;
> to his astonishment, the little guy walks down the man's arm, takes a
> swallow
> of the brew and spits it in his face.  After a few minutes the customer
> orders another beer and the exact same thing happens.  Well, by this time,
> the bartender is getting pretty upset; he figures that the man should take
> care of the dwarf.  So he asks the guy, "Why are you letting that guy
> drink
> all your beer and spit it in my face?"
> 	"Well, sir, when I was on a contract in Saudi Arabia I met this genie
> and he granted me three wishes.  I asked for a million dollars, the most
> beautiful woman in the world, and a twelve-inch prick.
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