Re: [GnomeMeeting-list] Gnomemeeting crashes at start with ALSA problem

[Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com>]

Hi,

Your .asoundrc looks correct, however the ALSA installation doesn't seem
correct. Try to upgrade ALSA?

Le dim 12/06/2005 à 17:48, Conrad Beckert a écrit :
> Hi,
> 
> has anybody an idea, what's wrong here. After unknowlingly having set sound to 
> oss I switched back to ALSA - only to discover that Gnomemeeting doesn't 
> start anymore:
> 
> $gnomemeeting
> ALSA lib conf.c:1165:(parse_def) dmix is not a compound
> ALSA lib conf.c:1578:(snd_config_load1) _toplevel_:6:10:Das Argument ist 
> ungültig
> ALSA lib conf.c:2823:(snd_config_hook_load) /home/beccon/.asoundrc may be old 
> or corrupted: consider to remove or fix it
> ALSA lib conf.c:2686:(snd_config_hooks_call) function snd_config_hook_load 
> returned error: Das Argument ist ungültig
> ALSA lib conf.c:3052:(snd_config_update_r) hooks failed, removing 
> configuration
> 
> The problem seems to be linked to an .asoundrc  file I once put in my home 
> directory as recommended by the mailing list to avoid sound card conflicts 
> with e.g. Noatun which is almost all the time playing.
> 
> The .asoundrc
> 
> pcm.asym {
>         type asym
>         playback.pcm "dmix"
>         capture.pcm "hw:0"
> }
> pcm.dmix {
>         type dmix
>         ipc_key 1024
>         slave {
>         pcm "hw:0"
>                 period_size 1024
>                 buffer_size 8192
>                 format S32_LE
>         }
> }
> pcm.!default {
>         type plug
>         slave {
>                 pcm "asym"
>         }
> }
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> System: Gnomemeeting 1.2.1, Kanotix 2005-02 
> 
> Thank you in advance
> Conrad
> _______________________________________________
> GnomeMeeting-list mailing list
> GnomeMeeting-list gnome org
> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnomemeeting-list
-- 
 _      Damien Sandras
(o-     GnomeMeeting: http://www.gnomemeeting.org/
//\     FOSDEM 2003:  http://www.fosdem.org
v_/_    H.323 phone:  callto://ils.seconix.com/dsandras seconix com