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From: Shaw Carruthers <shaw@shawc.demon.co.uk>
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Subject: Problem with ESS Solo1
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My card won't play: Error: audio open error: Invalid argument

Details below:

root:~/sound#cat /proc/asound/version
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 0.3.0-pre2.
Compiled in Jan  2 1999 for kernel 2.1.132 with versioned symbols.

root:~/sound#cat /proc/asound/cards
0 [card1          ]: Solo-1 - ESS Solo-1
                     ESS Solo-1 rev 0, irq 11

Card is onboard Asus P5A motherboard:

root:~/sound#lspci -s 0:06 -vv
00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: ESS Technology: Unknown device 1969
        Subsystem: Unknown device 125d:8888
        Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort-
<MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 2 min, 24 max, 32 set
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
        Region 0: I/O ports at d800
        Region 1: I/O ports at d400
        Region 2: I/O ports at d000
        Region 3: I/O ports at b800
        Region 4: I/O ports at b400


root:~/sound#aplay /root/welcome.wav
Aplay: version 0.0.8 by Jaroslav Kysela <perex@jcu.cz>
Error: audio open error: Invalid argument

devices:

lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           11 Dec 31 17:19 /dev/audio -> /dev/audio0
crw-rw-rw-   1 root     root      14,   4 Dec 31 17:19 /dev/audio0
crw-rw-rw-   1 root     root      14, 144 Jan  3 11:26 /dev/snd/control0
crw-rw-rw-   1 root     root      14, 152 Jan  3 11:26 /dev/snd/mixer00
crw-rw-rw-   1 root     root      14, 168 Jan  3 11:26 /dev/snd/pcm00

-- 
Shaw Carruthers - shaw@shawc.demon.co.uk
London SW14 7JW UK
This is not a sig( with homage to Magritte).
  


