[SOLVED] Audiophile 2496 w/ ALSA 1.024 - $50 for the person who helps me with this

Audiophile 2496 w/ ALSA 1.024 - $50 for the person who helps me with this

Ubuntu 10.10 server 64bit
M-Audio Audiophile 2496

lsmod:

snd_ice1712 66696 0
snd_ice17xx_ak4xxx 3115 1 snd_ice1712
snd_ak4xxx_adda 9318 2 snd_ice1712,snd_ice17xx_ak4xxx
snd_cs8427 7938 1 snd_ice1712
snd_ac97_codec 125227 1 snd_ice1712
snd_pcm 88118 2 snd_ice1712,snd_ac97_codec
snd_page_alloc 8588 1 snd_pcm
ac97_bus 1474 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_i2c 5574 2 snd_ice1712,snd_cs8427
snd_mpu401_uart 6849 1 snd_ice1712
snd_seq_midi 5932 0
snd_rawmidi 21775 2 snd_mpu401_uart,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 7291 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 57032 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 23518 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 6912 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd 63620 11 snd_ice1712,snd_ak4xxx_adda,snd_cs8427,snd_ac97_co dec,snd_pcm,snd_i2c,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,sn d_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore 1240 1 snd

aplay -l:

aplay: device_list:240: no soundcards found...

aplay -L:

null
Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)

Re: Audiophile 2496 w/ ALSA 1.024 - $50 for the person who helps me with this

Can you post lspci -v?

Re: Audiophile 2496 w/ ALSA 1.024 - $50 for the person who helps me with this

Code:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation N10 Family DMI Bridge (rev 02) Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 574d Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel Kernel modules: intel-agp 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation N10 Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 574d Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 45 Memory at e0200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K] I/O ports at 30c0 [size=8] Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M] Memory at e0100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M] Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: i915 Kernel modules: i915 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge: 00002000-00002fff Memory behind bridge: e0300000-e06fffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000e0000000-00000000e00fffff Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: pcieport Kernel modules: shpchp 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 2 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge: 00004000-00004fff Memory behind bridge: e0700000-e08fffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000e0900000-00000000e0afffff Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: pcieport Kernel modules: shpchp 00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 3 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge: 00005000-00005fff Memory behind bridge: e0b00000-e0cfffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000e0d00000-00000000e0efffff Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: pcieport Kernel modules: shpchp 00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 4 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge: 00006000-00006fff Memory behind bridge: e0f00000-e10fffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000e1100000-00000000e12fffff Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: pcieport Kernel modules: shpchp 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 574d Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23 I/O ports at 3080 [size=32] Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 574d Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19 I/O ports at 3060 [size=32] Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 574d Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18 I/O ports at 3040 [size=32] Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 574d Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16 I/O ports at 3020 [size=32] Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01) (prog-if 20 [EHCI]) Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 574d Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23 Memory at e0280400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e1) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=05, subordinate=05, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge: 00001000-00001fff Capabilities: <access denied> 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation NM10 Family LPC Controller (rev 01) Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 574d Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0 Capabilities: <access denied> 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation N10/ICH7 Family SATA IDE Controller (rev 01) (prog-if 8f [Master SecP SecO PriP PriO]) Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 574d Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18 I/O ports at 30b8 [size=8] I/O ports at 30cc [size=4] I/O ports at 30b0 [size=8] I/O ports at 30c8 [size=4] I/O ports at 30a0 [size=16] Memory at e0280000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: ata_piix 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller (rev 01) Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 574d Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 10 I/O ports at 3000 [size=32] Kernel modules: i2c-i801 01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 06) Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device d625 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 44 I/O ports at 2000 [size=256] Memory at e0004000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K] Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: r8169 Kernel modules: r8169 05:00.0 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies Inc. ICE1712 [Envy24] PCI Multi-Channel I/O Controller (rev 02) Subsystem: VIA Technologies Inc. M-Audio Delta Audiophile 2496 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 20 I/O ports at 1040 [size=32] I/O ports at 1070 [size=16] I/O ports at 1060 [size=16] I/O ports at 1000 [size=64] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: ICE1712 Kernel modules: snd-ice1712

Re: Audiophile 2496 w/ ALSA 1.024 - $50 for the person who helps me with this

The system sees the card, and the correct module is loaded, so the problem must be with ALSA. Have you made any modifications to ALSA since installing? eg upgraded to a newer version manually
Was there anything you did to fix the issue?

Re: Audiophile 2496 w/ ALSA 1.024 - $50 for the person who helps me with this

I replaced the server installation with the desktop. Now everything looks ok as far as detecting the card:

aplay -l:

Code:

**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: M2496 [M Audio Audiophile 24/96], device 0: ICE1712 multi [ICE1712 multi] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

aplay -L:

Code:

default Playback/recording through the PulseAudio sound server pulse Playback/recording through the PulseAudio sound server front:CARD=M2496,DEV=0 M Audio Audiophile 24/96, ICE1712 multi Front speakers surround40:CARD=M2496,DEV=0 M Audio Audiophile 24/96, ICE1712 multi 4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers surround41:CARD=M2496,DEV=0 M Audio Audiophile 24/96, ICE1712 multi 4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers surround50:CARD=M2496,DEV=0 M Audio Audiophile 24/96, ICE1712 multi 5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers surround51:CARD=M2496,DEV=0 M Audio Audiophile 24/96, ICE1712 multi 5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers iec958:CARD=M2496,DEV=0 M Audio Audiophile 24/96, ICE1712 multi IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output dmix:CARD=M2496,DEV=0 M Audio Audiophile 24/96, ICE1712 multi Direct sample mixing device dsnoop:CARD=M2496,DEV=0 M Audio Audiophile 24/96, ICE1712 multi Direct sample snooping device hw:CARD=M2496,DEV=0 M Audio Audiophile 24/96, ICE1712 multi Direct hardware device without any conversions plughw:CARD=M2496,DEV=0 M Audio Audiophile 24/96, ICE1712 multi Hardware device with all software conversions

I want to use MPD but is crashes if I use the ALSA profile. My mpd.conf file:

Code:

audio_output { type "alsa" name "My ALSA Device" device "plughw:0,0" # optional format "*:24_3:2" # optional # mixer_type "hardware" # optional # mixer_device "default" # optional # mixer_control "PCM" # optional # mixer_index "0" # optional }

mpd error log:

Code:

Mar 17 01:27 : mixer: Failed to read mixer for 'My ALSA Device': no such mixer control: PCM Mar 17 07:32 : Failed to open mixer for 'My ALSA Device': no such mixer control: PCM

It works with Pulseaudio, but I need ALSA for bit perfect playback.

Thanks.

Re: Audiophile 2496 w/ ALSA 1.024 - $50 for the person who helps me with this

I'm not an MPD user, but I think the crash is related to the multiple channels on the ICE1712 cards (it expects to have a single volume control instead of 12 separate ones).

Try either or both of these fixes:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...a-44-a-781558/

Quote:

I've edited the /usr/share/alsa/cards/Ice1712.conf
like in this bugfix.
For this you have to open a terminal/konsole and you have to open
gedit as ROOT.

> sudo gedit
(after enter you have to type in your password!!!)

Than open the folder:
/usr/share/alsa/cards/
find the file Ice1712.conf drag an drop it into gedit
find these entry like below and insert theses lines lines
(without the <---- add this):

ICE1712.pcm.front.0 {
@args [ CARD ]
@args.CARD {
type string
}
type route
ttable.0.0 1
ttable.1.1 1
slave.pcm {
type hw
card $CARD
}
slave.format S32_LE <---- add this
slave.channels 10 <---- add this
}

After a restart I had the output of my Delta 44

Or this:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...03&postcount=2

Re: Audiophile 2496 w/ ALSA 1.024 - $50 for the person who helps me with this

for bit perfect try this :

Quote:

audio_output {
type "alsa"
name "My ALSA Device"
device "hw:0,0" # optional
# mixer_type "hardware" # optional
# mixer_device "default" # optional
# mixer_control "PCM" # optional
# mixer_index "0" # optional
}

Re: Audiophile 2496 w/ ALSA 1.024 - $50 for the person who helps me with this

Quote:

Originally Posted by cchhrriiss121212

I'm not an MPD user, but I think the crash is related to the multiple channels on the ICE1712 cards (it expects to have a single volume control instead of 12 separate ones).

Try either or both of these fixes:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...a-44-a-781558/
Or this:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...03&postcount=2

Some progress....

Adding the following:

Code:

slave.format S32_LE <---- add this slave.channels 10 <---- add this

Did not help until I have added the following:

Code:

Code: gksudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf Insert this line at the bottom: Code: options snd-ice1712 model=audiophile

Now, I can use MPD with ALSA without crashing it. The problems are:

1. No audio
2. alsamixer crashes with:

Code:

cannot open mixer: No such file or directory

Although it is properly installed.

Any ideas?

Re: Audiophile 2496 w/ ALSA 1.024 - $50 for the person who helps me with this

ALSA is probably looking for /dev/mixer and it doesn't exist. What devices do get created in /dev? Perhaps you can link /dev/mixer for a device that gets created by snd-ice1712 module:

sudo ln -s /dev/mixer /dev/snd/whateversounddevicelooksappropriate

Does envy24control bring up a control panel? It might be part of alsa-tools-gui. Do you have that loaded?

sudo apt-get install alsa-tools-gui

Re: Audiophile 2496 w/ ALSA 1.024 - $50 for the person who helps me with this

This is the content of /dev/snd/

Code:

drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 60 2011-03-17 22:35 by-path crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 7 2011-03-17 22:35 controlC0 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 4 2011-03-17 22:35 midiC0D0 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 6 2011-03-17 23:13 pcmC0D0c crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 5 2011-03-17 23:13 pcmC0D0p crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 3 2011-03-17 22:35 seq crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 2 2011-03-17 22:35 timer