[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#709106: Bug#709106: [alsa-utils] speaker-test, aplay fail cryptically ("unable to open slave")

[Elimar Riesebieter]

* Filipus Klutiero <chealer at gmail.com> [2013-05-25 22:40 -0400]:

> On 2013-05-25 05:36, Elimar Riesebieter wrote:
[...]

> >So if you solved your configuration problem I can't figure out a bug
> >anywere?
> As things are currently, *I* have no problem. The bug is that I
> had to use a workaround to get speaker-test and others to work. It
> isn't a "configuration problem", it happens in the *default*
> configuration. In other words, if I was to reinstall today, I
> would go back to a broken install with the cryptic errors
> mentioned.
> 
> Of course, getting rid of the problem in the default configuration
> would already be a good improvement. But speaker-test should never
> fail in this way, regardless of what device is configured as the
> default.

OK, configure a soundchicp which isn't supported by ALSA yet as the
default one is more or less an ALSA thing. What we can to is to
blacklist snd_hda_codec_hdmi but Iam sure there are soundchips
(soundcards) out there which are working well with that codec,
though. The Debian documantaion in
/usr/share/doc/alsa-base/README.Debian helps users to configure
their soundcrads. So I close this bug herewith.

Elimar
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