[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> [2013-05-24 22:12 -0400]:

> Hi Elimar,
> 
> On 2013-05-24 04:42, Elimar Riesebieter wrote:
[...]
> >See /usr/share/doc/alsa-base/README.Debian.
> 
> Yes, I already permanently worked around the issue by creating an
> asound.conf which contains "defaults.pcm.card 1" (thanks anyway).

So if you solved your configuration problem I can't figure out a bug
anywere?

[...]

> >This sounds more like a driver problem. You can check at [0]
> >wether soundcards are supported or not.
> 
> Both audio chips in the PC are not actual sound cards. One is
> integrated to the motherboard, the other is in the APU.

At [0] you'll find soundchips as well. In this case "sound card" is a
synonym for the appropriate soundchip ;-)

[0] http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Matrix:Main

Elimar
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