[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#827636: libasound2: ALSA lib control.c:954:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL pulse

[Elimar Riesebieter]

* Lev Livnev <lev.livnev at gmail.com> [2016-06-19 09:36 +0000]:

> Elimar, thank you for your help:
> 
> I am unable to adjust the sound, so I felt like the package is unusable in
> my configuration. Here are the outputs:
> 
> $ dpkg -l | egrep '(alsa|libasound)'

[...]
Output looks fine.

> $ aplay -l
> **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
> card 0: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
>   Subdevices: 1/1
>   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> card 0: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
>   Subdevices: 1/1
>   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> card 0: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2]
>   Subdevices: 1/1
>   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> card 1: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC3263 Analog [ALC3263 Analog]
>   Subdevices: 1/1
>   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

So your default card is HDMI device 3 or do you want to run the
analog output (card 1)?

> # alsactl init
> [sudo] password for lev:
> alsactl: sysfs_init:48: sysfs path '/sys' is invalid
> 
> Found hardware: "HDA-Intel" "Intel Broadwell HDMI"
> "HDA:80862808,80860101,00100000" "0x1028" "0x0665"
> Hardware is initialized using a generic method

Your soundcard is recognized and should work if configured
correctly.

Elimar
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