Bug 116477 – mplayer + alsa = Unknown field ipc_gid

• Status: RESOLVED NEEDINFO
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Jeff 2005-12-23 04:03:44 UTC]

When starting mplayer, sound initialization fails with this:

alsa-init: 1 soundcard found, using: default
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1109:(_snd_pcm_dmix_open) Unknown field ipc_gid
alsa-init: playback open error: Invalid argument
Could not open/initialize audio device -> no sound.
Audio: no sound

Removing this line in /usr/share/alsa/pcm/dmix.conf fixes the problem:
ipc_gid audio

note: the line is present in the default dmix.conf installed with alsa-lib, I didn't modify it

[Comment 1 Jeff 2005-12-23 04:06:38 UTC]

I forgot, the versions are alsa-lib-1.0.10 and mplayer-bin-1.0_pre7-r2

[Comment 2 Diego Elio Pettenò (RETIRED) 2005-12-23 04:45:32 UTC]

in-kernel drivers or alsa-driver?
Which version? [cat /proc/asound/version].

If the version of alsa-lib and driver mismatch, fix that.

[Comment 3 Jeff 2005-12-23 22:16:48 UTC]

alsa-driver, not the in-kernel drivers

$ cat /proc/asound/version
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.10.
Compiled on Dec 20 2005 for kernel 2.6.14-gentoo-r2.

[Comment 4 Diego Elio Pettenò (RETIRED) 2006-04-18 10:28:13 UTC]

Please try with latest alsa version using alsa-driver rather than in kernel ones.

[Comment 5 Steve Dibb (RETIRED) 2006-06-26 16:39:43 UTC]

Cleaning out old mplayer bugs, marking as needinfo