while all other sound applications seems to work properly cvoicecontrol complains it cannot find the sound dev..... emerge -pv cvoicecontrol These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild R ] media-sound/cvoicecontrol-0.9_alpha-r1 0 kB Total: 1 package (1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 0 kB microphone_config No mixer devices available! Please purchase a sound card and install it! TOOLBOX voximp # lspci|grep sound TOOLBOX voximp # lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation Device 07c3 (rev a2) 00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce 630i memory controller (rev a2) 00:01.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce 630i memory controller (rev a1) 00:01.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce 630i memory controller (rev a1) 00:01.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce 630i memory controller (rev a1) 00:01.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce 630i memory controller (rev a1) 00:01.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce 630i memory controller (rev a1) 00:01.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce 630i memory controller (rev a1) 00:01.6 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce 630i memory controller (rev a1) 00:02.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce 630i memory controller (rev a1) 00:03.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP73 LPC Bridge (rev a2) 00:03.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP73 SMBus (rev a1) 00:03.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP73 Memory Controller (rev a1) 00:03.3 Co-processor: nVidia Corporation MCP73 Co-processor (rev a2) 00:03.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP73 Memory Controller (rev a1) 00:04.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 7100/nForce 630i (rev a1) 00:04.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP73 [nForce 630i] USB 2.0 Controller (EHCI) (rev a1) 00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP73 IDE (rev a1) 00:09.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP73 High Definition Audio (rev a1) 00:0a.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP73 PCI Express bridge (rev a1) 00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP73 PCI Express bridge (rev a1) 00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP73 PCI Express bridge (rev a1) 00:0d.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP73 PCI Express bridge (rev a1) 00:0e.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP73 IDE (rev a2) 00:0f.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation MCP73 Ethernet (rev a2) 00:10.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 7050/nForce 610i (rev a2) TOOLBOX voximp # lspci|grep audio TOOLBOX voximp # lspci|grep -i audio 00:09.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP73 High Definition Audio (rev a1) TOOLBOX voximp # microphone_config No mixer devices available! Please purchase a sound card and install it! TOOLBOX voximp # lsmod|grep snd snd_seq_oss 25664 0 snd_seq_midi_event 7808 1 snd_seq_oss snd_seq 37776 4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event snd_pcm_oss 32640 0 snd_mixer_oss 14720 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_ymfpci 27920 0 snd_vx222 11280 0 snd_vx_lib 26240 1 snd_vx222 snd_virtuoso 11012 0 snd_via82xx_modem 10508 0 snd_via82xx 19624 0 snd_trident 28548 0 snd_sonicvibes 17552 0 snd_rme9652 21904 0 snd_rme96 18948 0 snd_rme32 17552 0 snd_riptide 18848 0 snd_pcxhr 30992 0 snd_oxygen 7684 0 snd_nm256 64292 0 snd_mona 22404 0 snd_mixart 29712 0 snd_mia 21764 0 snd_maestro3 17028 0 snd_layla24 24068 0 snd_layla20 21636 0 snd_korg1212 19588 0 snd_intel8x0m 12944 0 snd_intel8x0 25896 0 snd_indigoio 17668 0 snd_indigodj 17156 0 snd_indigo 17156 0 snd_ice1724 79176 0 snd_ak4114 9600 1 snd_ice1724 snd_pt2258 6528 1 snd_ice1724 snd_ice1712 47124 0 snd_ice17xx_ak4xxx 5760 2 snd_ice1724,snd_ice1712 snd_ak4xxx_adda 9344 3 snd_ice1724,snd_ice1712,snd_ice17xx_ak4xxx snd_cs8427 9088 1 snd_ice1712 snd_i2c 6784 4 snd_ice1724,snd_pt2258,snd_ice1712,snd_cs8427 snd_hifier 6660 0 snd_oxygen_lib 24448 3 snd_virtuoso,snd_oxygen,snd_hifier snd_hdspm 29584 0 snd_hdsp 38660 0 snd_hda_intel 416676 0 snd_gina24 22404 0 snd_gina20 19332 0 snd_fm801 13840 0 snd_es1968 22288 0 snd_es1938 17540 0 snd_ens1371 18192 0 snd_ens1370 20112 0 snd_emu10k1x 14084 0 snd_emu10k1 116368 0 snd_util_mem 5760 2 snd_trident,snd_emu10k1 snd_echo3g 24580 0 snd_darla24 18052 0 snd_darla20 16516 0 snd_cs5530 7044 0 snd_sb16_dsp 9472 1 snd_cs5530 snd_cs46xx 71256 0 snd_cs4281 15632 0 snd_cmipci 27920 0 snd_ca0106 27536 0 snd_bt87x 11924 0 snd_azt3328 17668 0 snd_aw2 10688 0 snd_au8830 42004 0 snd_au8820 27024 0 snd_au8810 36500 0 snd_atiixp_modem 11020 0 snd_atiixp 13716 0 snd_als4000 10768 0 snd_sb_common 13824 3 snd_cs5530,snd_sb16_dsp,snd_als4000 snd_opl3_lib 10240 9 snd_ymfpci,snd_sonicvibes,snd_riptide,snd_fm801,snd_es1938,snd_cs4281,snd_cmipci,snd_azt3328,snd_als4000 snd_hwdep 8456 5 snd_hdspm,snd_hdsp,snd_hda_intel,snd_emu10k1,snd_opl3_lib snd_mpu401_uart 8064 16 snd_ymfpci,snd_via82xx,snd_trident,snd_sonicvibes,snd_riptide,snd_ice1712,snd_oxygen_lib,snd_fm801,snd_es1968,snd_es1938,snd_cmipci,snd_azt3328,snd_au8830,snd_au8820,snd_au8810,snd_als4000 snd_rawmidi 17024 15 snd_mia,snd_layla24,snd_layla20,snd_ice1724,snd_hdspm,snd_hdsp,snd_ens1371,snd_ens1370,snd_emu10k1x,snd_emu10k1,snd_echo3g,snd_cs46xx,snd_cs4281,snd_ca0106,snd_mpu401_uart snd_seq_device 7956 5 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_emu10k1,snd_opl3_lib,snd_rawmidi snd_als300 9732 0 snd_ali5451 16272 0 snd_ad1889 11664 0 snd_ac97_codec 92488 27 snd_ymfpci,snd_via82xx_modem,snd_via82xx,snd_trident,snd_riptide,snd_nm256,snd_maestro3,snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_ice1724,snd_ice1712,snd_fm801,snd_es1968,snd_ens1371,snd_emu10k1x,snd_emu10k1,snd_cs46xx,snd_cs4281,snd_ca0106,snd_au8830,snd_au8820,snd_au8810,snd_atiixp_modem,snd_atiixp,snd_als300,snd_ali5451,snd_ad1889 snd_pcm 54024 63 snd_pcm_oss,snd_ymfpci,snd_vx_lib,snd_via82xx_modem,snd_via82xx,snd_trident,snd_sonicvibes,snd_rme9652,snd_rme96,snd_rme32,snd_riptide,snd_pcxhr,snd_oxygen,snd_nm256,snd_mona,snd_mixart,snd_mia,snd_maestro3,snd_layla24,snd_layla20,snd_korg1212,snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_indigoio,snd_indigodj,snd_indigo,snd_ice1724,snd_ak4114,snd_ice1712,snd_oxygen_lib,snd_hdspm,snd_hdsp,snd_hda_intel,snd_gina24,snd_gina20,snd_fm801,snd_es1968,snd_es1938,snd_ens1371,snd_ens1370,snd_emu10k1x,snd_emu10k1,snd_echo3g,snd_darla24,snd_darla20,snd_sb16_dsp,snd_cs46xx,snd_cs4281,snd_cmipci,snd_ca0106,snd_bt87x,snd_azt3328,snd_aw2,snd_au8830,snd_au8820,snd_au8810,snd_atiixp_modem,snd_atiixp,snd_als4000,snd_als300,snd_ali5451,snd_ad1889,snd_ac97_codec snd_timer 17680 6 snd_seq,snd_ymfpci,snd_emu10k1,snd_azt3328,snd_opl3_lib,snd_pcm snd_page_alloc 9488 35 snd_ymfpci,snd_via82xx_modem,snd_via82xx,snd_trident,snd_rme9652,snd_riptide,snd_pcxhr,snd_mona,snd_mixart,snd_mia,snd_layla24,snd_layla20,snd_korg1212,snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_indigoio,snd_indigodj,snd_indigo,snd_hdsp,snd_hda_intel,snd_gina24,snd_gina20,snd_es1968,snd_ens1370,snd_emu10k1x,snd_emu10k1,snd_echo3g,snd_darla24,snd_darla20,snd_cs46xx,snd_ca0106,snd_bt87x,snd_atiixp_modem,snd_atiixp,snd_pcm gameport 10000 17 snd_ymfpci,snd_via82xx,snd_trident,snd_sonicvibes,snd_riptide,snd_es1968,snd_es1938,snd_ens1371,snd_ens1370,snd_cs46xx,snd_cs4281,snd_cmipci,snd_azt3328,snd_au8830,snd_au8820,snd_au8810,snd_als4000 ac97_bus 4992 1 snd_ac97_codec
emerge --info Portage 2.1.6.10 (default/linux/amd64/2008.0, gcc-4.3.3, glibc-2.9_p20081201-r2, 2.6.28.8 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-2.6.28.8-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-2_Quad_CPU_Q6600_@_2.40GHz-with-glibc2.2.5 Timestamp of tree: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 08:45:02 +0000 app-shells/bash: 4.0_p10-r1 dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7-r1, 2.1.7 dev-lang/python: 2.4.4-r13, 2.5.4-r2 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6 dev-util/cmake: 2.6.3 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.0.0 sys-apps/openrc: 0.4.3-r1 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.6 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.63 sys-devel/automake: 1.5, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10.2 sys-devel/binutils: 2.19.1-r1 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1 sys-devel/libtool: 2.2.6a virtual/os-headers: 2.6.28-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=nocona -O2 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /opt/openjms/config /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown 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the failing checking code is in the source mixer.c MixerDevices *scanMixerDevices() { int i,j; /***** counter variables */ int mask_mixer, fd; /***** mixer device related variables */ glob_t result; /***** result of the glob() call */ MixerDevices *devices; /***** temporary variable */ /***** get a list of device names that fit the pattern /dev/mixer* */ if (glob("/dev/mixer*", 0, NULL, &result) != 0) return NULL; if (result.gl_pathc < 1) return NULL; /***** * allocate memory for the structure that will contain * the information about the list of available mixer devices *****/ devices = malloc(sizeof(MixerDevices)); devices->name = malloc((sizeof (char *))*result.gl_pathc); /***** check each mixer device whether it is working properly */ for (i = 0, j = 0; i < result.gl_pathc; i++) { /***** scan abilities of current mixer device */ if ((fd = open(result.gl_pathv[i], O_RDWR, 0)) != -1 && ioctl(fd, SOUND_MIXER_READ_DEVMASK, &mask_mixer) != -1 && (mask_mixer & SOUND_MASK_MIC) && /* (mask_mixer & SOUND_MASK_IGAIN) && */ ioctl(fd, SOUND_MIXER_READ_RECMASK, &mask_mixer) != -1 && (mask_mixer & SOUND_MASK_MIC)) { /***** if mixer device looks ok add it to the list */ devices->name[j] = malloc(strlen(result.gl_pathv[i])-5+1); strcpy(devices->name[j], result.gl_pathv[i]+5); j++; } close(fd); } devices->count = j; /***** number of ok looking mixer devices */ return devices; /***** return the information */ }
ls /dev/snd controlC0 hwC0D0 pcmC0D0c pcmC0D0p pcmC0D1p seq timer
to see the mixer devices I have to restart in this order udev and hal