Re: new attempt to solve an old problem with gkrellmsss

On Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:40:51 -0400
Jack <[email protected]> wrote:

> I've resurfaced an old problem, and wanted to see if there was ever any  
> resolution.  It's mentioned in a thread on the Gentoo forums at  
> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-236638.html, and searching shows  
> up at least one other thread.  In that case, the solution seemed to be  
> creating a ~/.asoundrc, but I have not had any luck with that yet.
> 
> The problem is that when gkrellmss starts, I get a popup: Can't open  
> ALSA monitoring.  Look for an "ALSA lib" console error message.  I now  
> see nothing at all about alsa in my capture of stderr from my X  
> session, and nothing in /var/log/messages or in dmesg.  The gkrellmss  
> panel has  "Sound error? Click here to try to open."  In the past,  
> clicking would eventually get it to work.  Now it just gives the same  
> popup.

To get console error messages start gkrellm from a terminal window
and you should see something.  If ALSA can't be opened it could be
because some other program already has ALSA capture opened and
only one program at a time can do this.  In that case you either have
to quit the other program or let gkrellmss use the esd sound server.

To see if some other program is using capture, run:

  $ lsof | grep pcm

and see if any are using capture:  /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c
The 'c' at the end indicates it's a capture device, playback devices will end in 'p'.

Once gkrellmss can open ALSA, you need to make sure "Capture" is turned.  Run:

  $ amixer get Capture

If the Capture channels are off [0%] or low, turn them on with:

  $ amixer set Capture 100%

Bill


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