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#2 Desktop and Multimedia » (alsa) arateconf not saving properly » Today 17:01:05

kapqa
Replies: 0

Hello ,

this post is for troubleshooting a alsa setup on LinuxMint;

maybe it can help troubleshoot someone else, too.

fuser -av $(find /dev/snd -type c 2>/dev/null)

fuser -av $(find /dev/snd -type c 2>/dev/null)
                     USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC1:
/dev/snd/pcmC1D0p:
/dev/snd/controlC3:
/dev/snd/hwC3D0:
/dev/snd/pcmC3D2c:
/dev/snd/pcmC3D1p:
/dev/snd/pcmC3D0c:
/dev/snd/pcmC3D0p:
/dev/snd/controlC0:
/dev/snd/controlC2:
/dev/snd/hwC0D0:
/dev/snd/pcmC0D9p:
/dev/snd/pcmC0D8p:
/dev/snd/pcmC0D7p:
/dev/snd/pcmC0D3p:
/dev/snd/hwC2D0:
/dev/snd/pcmC2D7p:
/dev/snd/pcmC2D3p:
/dev/snd/seq:
/dev/snd/timer:

inxi -A

inxi -A
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Navi 31 HDMI/DP Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
  Device-2: AMD Rembrandt Radeon High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
  Device-3: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
  Device-4: Cambridge Audio USB 1.0 driver: snd-usb-audio type: USB
  API: ALSA v: k6.8.0-79-generic status: kernel-api

cat ~/.asoundrc

cat ~/.asoundrc
# ALSA library configuration file managed by arateconf.
#
# MANUAL CHANGES TO THIS FILE WILL BE OVERWRITTEN!
#
# Manual changes to the ALSA library configuration should be implemented
# by editing the ~/.asoundrc file, not by editing this file.

#=====================================================
# Configuration for HDMI
#-----------------------------------------------------

# Perform dmixer
pcm.dmixer_HDMI
{
    type            dmix
    ipc_key            1024
    ipc_perm        0666

    hint
    {
        show        off
        description    "Direct mixing of multiple audio streams (HDMI)"
    }

    slave
    {
        pcm        "hw:HDMI,0"

        rate        48000
        channels    2
        format        S32_LE

        period_size    1920
        buffer_size    7680
    }
}

# Perform dsnooper
pcm.dsnooper_HDMI
{
    type            dsnoop
    ipc_key            1025
    ipc_perm        0666

    hint
    {
        show        off
        description    "Recording from the same device for several applications simultaneously (HDMI)"
    }

    slave
    {
        pcm        "hw:HDMI,0"

        rate        48000
        format        S32_LE

        period_size    1920
        buffer_size    7680
    }
}

# Perform duplex
pcm.duplex_HDMI
{
    type            asym
    playback.pcm        "dmixer_HDMI"
    capture.pcm        "dsnooper_HDMI"

    hint
    {
        show        off
        description    "Full duplex for simultaneous playback and recording (HDMI)"
    }
}

# Perform convert
pcm.convert_HDMI
{
    type            rate
    converter        fftrate

    hint
    {
        show        off
        description    "Sample rate converter (HDMI)"
    }

    slave
    {
        pcm    "duplex_HDMI"
        rate    48000
        format    S32_LE
    }
}

# Perform plug device
pcm.primary_HDMI
{
    type            plug
    slave.pcm        "convert_HDMI"
    hint.description    "Primary device (HDMI)"
}

#=====================================================
# Configuration for C10
#-----------------------------------------------------

# Perform dmixer
pcm.dmixer_C10
{
    type            dmix
    ipc_key            1026
    ipc_perm        0666

    hint
    {
        show        off
        description    "Direct mixing of multiple audio streams (C10)"
    }

    slave
    {
        pcm        "hw:C10,0"

        rate        192000
        channels    2
        format        S24_3LE

        period_size    7680
        buffer_size    30720
    }
}

# Perform dsnooper
pcm.dsnooper_C10
{
    type            dsnoop
    ipc_key            1027
    ipc_perm        0666

    hint
    {
        show        off
        description    "Recording from the same device for several applications simultaneously (C10)"
    }

    slave
    {
        pcm        "hw:C10,0"

        rate        192000
        format        S24_3LE

        period_size    7680
        buffer_size    30720
    }
}

# Perform duplex
pcm.duplex_C10
{
    type            asym
    playback.pcm        "dmixer_C10"
    capture.pcm        "dsnooper_C10"

    hint
    {
        show        off
        description    "Full duplex for simultaneous playback and recording (C10)"
    }
}

# Perform convert
pcm.convert_C10
{
    type            rate
    converter        fftrate

    hint
    {
        show        off
        description    "Sample rate converter (C10)"
    }

    slave
    {
        pcm    "duplex_C10"
        rate    192000
        format    S24_3LE
    }
}

# Perform plug device
pcm.capture_C10
{
    type            plug
    slave.pcm        "convert_C10"
    hint.description    "Capture device (C10)"
}

#=====================================================
# Configuration for Generic
#-----------------------------------------------------

# Perform dmixer
pcm.dmixer_Generic
{
    type            dmix
    ipc_key            1028
    ipc_perm        0666

    hint
    {
        show        off
        description    "Direct mixing of multiple audio streams (Generic)"
    }

    slave
    {
        pcm        "hw:Generic,0"

        rate        48000
        channels    2
        format        S32_LE

        period_size    1920
        buffer_size    7680
    }
}

# Perform dsnooper
pcm.dsnooper_Generic
{
    type            dsnoop
    ipc_key            1029
    ipc_perm        0666

    hint
    {
        show        off
        description    "Recording from the same device for several applications simultaneously (Generic)"
    }

    slave
    {
        pcm        "hw:Generic,0"

        rate        48000
        format        S32_LE

        period_size    1920
        buffer_size    7680
    }
}

# Perform duplex
pcm.duplex_Generic
{
    type            asym
    playback.pcm        "dmixer_Generic"
    capture.pcm        "dsnooper_Generic"

    hint
    {
        show        off
        description    "Full duplex for simultaneous playback and recording (Generic)"
    }
}

# Perform convert
pcm.convert_Generic
{
    type            rate
    converter        fftrate

    hint
    {
        show        off
        description    "Sample rate converter (Generic)"
    }

    slave
    {
        pcm    "duplex_Generic"
        rate    48000
        format    S32_LE
    }
}

# Perform plug device
pcm.primary_Generic
{
    type            plug
    slave.pcm        "convert_Generic"
    hint.description    "Default device (Generic)"
}

#=====================================================
# Configuration for Generic_1
#-----------------------------------------------------

# Perform dmixer
pcm.dmixer_Generic_1
{
    type            dmix
    ipc_key            1030
    ipc_perm        0666

    hint
    {
        show        off
        description    "Direct mixing of multiple audio streams (Generic_1)"
    }

    slave
    {
        pcm        "hw:Generic_1,0"

        rate        48000
        channels    2
        format        S32_LE

        period_size    1920
        buffer_size    7680
    }
}

# Perform dsnooper
pcm.dsnooper_Generic_1
{
    type            dsnoop
    ipc_key            1031
    ipc_perm        0666

    hint
    {
        show        off
        description    "Recording from the same device for several applications simultaneously (Generic_1)"
    }

    slave
    {
        pcm        "hw:Generic_1,0"

        rate        48000
        format        S32_LE

        period_size    1920
        buffer_size    7680
    }
}

# Perform duplex
pcm.duplex_Generic_1
{
    type            asym
    playback.pcm        "dmixer_Generic_1"
    capture.pcm        "dsnooper_Generic_1"

    hint
    {
        show        off
        description    "Full duplex for simultaneous playback and recording (Generic_1)"
    }
}

# Perform convert
pcm.convert_Generic_1
{
    type            rate
    converter        fftrate

    hint
    {
        show        off
        description    "Sample rate converter (Generic_1)"
    }

    slave
    {
        pcm    "duplex_Generic_1"
        rate    48000
        format    S32_LE
    }
}

# Perform plug device
pcm.primary_Generic_1
{
    type            plug
    slave.pcm        "convert_Generic_1"
    hint.description    "Default device (Generic_1)"
}

#=====================================================
# Configuration for default audio device
#-----------------------------------------------------

# Perform plug device
pcm.capture
{
    type            plug
    slave.pcm        "convert_HDMI"
    hint.description    "Capture device"
}

# Perform plug device
pcm.!default
{
    type            plug
    slave.pcm        "convert_C10"
    hint.description    "Primary device"
}

whereis arateconf

whereis arateconf
arateconf: /usr/bin/arateconf

issue is with

arateconf

whenever i change something there, it seems then to revert back to initial settings as shown here

===============
|  Main menu  |
---------------

    Curr. | Used | Play (def) | Rec (def) | Available cards
----------|------|------------|-----------|-----------------------------------
0 - >>>>> |  *   |  *     *   |  *    *   | HDA-Intel - HDA ATI HDMI
1 -       |  *   |  *         |  *        | USB-Audio - Cambridge Audio USB Audio 1.0
2 -       |  *   |  *         |  *        | HDA-Intel - HD-Audio Generic
3 -       |  *   |  *         |  *        | HDA-Intel - HD-Audio Generic

U - Toggle used flag
P - Set this device as default player
R - Set this device as default recorder

O - Output device: HDMI,0
I - Input device : HDMI,0

F - Format: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, 'S32_LE'
C - Converter: fftrate

A - Show all plugins [ ]
M - Plug-ins:
[X] Convert,  [ ] Expand, [X] Asym
[ ] Play Vol, [X] Dmix
[ ] Rec. Vol, [X] Dsnoop
[ ] Phonon,   [ ] Normalizator

T - Test
S - Save to '/home/rich/.asoundrc'
X - Delete '/home/rich/.asoundrc'

ESC - Exit
>

i mean, the setting is changed factually, from HDMI to DAC (as desired), but arateconf shows itself as if HDMI is default when i evoke it next time, or is this by default?

thanks

EDIT: it seems that the DAC has now effectively switch to 24Bit/192Khz, so maybe something has saved and worked.

#3 Re: Freedom Hacks » ALSA without PulseAudio and PipeWire » Today 15:33:08

hello , my issue is with [color]arateconf[/color] it is saving but not saving any settings. since i am using mint/(which is based on ubuntu, in turn based on debian) am i at fault?

#4 Hardware & System Configuration » Music Playback File 24/192 » Today 11:43:23

kapqa
Replies: 0

Hello ,

i have received a DAC and would like to use it for playback with the PC;

have it connected via USB port to the Computer; it supposedly is already connected in USB 2.0 Mode (vs. USB 1.0).

However, if i playback a track in 24/192, the sampling does not change.

the file is from here
https://msbtechnology.com/support/bit-perfect-testing/

Do i need to manually change the setup or why would pipewire/pulseaudio and friends not pick up the proper sampling rate?

Thanks.

aplay -L
null
    Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
default
    Playback/recording through the PulseAudio sound server
lavrate
    Rate Converter Plugin Using Libav/FFmpeg Library
samplerate
    Rate Converter Plugin Using Samplerate Library
speexrate
    Rate Converter Plugin Using Speex Resampler
jack
    JACK Audio Connection Kit
oss
    Open Sound System
pulse
    PulseAudio Sound Server
speex
    Plugin using Speex DSP (resample, agc, denoise, echo, dereverb)
upmix
    Plugin for channel upmix (4,6,8)
vdownmix
    Plugin for channel downmix (stereo) with a simple spacialization
hw:CARD=HDMI,DEV=3
    HDA ATI HDMI, EV2360
    Direct hardware device without any conversions
hw:CARD=HDMI,DEV=7
    HDA ATI HDMI, EA231WU
    Direct hardware device without any conversions
hw:CARD=HDMI,DEV=8
    HDA ATI HDMI, HDMI 2
    Direct hardware device without any conversions
hw:CARD=HDMI,DEV=9
    HDA ATI HDMI, HDMI 3
    Direct hardware device without any conversions
plughw:CARD=HDMI,DEV=3
    HDA ATI HDMI, EV2360
    Hardware device with all software conversions
plughw:CARD=HDMI,DEV=7
    HDA ATI HDMI, EA231WU
    Hardware device with all software conversions
plughw:CARD=HDMI,DEV=8
    HDA ATI HDMI, HDMI 2
    Hardware device with all software conversions
plughw:CARD=HDMI,DEV=9
    HDA ATI HDMI, HDMI 3
    Hardware device with all software conversions
hdmi:CARD=HDMI,DEV=0
    HDA ATI HDMI, EV2360
    HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=HDMI,DEV=1
    HDA ATI HDMI, EA231WU
    HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=HDMI,DEV=2
    HDA ATI HDMI, HDMI 2
    HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=HDMI,DEV=3
    HDA ATI HDMI, HDMI 3
    HDMI Audio Output
dmix:CARD=HDMI,DEV=3
    HDA ATI HDMI, EV2360
    Direct sample mixing device
dmix:CARD=HDMI,DEV=7
    HDA ATI HDMI, EA231WU
    Direct sample mixing device
dmix:CARD=HDMI,DEV=8
    HDA ATI HDMI, HDMI 2
    Direct sample mixing device
dmix:CARD=HDMI,DEV=9
    HDA ATI HDMI, HDMI 3
    Direct sample mixing device
usbstream:CARD=HDMI
    HDA ATI HDMI
    USB Stream Output
hw:CARD=Generic,DEV=3
    HD-Audio Generic, HDMI 0
    Direct hardware device without any conversions
hw:CARD=Generic,DEV=7
    HD-Audio Generic, HDMI 1
    Direct hardware device without any conversions
plughw:CARD=Generic,DEV=3
    HD-Audio Generic, HDMI 0
    Hardware device with all software conversions
plughw:CARD=Generic,DEV=7
    HD-Audio Generic, HDMI 1
    Hardware device with all software conversions
hdmi:CARD=Generic,DEV=0
    HD-Audio Generic, HDMI 0
    HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=Generic,DEV=1
    HD-Audio Generic, HDMI 1
    HDMI Audio Output
dmix:CARD=Generic,DEV=3
    HD-Audio Generic, HDMI 0
    Direct sample mixing device
dmix:CARD=Generic,DEV=7
    HD-Audio Generic, HDMI 1
    Direct sample mixing device
usbstream:CARD=Generic
    HD-Audio Generic
    USB Stream Output
hw:CARD=Generic_1,DEV=0
    HD-Audio Generic, ALC897 Analog
    Direct hardware device without any conversions
hw:CARD=Generic_1,DEV=1
    HD-Audio Generic, ALC897 Digital
    Direct hardware device without any conversions
plughw:CARD=Generic_1,DEV=0
    HD-Audio Generic, ALC897 Analog
    Hardware device with all software conversions
plughw:CARD=Generic_1,DEV=1
    HD-Audio Generic, ALC897 Digital
    Hardware device with all software conversions
sysdefault:CARD=Generic_1
    HD-Audio Generic, ALC897 Analog
    Default Audio Device
front:CARD=Generic_1,DEV=0
    HD-Audio Generic, ALC897 Analog
    Front output / input
surround21:CARD=Generic_1,DEV=0
    HD-Audio Generic, ALC897 Analog
    2.1 Surround output to Front and Subwoofer speakers
surround40:CARD=Generic_1,DEV=0
    HD-Audio Generic, ALC897 Analog
    4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=Generic_1,DEV=0
    HD-Audio Generic, ALC897 Analog
    4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=Generic_1,DEV=0
    HD-Audio Generic, ALC897 Analog
    5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=Generic_1,DEV=0
    HD-Audio Generic, ALC897 Analog
    5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=Generic_1,DEV=0
    HD-Audio Generic, ALC897 Analog
    7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
iec958:CARD=Generic_1,DEV=0
    HD-Audio Generic, ALC897 Digital
    IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output
dmix:CARD=Generic_1,DEV=0
    HD-Audio Generic, ALC897 Analog
    Direct sample mixing device
dmix:CARD=Generic_1,DEV=1
    HD-Audio Generic, ALC897 Digital
    Direct sample mixing device
usbstream:CARD=Generic_1
    HD-Audio Generic
    USB Stream Output
hw:CARD=C20,DEV=0
    Cambridge Audio USB Audio 2.0, USB Audio
    Direct hardware device without any conversions
plughw:CARD=C20,DEV=0
    Cambridge Audio USB Audio 2.0, USB Audio
    Hardware device with all software conversions
sysdefault:CARD=C20
    Cambridge Audio USB Audio 2.0, USB Audio
    Default Audio Device
front:CARD=C20,DEV=0
    Cambridge Audio USB Audio 2.0, USB Audio
    Front output / input
surround21:CARD=C20,DEV=0
    Cambridge Audio USB Audio 2.0, USB Audio
    2.1 Surround output to Front and Subwoofer speakers
surround40:CARD=C20,DEV=0
    Cambridge Audio USB Audio 2.0, USB Audio
    4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=C20,DEV=0
    Cambridge Audio USB Audio 2.0, USB Audio
    4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=C20,DEV=0
    Cambridge Audio USB Audio 2.0, USB Audio
    5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=C20,DEV=0
    Cambridge Audio USB Audio 2.0, USB Audio
    5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=C20,DEV=0
    Cambridge Audio USB Audio 2.0, USB Audio
    7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
iec958:CARD=C20,DEV=0
    Cambridge Audio USB Audio 2.0, USB Audio
    IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output
dmix:CARD=C20,DEV=0
    Cambridge Audio USB Audio 2.0, USB Audio
    Direct sample mixing device
usbstream:CARD=C20
    Cambridge Audio USB Audio 2.0
    USB Stream Output

#5 Re: Off-topic » The Crappiness of Modern Laptops » Today 11:32:30

reember something like my first powerbook g4, even if i had it closed for like a long time,
still could open it and would have some battery and re-open last screen.

now, with the new standby thing, don't know,
atleast with linux, it takes no time at all to suck the juice out of battery , and everything gone. you can not even easily swap a battery without a screwdriver; quite ridicoulous situation we are in at the moment.

even if you shut the laptop down, it still loses battery in like nothing time, and you are left without a charge; might just have bought stupid devices, but that has also been a "discovery" of lately. i mean i have shut down the laptop, why would it loose still battery so fast?

#6 Re: Installation » [Solved] Beowulf - Nvidia legacy 340XX driver will not install. » 2025-08-31 20:16:29

thanks rolfie,

yes, i mada error in setting it up; now its function Beowulf;

would be nice if there is an "ption" to "transport" the nvidia-legacy-340xx over atleast to Devuan 4.0!

#7 Re: Installation » [Solved] Beowulf - Nvidia legacy 340XX driver will not install. » 2025-08-31 13:02:08

thanks, ended up (for now) with  a Beowulf install (since Mac wouldn't let me easily eject already burned Beowulf installer)

but now there seem new problems;

Beowulf is in legacy BIOS mode (Mac 2010 model and think has not yet proper UEFI mode)

kernel is 4.19.-27

Linux devuan 4.19.0-27-amd64

however there are no correspondent linux-headers available in the repo

archive.devuan.org   for beowulf

linux-headers-4.19.0-20-all          linux-headers-4.19.0-21-amd64
linux-headers-4.19.0-20-all-amd64    linux-headers-4.19.0-21-cloud-amd64
linux-headers-4.19.0-20-amd64        linux-headers-4.19.0-21-common
linux-headers-4.19.0-20-cloud-amd64  linux-headers-4.19.0-21-common-rt
linux-headers-4.19.0-20-common       linux-headers-4.19.0-21-rt-amd64
linux-headers-4.19.0-20-common-rt    linux-headers-amd64
linux-headers-4.19.0-20-rt-amd64     linux-headers-cloud-amd64
linux-headers-4.19.0-21-all          linux-headers-rt-amd64
linux-headers-4.19.0-21-all-amd64    

such that the install of nvidia-legacy-340xx-driver is probably botched since i am getting error during boot

could not insert nvidia ...not permitted

probably this can be bettered by using a kernel from backports?
is it possible to use devuan backports on the archives for Beowulf?

But even if have it up and running, would still probably need to upgrade to Devuan 4.0 atleast, since for connecting to university i need newer Cisco package for the VPN sometimes (although they seem now accepting also openconnect as alternative).

EDIT: upgrading to Chimaera Devuan.4.0 yielded the following:

Setting up linux-image-5.10.0-35-amd64 (5.10.237-1) ...
I: /vmlinuz.old is now a symlink to boot/vmlinuz-5.10.0-32-amd64
I: /initrd.img.old is now a symlink to boot/initrd.img-5.10.0-32-amd64
I: /vmlinuz is now a symlink to boot/vmlinuz-5.10.0-35-amd64
I: /initrd.img is now a symlink to boot/initrd.img-5.10.0-35-amd64
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms:
dkms: running auto installation service for kernel 5.10.0-35-amd64:
Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel.  Skipping...

Building module:
cleaning build area...
unset ARCH; env NV_VERBOSE=1 make -j2 modules KERNEL_UNAME=5.10.0-35-amd64; env CCACHE_DI
SABLE=1 NV_VERBOSE=1 make -C uvm modules KERNEL_UNAME=5.10.0-35-amd64 KBUILD_EXTMOD=/var/
lib/dkms/nvidia-legacy-340xx/340.108/build/uvm.............(bad exit status: 2)
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 5.10.0-35-amd64 (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/nvidia-legacy-340xx/340.108/build/make.log for more information.

/etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools:
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.10.0-35-amd64
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/tigon/tg3_tso5.bin for module tg3
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/tigon/tg3_tso.bin for module tg3
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/tigon/tg357766.bin for module tg3
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/tigon/tg3.bin for module tg3
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub:
Generating grub configuration file ...

and after reboot during bootup the following error (but it bould into desktop)

udevd[100]: Error running install command "modprobe -l nvidia-legacy-340xx" for module Nvidia: retcode 1

#8 Re: Installation » [Solved] Beowulf - Nvidia legacy 340XX driver will not install. » 2025-08-29 21:30:15

ceres, would that mean "excalibur", could it be then installed on that one?

#9 Re: Installation » [Solved] Beowulf - Nvidia legacy 340XX driver will not install. » 2025-08-29 14:45:51

Hello ,

is this Nvidia-legacy 340 still available for Devuan 4.0 or will i have to install Devuan Beowulf to get it running.

Just installed Devuan 4.0 on an older Mac but it seem not finding anything related to Nvidia-legacy-340.

Thanks.

#10 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » kernel (error): disabling IRQ:7 » 2025-08-25 08:33:54

thanks rolfie,

just that this laptop does not sport a parallel port, if am not mistaken.

maybe it is an error related to the printer (epson eco with ethernet, usb, wireless) instead.

will check some more.

#11 Re: Other Issues » tailscale error » 2025-08-25 06:41:02

thanks, this software gave me all sorts of errors from the get-go.

took literally down my  whole network at times (on a ADSL connection)
such that i had to reboot the router.

it may  be useful to some, but i tend to avoid;

dont know what systemd does,
but experienced the passage from debian 7 to 8 and had such many problems and issues, that i tend to dislike it very much and ascribe the issues had to the software systemd, practically ruining a nearperfect linux experience (at the time).

#12 Hardware & System Configuration » kernel (error): disabling IRQ:7 » 2025-08-24 19:42:38

kapqa
Replies: 3

hello ,

getting this error sometime popping up in terminal

Message from syslogd@devuan at Aug 23 23:01:41 ...
kernel:[   94.148355] Disabling IRQ #7

maybe someone of you can tell me if i need to be concerned about it.

happened quite some time lately;
only hardware thing i did was changing the keyboard, but it seems function well so far.

thanks.

#13 Re: Installation » Can't even install yt-dlp in Devuan 6, many things are broken » 2025-08-22 06:27:21

to install yt-dlp manually:

mkdir -p ~/.local/bin
curl -L https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp -o ~/.local/bin/yt-dlp
chmod a+rx ~/.local/bin/yt-dlp  # Make executable
export PATH="${HOME}/.local/bin:${PATH}"

In order for the command line shell to be able to find these executables, the user's PATH environment variable needs to be extended. This can be done by adding export PATH="${HOME}/.local/bin:${PATH}" to ~/.profile or ~/.bashrc.

now you can update yt-dlp with command

yt-dlp -U

it is recommended to uninstall yt-dlp from repositories since it is not up to date.

#14 Re: Off-topic » Thoughts on Pipewire » 2025-08-21 18:59:31

don't know what a DXD file is; thought of buying a newer one (also Creative;) because those support DSD mostly, but since those SACD/DSD can be quite costly (around 30&40 Euro per release from what i have seen) think this unit could still serve well for the moment; also, i have a Bluray-Player that can playback DSD  upto 5644 kHz/8 canali or something.
what do you mean with "it can be used to detect unwanted resampling"? why should i care about that?

#15 Re: Off-topic » Thoughts on Pipewire » 2025-08-21 17:53:46

if it should arrive it could have specs like those; DAC-Train is that i got unlucky with a Creative PCIe Soundcard  was hoping to use (but that card (AE-5 series) issues on warm-boot into Windows 11, making really strange noises; functioned however fine in Linux)

there is a newer edition of this DAC, but it has Bluetooth, and cannot be disabled entirely;

-------------------------------------------
Technical specification

Digital to analogue converters

Dual Wolfson WM8740 24-bit DACs

Digital filter

Analog Devices ADSP21261 DSP; upsampling to 24-bit/384kHz

Analogue filter

2-Pole Dual Differential Bessel Double Virtual Earth Balanced

Frequency response

20Hz to 20kHz (±0.1dB)*

Thd @ 1khz 0dbfs

<0.001% 24-bit

Thd @ 1khz -10dbfs

<0.001%

Thd @ 20khz 0dbfs

<0.002%

Signal to noise ratio

-112dBr

Total correlated jitter

<130pS

Crosstalk @ 1khz

< -130dB

Crosstalk @ 20khz

< -112dB

Output impedance

<50 Ohms

Max. output level (unbalanced)

2.1V rms

Max. output level (balanced)

4.2V rms (2.1V per phase)

Digital input word widths supported

16-24bit

Digital input sampling frequencies supported

32kHz, 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 88.2kHz, 96kHz, 176.4kHz**, 192kHz

Audio output upsampling

Fixed 24-bit/384kHz

Max power consumption

12W

Colour

Black or silver

Dimensions (hxwxd)

52 x 215 x 191mm; (2.0 x 8.6 x 7.6”)

Weight

1.2kg/2.6lbs

Headphone output

Thd

at 1kHz 0dBFS 24-bit signal with 22kHz low pass filter = 0.001% at 20khz 0dBFS 24-bit signal with 80kHz low pass filter = 0.003%

S/n

-111dBrA

Frequency response

10Hz - 100kHz

Recommend headphone impedance

32 Ohm to 600 Ohm

*

Steep filter disabled

**

Digital 1 & 2 Inputs only

frequency response of Headphone output is also good, so i am hoping well for this unit;
yes, mac settings were probably left unchanged, but the smaller unit does not do upsampling;

https://ibb.co/1Sgf4kC

#16 Re: Off-topic » Thoughts on Pipewire » 2025-08-21 15:16:47

thank you, at the moment i am using mint (next to kubuntu) but i hope this will apply nontheless;
after receiving the DAC , will test and report, hopefully.

PS. listening to Music on Volumio OS on a older raspberry-PI; it is supposedgly "Alsa" only; would be really nice if there be straightforward "Alsa"only"-Devuan Edition smile

edit: the DAC should upsample by itself all audio  to 24-bit/384kHz. hope this helps. had good experience with the smaller brother, which over SPIDF when used with Mac sounds really great; bit less so maybe over USB with Windows / Linux; thats why i am buying an SPDIF-add-on-card for the Mainboard since it has Header but no onboard Toslink/DigitalAudio. not sure if championing over SPIDF is limited to 192, will find out.

#17 Re: Off-topic » Thoughts on Pipewire » 2025-08-21 12:23:33

thank you, i am still learning to avoid "pulse", but since am operating on several computer, it is not quite straightforward and so easy at times;

my question: if i use a DAC over SPIDF/ with Devuan out of the Box, is then this pulseaudio/pipewire still involved, or will DAC take care of things with Alsa directly?=

#18 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] accidentally deleted (EFI) partition - how recover? » 2025-05-29 17:28:32

thanks , have re-installed, EID: i meant re-installed Devuan 5.0  entirely, problem solved;

will remember your suggestion, could need another time;

tried ubuntu-boot-repair and rescatux, to no avail.

#19 Installation » [SOLVED] accidentally deleted (EFI) partition - how recover? » 2025-05-29 16:26:47

kapqa
Replies: 10

Hello ,

on new comput er
have a triple boot system Windows 11 Enterprise - Ubuntu 24.04 - Devuan 5.0/6.0
all 3 system have a proper NVME ;

now had some issue with Win11 which prompted me to re-install Windows 11;
since those NVME are small and pesky, did not bother to remove them manually (at first) from motherboard.

encountered steps on the way, which baiscally prevented me from installing Windows 11 again on the same NVME;
could not properly figure out where the problem could lie; thought it would be because of using USB installer, but it was the same with DVD drive;

would not want to remove other NVME since that should not be necessary;

what seemed to help was to change setting in BIOS  > Secure Boot > from "CUSTOM" > "OTHER" - back to "WINDOES UEFI" >> afterwards instaling Windows 11 went through without no proplem; but could not longer boot the other OS, so i had to change back to "CUSTOM" > "OTHER" and it seems that Windows is happy algon the way nevertheless;

now my problem;
in the hustle, several time deleting and installing again Windows on the same NVME , i must have accidentally once clicked too fast and deleted a partition from another NVME , either Ubbuntu or Devuan - one;

now the Linux, sti.ll boot in OS, however, with Devuan there are several issue, which i hope to clear with your help;

basically .

1. it takes very long to boot (this problem is indipenddent of error i laid out above)
    there is delay on boot due to
   

like [0.805369] hub 10-0:1.0: config failed, hub doesnt have any ports (err - 19)

2. and boot after this delay stalls with following error:

   

fsck.fat 4.2 (2021-01-31)
fsck exited with status code 6 (File system check failed

so most probleably  i might have deleted the 1st partition on the NVME for Devuan;

please you be so kind to show how to recover from this error;

thank you.

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#20 Re: Other Issues » Devuan as iSCSI originator - umount issues on shutdown » 2025-04-20 13:57:03

@ralph.ronnquist thanks, but iam a computer-type-do-first-read-later fail to find the proper setting, maybe i am just needing a bigger monitor;

@altoid,@all, thanks, it might be system-d related, but since i am not in the know of what it does (someone else stated here on this forum that i might be even not interested in getting to know how thinbgs function, an apparently old fproblem (of mine?) - devuan has function beautifully over the last past couple of years, sometimes better, sometimes worse, than previous favorites (still using ubuntu since it tend to function in more use-cases)

the real problem that provoked this "hijacking" of thread (but OP actually asked for a comment so ithought it might be just fine) is actually related to permission rights on NAS , which has not been cleared, and i tend to encounter on several distros, and i am not sure if am doing it just wrong or the problem rather lies with linux and the various file-manager it uses rather than with NAS software or vendor itself.

so pardon me if this went lenghty,
might just well open another thread for the underlying problem,
don't know if there will be a work-around for open-iscsi;

but with the debian instructions it fucntioned well on linux mint;
just made a portion (iscsi-lun) of 350 GB and copied the relevant ISO on it, and linux would now automount on booting the LUN as a separate partition and reading  from it with various programs tend to use (mkusb, balena-etcher, rpi-imager) throws off no error warning.

no very elegant solution, but the permission denied issue really got me annoyed; since it wont happend on macos or windows; but lately, it seems also on windows (server) there is similar issue encountered, so it make me think the issue could be with the NAS itself or maybe some sort of samba version thing problem, but it happen also with AFP, so it a bit noisy, sorry.

#21 Re: Other Issues » Devuan as iSCSI originator - umount issues on shutdown » 2025-04-20 11:18:48

hello ,
thanks for the help, it seems connected with this "systemd" thing, which i find odd, if this package has been function since "etch".

tried now with 3 distro, and two of them failed to achieve task (devuan (system-d-free), max-linux(ships with system-d "disabled", but present for better "compatibiliy") (on linux mint the task is achieved).

maybe there is another package that can fulfill the task?

iscsiadm --mode discovery --type sendtargets --portal 192.168.178.100
sh: 1: /bin/systemctl: not found
iscsiadm: can not connect to iSCSI daemon (111)!
iscsiadm: Could not make dir /etc/iscsi/send_targets/192.168.0.100,3260 err 13
iscsiadm: Could not open /etc/iscsi/send_targets/192.168.0.100,3260: Permission denied
iscsiadm: Could not add new discovery record.
rich@devuan:~$ sudo iscsiadm --mode discovery --type sendtargets --portal 192.168.178.100
[sudo] password for rich: 
sh: 1: /bin/systemctl: not found
iscsiadm: can not connect to iSCSI daemon (111)!
iscsiadm: Could not scan /sys/class/iscsi_transport.
sh: 1: /bin/systemctl: not found
iscsiadm: can not connect to iSCSI daemon (111)!
iscsiadm: Cannot perform discovery. Initiatorname
 required.
iscsiadm: Could not perform SendTargets discovery: could not connect to iscsid
uname -a
Linux devuan 6.1.0-33-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.1.133-1 (2025-04-10) x86_64 GNU/Linux
apt list | grep -i installed | grep -i open-iscsi

WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts.

open-iscsi/stable,now 2.1.8-1 amd64 [installed]

#22 Re: Other Issues » Devuan as iSCSI originator - umount issues on shutdown » 2025-04-19 12:21:40

hello ,

i have usecase other way around

create SCSI - Lun on NAS and then mount it on Devuan, since there is most often "permission denied" when i try to access Iso files directly on  NAS via smb or afp (got to figure how to set access rights correctly, but it seems wide issue on NAS).

however when using "open-iscsi" there is error with devuan

https://wiki.debian.org/SAN/iSCSI/open-iscsi

[color]

systemctl not found

[/color]

got any idea on how get this to function ion Devuan?

Thanks.

#23 Re: Off-topic » Thoughts on Pipewire » 2025-01-29 09:12:17

EDIT:

If I understood you correctly, your ALSA was almost silent.
The "force-reload" of ALSA seemed to fix the problem.

thanks for the @elucidation, now this seems to have fixed it,
have a couple of other laptop that can be @restored to alsa0only

now i dont know alot of things, and with alsa, never had to anything, besides configuration when i wanted to use an usb-soundcard instead of the internal. see, my usecase are very limited, not that i expect everything to magically work, but some time things are better expected.

also, since started on linux journey, found it very strange to say the least , that when wanting to @uninstall say a driver like pulseaudio, this couldwould render the laptop completely broke, like uninstalling the whole desktop, unless one know how to fix via reroute. but this is the wrong place to post this, so ill turn volume down.

#24 Re: Off-topic » Thoughts on Pipewire » 2025-01-28 13:50:40

It is not an issue, it is a feature of ALSA.
With normal loudness, you may hear noise produced by the ALSA resampler.
If you do not like this feature, you may compile and install fftrate ALSA plugin (and configure it).

no , dont know about that,
but this certainly is not normal on thsi part here, cant be.

linux already has "volume" issue, and with alsa-only on this T60 with wheezy was getting "good" audio;
interestingly, when i re-installed later on again, the same sound was no longer achievable;
so either i suffer delusions, or the alsa was changed in the process or somehow, and it did no longer sound that clear.

either way, i experienced what the laptop is capable of in linux; so might aswell check back in time with debian wheezy;
this feature "low volume" is not seeked since have a bit of hearing condition to put it bluntly prefer a good volume , but certainly cannot bear distortions.

thanks for the posting, will check your manual asap.

EDIT:

it seems fixed now, maybe this command shared here fixed it

sudo /etc/init.d/alsa-utils force-reload

getting error but now alsa is back with "proper""volume"

Shutting down ALSA...done.
Setting up ALSA...warning: 'alsactl -E HOME=/run/alsa -E XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/alsa/runtime restore' failed with error message 'alsa-lib main.c:1554:(snd_use_case_mgr_open) error: failed to import hw:29 use case configuration -2'...done.

the laptop has 2 entry "0:HDA Intel" "29:ThinkPad Console Audio Control" maybe before the re-load the number 29 was being used?
thanks alot!

#25 Re: Off-topic » Thoughts on Pipewire » 2025-01-27 22:34:36

now i have this older laptop which functioned beautifully with debian wheezy and alsa-only;

since switched to devuan (not really a choicethere)
had several other experience

but now had on this "reference" laptop switched on daedalus (and since there to pipewire) and now excalibur to pipewire/wireplumber
but sound was amiss and tried several configuration from your suggestion and it was just hit&miss and would somehow not function properly.

now maybe i have set it wrong, but since removed the configuration files like .xsessionrc or 98-pipewire or so;
also removed pulseaudio and pipewire/wireplumber packages.

isuee is that sound is very low, even with vlc 200% it is probably 1/4 of original strength, and all relevant faderin amixer is set 100%.

there is some error on boot with alsa which i will hand overlater.

what could be error?

there is probably one package left from pulseaudio?

since i removed only "pulseaudio", there is another libpulse0?
is this also needed for removal?
thanks.

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