[alsa-devel] emu10k1 and pulseaudio I: (alsa-lib)setup.c: Cannot lock ctl

Raymond Yau superquad.vortex2 at gmail.com
Sat Apr 9 05:54:46 CEST 2011


In debugging emu10k1 with pulseaudio by printing elem->id->name

                SNDERR("Cannot lock ctl elem %s", elem->id->name);

I discovered that sometime "EMU10K1 PCM Send Volume" is locked
Is this a bug in alsa-lib or pulseaudio ?


D: alsa-util.c: Checking for superset analog-stereo (front:%f)
D: alsa-util.c: Trying front:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
D: alsa-util.c: Managed to open front:0
I: alsa-util.c: cannot disable ALSA period wakeups
D: alsa-util.c: Maximum hw buffer size is 371 ms
I: (alsa-lib)setup.c: Cannot lock ctl elem EMU10K1 PCM Send Volume
I: (alsa-lib)setup.c: Cannot lock ctl elem EMU10K1 PCM Send Volume
I: (alsa-lib)setup.c: Cannot lock ctl elem EMU10K1 PCM Send Volume
I: (alsa-lib)setup.c: Cannot lock ctl elem EMU10K1 PCM Send Volume
D: alsa-util.c: Set neither period nor buffer size.
I: (alsa-lib)setup.c: Cannot lock ctl elem EMU10K1 PCM Send Volume
I: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_hw_params failed: Device or resource busy


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