I looked deeper into the problem and looks like a hda-intel problem.

This code fails with "ALSA lib pcm.c:7193:(snd_pcm_set_params) Unable to get period size for PLAYBACK: Invalid argument"

#include <alsa/asoundlib.h>

int main(){ snd_pcm_t *handle; if(snd_pcm_open(&handle, "default:1", SND_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK, 0) < 0) { exit(1); }

if(snd_pcm_set_params(handle, SND_PCM_FORMAT_S16_LE, SND_PCM_ACCESS_RW_INTERLEAVED, 2, 24000, 1, 100000) < 0) { exit(2); } }

The "Invalid argument" comes from pcm_params.c:145. The test "!snd_interval_single(i)" fails since the interval for SND_PCM_HW_PARAM_PERIOD_SIZE ends being min=511 and max=513. I understand that this interval is set at the driver, correct? I don't know where exactly, so some help in finding it or a patch would be welcome.

I'm using alsa-driver-kmp-default-1.0.16.20080608, libasound2-1.0.16.hg20080510 and alsa-1.0.16.hg20080510 RPM packages from multimedia:audio openSUSE Build Service repository (from Takashi Iwai) and an AD1988 (hda-intel) codec. A XUbuntu user also has the same problem with an hda-intel codec (that I suppose uses stable 1.0.16). With a SB Live! in the same computer there are no problems.