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amca01

Member

Registered: 2008-12-28

Posts: 57

ALSA problem: "Unknown PCM eq"

When attempting to play a sound:

aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav

I get:

ALSA lib pcm.c:2202:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM eq
aplay: main:590: audio open error: No such file or directory

As far as I know, all modules have been properly loaded, and all devices are in place.  Does anybody know what's going on, and how I can fix it?  I'd like my sound back!  This has only happened recently, since a reboot; before which I could play sounds quite happily.

Any advice would be most welcome!

Thanks,
-A.

schlaefer

Member

Registered: 2009-05-29

Posts: 2

Re: ALSA problem: "Unknown PCM eq"

Same problem here.

karol

Archivist

Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: ALSA problem: "Unknown PCM eq"

Well, I doubt that reboot alone did any harm, did you install / update anything?

schlaefer

Member

Registered: 2009-05-29

Posts: 2

Re: ALSA problem: "Unknown PCM eq"

After a reboot funnily enough it worked. I can't remember having installed something special...