[Alsa-user] Device exists, PCM does not

[Evan L. <ev...@te...>]

Hello everyone,

I am running Kubuntu 8.10, and trying to make a Microsoft NX-6000 webcam
work with my system. In what seems to be the reverse of most
circumstances, the webcam works fine for me but the USB microphone does not.

Here is the output of arecord with various options:


# arecord --list-devices
**** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: AD198x Analog [AD198x Analog]
  Subdevices: 2/2
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
  Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
card 1: NX6000 [Microsoft� LifeCam NX-6000], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

# arecord --list-pcm
front:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, AD198x Analog
    Front speakers
surround40:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, AD198x Analog
    4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, AD198x Analog
    4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, AD198x Analog
    5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, AD198x Analog
    5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, AD198x Analog
    7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
iec958:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, AD198x Digital
    IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel
    HDMI Audio Output
null
    Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)



# arecord -D hw:1,0 >/dev/null

Recording WAVE 'test.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 44100 Hz,
Stereo
arecord: set_params:932: Broken configuration for this PCM: no
configurations available




Any help is appreciated. If there are other outputs I need to provide
just let me know.

Thanks!

- Evan