Re: [Alsa-user] usb audio "has no capture" wrong

[Carl K. <ca...@pe...>]

On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 10:43 AM, Carl Karsten <ca...@pe...> wrote:
> Ubuntu 11.04 natty -
> apt-get remove --purge pulseaudio
> rebooted. (just to be sure, didn't seem to change anything.)
>
> alsa-info:
> http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=f749b9b0c63f43de97c9d692fa7fc6780441c7a9
>
> lsusb
> Bus 008 Device 003: ID 08bb:2902 Texas Instruments Japan PCM2902 Audio Codec
>
> problem:
> I can capture from the device, but the level is pretty low.  I think
> it is at 50%, would like to A) double check that and if so  B)
> increase it.
> But:
> alsamixer -c 1 --view=capture
> "This sound device does not have any capture controls."
>
> This looks like some other problem:
> (veyepar)juser@pc9d:~/alsa$ alsamixer -c 1 --view=capture -a basic
> ALSA lib python.c:991:(alsa_mixer_simple_finit) Unable to find python
> module '/usr/lib/alsa-lib/smixer/python/main.py'
> cannot open mixer: No such device

For kicks I installed ubuntu beta:
3.0.0-8-generic #11-Ubuntu SMP Fri Aug 12

http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=f42f65402eb315265baae14e76fa1f48a32af611

no help.

-- 
Carl K