Sound problems with AMD64

[bidi]

I installed the AMD64 version of Debian Etch a few days ago on my new laptop and have been having a few problems with sound! I posted something similar to this on the Laptop forum, but didn't get much help there and another problem just showed itself.

Anyway, the original problem was that I can't seem to pass the "disable_msi=1" parameter my sound driver, "snd_hda_intel", without getting an error. From what I've read, this makes the headphone out plug to actually start working.

I've always been having an issue with Nautilus and Totem freezing up on me, and Rythmbox not actually playing anything as well. So I decided to get mpg321 and see what was going on. When I tried to play something with mpg321 is gave an error saying:

ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:864:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
ALSA snd_pcm_open error: Device or resource busy

I think that my no sound problems have something to do with this error, but I can't figure out why the device is busy, as far as I know there's no process in the background using the sound.

I know 64-bit distros have some inherit issues, is this one of them? Is there anything I can do to fix it?

Thanks!

[iwanabeguru]

i guess you didn't write your own ".asoundrc" file in your home directory.
Soundcards which not suport hardware mixing th alsa provide software mixing
so you need to define the virtual slave cards. I'm sorry but i not an alasa gur so can't help you but i copy here my asoundrc file , and you find some documentation on www.alsa-project.org

pcm.dmixer {
type dmix
ipc_key 1024

slave {
pcm "hw:0,0"
period_time 0
period_size 1024
buffer_size 4096
rate 44100
}
bindings {
0 0
1 1
}
}

ctl.dmixer {
type hw
card 0
}

pcm.!default {
type plug
slave.pcm "dmixer"
}

pcm.dsp0 {
type plug
slave.pcm "dmixer"
}

ctl.mixer0 {
type hw
card 0
}