[Alsa-user] Getting Alsa to work

[Rich E]

Hello everyone,

I recently got a Linux box running with a RME hdsp card (thanks to Fernando's help at PlanetCCRMA), so I'm almost ready to leave the world of Windows.  I can't seem to get the Alsaplayer to work, with or without Jack.  Does anyone know why I'm getting these error messages?

I'm running FC4 with the newest low latency PlanetCCRMA kernel.

Any help is much appreciated!
Richie

[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# alsaplayer
ALSA lib conf.c:1592:(snd_config_load1) _toplevel_:51:23:No such file or directo ry
ALSA lib conf.c:2837:(snd_config_hook_load) /etc/alsa/cards/aliases.conf may be old or corrupted: consider to remove or fix it
ALSA lib conf.c:2700:(snd_config_hooks_call) function snd_config_hook_load retur ned error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib pcm.c:1969:(snd_pcm_open_conf) Invalid type for PCM default definition (id: default, value: cards.pcm.default)
snd_pcm_open: Invalid argument (default)
Failed to initialize plugin!
Failed to register plugin: /usr/lib/alsaplayer/output/libalsa_out.so
Failed to load output plugin "alsa". Trying defaults.
ALSA lib conf.c:1592:(snd_config_load1) _toplevel_:51:23:No such file or directo ry
ALSA lib conf.c:2837:(snd_config_hook_load) /etc/alsa/cards/aliases.conf may be old or corrupted: consider to remove or fix it
ALSA lib conf.c:2700:(snd_config_hooks_call) function snd_config_hook_load retur ned error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib pcm.c:1969:(snd_pcm_open_conf) Invalid type for PCM default definition (id: default, value: cards.pcm.default)
snd_pcm_open: Invalid argument (default)
Failed to initialize plugin!
/usr/lib/alsaplayer/output/libalsa_out.so failed to load
jack: server not running?
/usr/lib/alsaplayer/output/libjack_out.so failed to load