Pa_OpenStream : err=-9999 (Unanticipated host error)

[Tyler Spivey]

My first thought? Alsa is thinking your keyboard is the default sound
card. If you do aplay file.wav, does it play the file?

On 1/4/2012 11:38 PM, pj at pjb.com.au wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> I've been meeting this bug for a while, but I've just worked
> out what triggers it. When booting, if my USB MIDI-keyboard is
> switched on while booting, then when speech _ought_ to start,
> then for every character which ought to be spoken on the console,
> I get about 100 lines of error messages, sort of like this:
> 
> Expression 'PaAlsaStreamComponent_DetermineFramesPerBuffer( &self->
> playback, outputParameters, framesPerUserBuffer, sampleRate, hwParamsPlayback, &
> accurate )' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 1828
>                                                                     Expression '
> PaAlsaStream_DetermineFramesPerBuffer( self, realSr, inParams, outParams, frames
> PerUserBuffer, hwParamsCapture, hwParamsPlayback, hostBufferSizeMode )' failed i
> n 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 1870
>                                                 Expression 'PaAlsaStream_Configu
> re( stream, inputParameters, outputParameters, sampleRate, framesPerBuffer, &inp
> utLatency, &outputLatency, &hostBufferSizeMode )' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa
> _linux_alsa.c', line: 1988
>                           wave_open_sound > Pa_OpenStream : err=-9999 (Unanticip
> ated host error)
>                 Expression 'snd_pcm_hw_params_set_period_size_near( self->pcm, h
> wParams, &framesPerHostBuffer, &dir )' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa
> .c', line: 1616
>                Expression 'PaAlsaStreamComponent_DetermineFramesPerBuffer( &self
> ->playback, outputParameters, framesPerUserBuffer, sampleRate, hwParamsPlayback,
>  &accurate )' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 1828
>                                                                       Expression
>  'PaAlsaStream_DetermineFramesPerBuffer( self, realSr, inParams, outParams, fram
> esPerUserBuffer, hwParamsCapture, hwParamsPlayback, hostBufferSizeMode )' failed
>  in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 1870
>                                                   Expression 'PaAlsaStream_Confi
> gure( stream, inputParameters, outputParameters, sampleRate, framesPerBuffer, &i
> nputLatency, &outputLatency, &hostBufferSizeMode )' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/
> pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 1988
> 
> and so on and on and on.  Fortunately I can Alt-F2 and log in as
> root in order to reboot (no sound of course). If I switch the USB
> midi-keyboard off before it reboots, then it reboots correctly.
> I'm no kernel person and hopefully you all have more idea what
> this means than I do...
> 
> Regards,  Peter Billam
> 
> http://www.pjb.com.au       pj at pjb.com.au      (03) 6278 9410
> "Was der Meister nicht kann,   vermöcht es der Knabe, hätt er
>  ihm immer gehorcht?"   Siegfried to Mime, from Act 1 Scene 2
> 
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