Cannot start GassistPi

[onlize]

When I try to start it, I receive the following error:

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo /home/pi/src/gassist.sh /home/pi/src/main.py:31: RuntimeWarning: This channel is already in use, continuing anyway. Use GPIO.setwarnings(False) to disable warnings. GPIO.setup(25, GPIO.OUT) OpenAlsaHandle PcmOpen: No such file or directory ON_MUTED_CHANGED: {'is_muted': False}[1405:1418:ERROR:audio_input_processor.cc(756)] Input error

ON_START_FINISHED ON_ASSISTANT_ERROR: {'is_fatal': True} [1405:1420:ERROR:audio_input_processor.cc(756)] Input error ON_ASSISTANT_ERROR: {'is_fatal': True}

I do not have LED connected. Not sure how you want me to do this, should I use resistor? What kind of LED?

In any case, I do not think that LED would cause the problem. When I test my speakers and mic, everything looks good.

Can you help? Thank you.

[shivasiddharth]

This has nothing to do with LED. Audio needs to be configured properly. please refer to this closed issue. #1

[onlize]

Thank you for your reply. I checked that issue and still have the same issue. Interesting that the only way the command sudo /home/pi/src/gassist.sh runs without errors if I change the following in /usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf: Instead of defaults.ctl.card 0 defaults.pcm.card 0 I use: defaults.ctl.card 1 defaults.pcm.card 1

In this case, my speakers stop working. If I switch to defaults.pcm.card 0, I have the same error as I specified above.

Can you please help me with this? Thank you.

[shivasiddharth]

May i know your audio steup ? As in like, USB mic and 3.5 Jack of Pi or USB DAC that has both Mic and Speaker ports ?

[onlize]

I have USB Microphone and 3.5 Jack speakers.

aplay -l List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices card 0: ALSA [bcm2835 ALSA], device 0: bcm2835 ALSA [bcm2835 ALSA] Subdevices: 8/8 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Subdevice #1: subdevice #1 Subdevice #2: subdevice #2 Subdevice #3: subdevice #3 Subdevice #4: subdevice #4 Subdevice #5: subdevice #5 Subdevice #6: subdevice #6 Subdevice #7: subdevice #7 card 0: ALSA [bcm2835 ALSA], device 1: bcm2835 ALSA [bcm2835 IEC958/HDMI] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 1: Device [USB PnP Sound Device], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

arecord -l List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices card 1: Device [USB PnP Sound Device], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

This is my .asoundrc file: pcm.!default { type asym capture.pcm "mic" playback.pcm "speaker" } pcm.mic { type plug slave { pcm "hw:1,0" } } pcm.speaker { type plug slave { pcm "hw:0,0" } }

All audio tests work for me.

Thank you.

[shivasiddharth]

Do the following steps sudo nano /usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf

Change the default values as folows

defaults.ctl.card 0 defaults.pcm.card 0 defaults.pcm.device 0 defaults.pcm.subdevice 0

These card values are for USB Mic and Rpi's 3.5mm jack audio out.

sudo nano ~/.asoundrc

remove the existing code and paste the following

pcm.!default { type asym playback.pcm { type plug slave.pcm "hw:0,0" } capture.pcm { type plug slave.pcm "hw:1,0" } }

ctl.!default { type hw card 0 }

Whatever is there in asoundrc should be there in asound.conf also. sudo nano /etc/asound.conf pcm.!default { type asym playback.pcm { type plug slave.pcm "hw:0,0" } capture.pcm { type plug slave.pcm "hw:1,0" } }

ctl.!default { type hw card 0 } save reboot

[onlize]

Thank you for your reply. Just wanted to let you know that file /etc/asound.conf does not exist on my computer. I was a few people talking about this file and I tried to reinstall Raspian a few times, but I have never had this file.

In any case, I followed your recommendations and now I receive the following when I try to start it:

ALSA lib conf.c:1697:(snd_config_load1) toplevel:18:0:Unexpected end of file ALSA lib conf.c:3417:(config_file_open) /etc/asound.conf may be old or corrupted: consider to remove or fix it ALSA lib conf.c:3339:(snd_config_hooks_call) function snd_config_hook_load returned error: Invalid argument ALSA lib conf.c:3788:(snd_config_update_r) hooks failed, removing configuration OpenAlsaHandle PcmOpen: Invalid argument [1080:1093:ERROR:audio_input_processor.cc(756)] Input error ON_MUTED_CHANGED: {'is_muted': False} ON_START_FINISHED ON_ASSISTANT_ERROR: {'is_fatal': True} [1080:1095:ERROR:audio_input_processor.cc(756)] Input error ON_ASSISTANT_ERROR: {'is_fatal': True}

Also, when I try to run audio tests, they are failing now: speaker-test -t wav

speaker-test 1.0.28

Playback device is default Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 1 channels WAV file(s) ALSA lib conf.c:1697:(snd_config_load1) toplevel:18:0:Unexpected end of file ALSA lib conf.c:3417:(config_file_open) /etc/asound.conf may be old or corrupted: consider to remove or fix it ALSA lib conf.c:3339:(snd_config_hooks_call) function snd_config_hook_load returned error: Invalid argument ALSA lib conf.c:3788:(snd_config_update_r) hooks failed, removing configuration Playback open error: -22,Invalid argument

arecord --format=S16_LE --duration=5 --rate 16k --file-type=raw out.raw ALSA lib conf.c:1697:(snd_config_load1) toplevel:18:0:Unexpected end of file ALSA lib conf.c:3417:(config_file_open) /etc/asound.conf may be old or corrupted: consider to remove or fix it ALSA lib conf.c:3339:(snd_config_hooks_call) function snd_config_hook_load returned error: Invalid argument ALSA lib conf.c:3788:(snd_config_update_r) hooks failed, removing configuration arecord: main:722: audio open error: Invalid argument

Any ideas? Thank you very much for working with me.

[shivasiddharth]

From the aplay -l and arecord -l, i see that you are using a USB Dac which has 3.5mm jacks for both mic and headphone/audio out. Is that right ?

[onlize]

For testing purposes, I use my headphones with 3.5 jack. There is no mic with the headphones.

I ordered USB mic and it is still somewhere on the way. Temporary I use some professional USB microphone that I borrowed from my brother. Honestly, I do not know what is that mic and if it has speakers. Looks like microphone on stand.

[onlize]

I received new microphone today and it works now. I guess I had a problem with mic.

I have one additional question. I wanted to do auto start with CLI interface, but it does not work unless I open putty and login. Is this correct?

In any case, it works when I have auto login to Desktop.

Thank you again for all your help.

[shivasiddharth]

Auto login to CLI should work even without loggining into putty. Just make sure that, it is set to auto login, without password.

[shivasiddharth]

Since the issue is resolved, i am closing this !