[Bug 42881] gstreamer10 is unable to output sound using alsa on an ibm thinkpad t43

[Steve Pike]

Public bug reported:

Affects: gst-plugins-base0.10 (Ubuntu)
       Severity: Normal
       Priority: (none set)
         Status: Unconfirmed


Description:
Binary package hint: gstreamer0.10-alsa

Sound does not play through alsa using gstreamer10 on ibm thinkpad t43
with latest dapper updates.

output of:

$ gst-launch-0.10 audiotestsrc ! audioconvert ! alsasink
Setting pipeline to PAUSED ...
Pipeline is PREROLLING ...
ERROR: from element /pipeline0/alsasink0: Could not get/set settings from/on resource.
Additional debug info:
gstalsasink.c(54: set_hwparams (): /pipeline0/alsasink0:
Sample format not available for playback: Invalid argument
ERROR: pipeline doesn't want to preroll.
Setting pipeline to NULL ...
FREEING pipeline ...

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sound plays fine using amarok with the xine backend or totem-xine
sound also plays fine using muine and gstreamer8
xmms plays fine with alsa output
*sound only does not work when using gstreamer10*

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gstreamer10 is unable to output sound using alsa on an ibm thinkpad t43
https://launchpad.net/bugs/42881