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From: Martin Herrman <martin@×××××××.nl>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: Alsa Problem With Kernel 2.6.37
Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2011 22:06:15
Message-Id: AANLkTimkLSxJK7GcxmHw2hQY5kv6T4ancKFLc8uD=Fim@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: Alsa Problem With Kernel 2.6.37 by Frank Peters
1 2011/1/8 Frank Peters <frank.peters@×××××××.net>:
2
3 >
4 > First, I want to thank all those who took the time to confirm (even though,
5 > from my perspective, it was all bad news :-( ).
6 >
7 > The modules are loading without problem.  For example, the kernel
8 > log reports the following:
9 >
10 > kernel: ICE1712 0000:04:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
11 >
12 > Both lspci and alsa-info.sh show that the sound card is there, and
13 > this would not happen if the modules were not being properly loaded.
14 > In other words the kernel can detect the card.
15 >
16 > I don't use udev.  All modules are loaded manually and the devices
17 > in /dev are permanent.  Permissions are also as they should be,
18 > because an alsa script was used to create the devices.
19 >
20 > The problem seems to be with the applications.  The open() routine
21 > reports back "no device found."  Now, open() is a glibc routine but
22 > it will ultimately call the kernel routines that are, I believe, contained
23 > in the alsa modules.  Since kernel 2.6.36 works, it most likely is a
24 > kernel 2.6.37 issue.
25 >
26 > I'll have to recompile 2.6.37 with debugging output and see what
27 > happens.
28 >
29 > Frank Peters
30 >
31 >
32
33 Hi Frank,
34
35 works perfect here.
36
37 04:00.0 Multimedia audio controller: C-Media Electronics Inc CMI8788
38 [Oxygen HD Audio]
39 Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Virtuoso 100 (Xonar D1)
40 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 20
41 I/O ports at d000 [size=256]
42 Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2
43 Kernel driver in use: AV200
44
45 I have compiled everything in the kernel, no modules.
46
47 Curious: why aren't you using udev?
48
49 Regards,
50
51 Martin

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Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: Alsa Problem With Kernel 2.6.37 Frank Peters <frank.peters@×××××××.net>