From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Andrea Venturi (personale)" Subject: Re: cat /proc/asound/version: "No such device": HELP!! Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 19:43:33 +0100 Sender: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <3E512D55.1030002@tin.it> References: <20030214111459.GA19210@rhlx01.fht-esslingen.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20030214111459.GA19210@rhlx01.fht-esslingen.de> Errors-To: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: To: alsa-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: andi@rhlx01.fht-esslingen.de List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org Andreas Mohr wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm almost at my wits end ("ARGH!"). > Everything used to work pretty well... until I messed with my system once > again (upgrading some packages and doing other things, or so I think). > > After having installed the 0.9rc7 Debian package (or around that time > at least) and having rebuilt ALSA, I didn't manage to start ALSA properly > any more: hi, i incurred in the same problem since two days, when i decided to upgrade my alsa driver from 0.9rc6 to 0.9rc7 some info: i use a toshiba s3000-214 with an intel8x0 audio device with 0.9rc6 alsa was running fine i run debian unstable. these are the relevant (!) package: andrea@nb-venturi:~$ dpkg -l | grep alsa- ii alsa-base 0.9.0rc7-2 ALSA driver common files ii alsa-headers 0.9.0rc7-2 ALSA driver header files rc alsa-modules-2 0.9+0beta10+5+ Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (drivers) ii alsa-source 0.9.0rc7-2 ALSA driver source ii alsa-utils 0.9.0rc7-1 Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (utils) andrea@nb-venturi:~$ dpkg -l | grep gcc ii gcc 3.2.2-0 The GNU C compiler. ii gcc-2.95 2.95.4-15 The GNU C compiler. ii gcc-3.0 3.0.4-13 The GNU C compiler. ii gcc-3.0-base 3.0.4-14 The GNU Compiler Collection (base package) ii gcc-3.2 3.2.3-0pre1 The GNU C compiler ii gcc-3.2-base 3.2.3-0pre1 The GNU Compiler Collection (base package) ii libgcc1 3.2.3-0pre1 GCC support library rc libstlport4.5g 4.5.3-4 gcc3-version STLport C++ class library ii libstlport4.5g 4.5.3-5cjh2 STLport C++ class library compiled with gcc3 under /usr/src there was: andrea@nb-venturi:~$ ls -l /usr/src/ totale 31756 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2157649 2003-02-07 12:16 alsa-driver.tar.gz that is the debian way to put source tarball to upgrade some driver.. i compiled the usual stuff /usr/src/modules/alsa-driver ad i installed all the modules with "make install" than, at next reboot, the /etc/init.d/alsa script failed to run because there was a small glitch at line 93: a missing double-quote around $alsa_version the i had to add /etc/modutils/alsa with all the aliases for the modules and i was up & running, or, at least, i was thinking.. :-( the snd-intel8x0 goes up, from dmesg: PCI: Found IRQ 10 for device 00:1f.5 PCI: Sharing IRQ 10 with 00:1f.3 PCI: Sharing IRQ 10 with 00:1f.6 PCI: Sharing IRQ 10 with 02:01.0 PCI: Sharing IRQ 10 with 02:04.1 PCI: Setting latency timer of device 00:1f.5 to 64 intel8x0: clocking to 48000 but, if i try a "cat /proc/asound/version" i get an oopps ===================================== <1>Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000 printing eip: c0115073 *pde = 00000000 Oops: 0000 CPU: 0 EIP: 0010:[] Tainted: PF EFLAGS: 00010097 eax: d2960584 ebx: d2960584 ecx: 00000000 edx: 00000003 esi: d2960588 edi: 00000001 ebp: c3391f30 esp: c3391f18 ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 Process esd (pid: 4150, stackpage=c3391000) Stack: cfe75960 c888b540 d296054c d2960588 00000286 00000003 c888b540 d9b56451 c142f360 00000286 cc0385a0 d2960400 cc0385a0 d2960400 d9b5835d d2960400 c888b540 00000000 cc0385c0 c888b540 ca4e1060 c142f360 ca3ac3a0 c0133444 Call Trace: [] [] [] [] [] [] Code: 8b 01 85 45 fc 74 4c 31 c0 9c 5e fa c7 01 00 00 00 00 83 79 ====================================== and if i try "alsamixer", i get a segmentation fault!! === last rows from a "strace alsamixer" =============== access("/etc/asound.conf", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) access("/home/andrea/.asoundrc", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/dev/snd/controlC0", O_RDONLY) = 3 close(3 +++ killed by SIGSEGV +++ andrea@nb-venturi:~$ ======================================================= and the very same oops in dmesg that's all. having not much more skill and time, i'll live without audio for some time hoping in better times! ;-) bye andrea venturi > root@note:/root# /etc/init.d/alsa start > cat: /proc/asound/version: No such device > Starting ALSA sound driver (version ):/etc/init.d/alsa: line 93: [: =: unary operator expected > no sound cards defined. > root@note:/root# > > root@note:/root# ls -l /proc/asound/ > total 0 > -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 14 12:09 cards > dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Feb 14 12:09 dev/ > -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 14 12:09 devices > -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 14 12:09 meminfo > dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Feb 14 12:09 oss/ > dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Feb 14 12:09 seq/ > -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 14 12:09 version > root@note:/root# cat /proc/asound/version > cat: /proc/asound/version: No such device > root@note:/root# > Modules loaded at that time: > snd 42532 0 > soundcore 3492 0 [snd] > > I downgraded to the 0.9rc6 packages: nothing. > I checked out a completely fresh ALSA CVS tree and rebuilt (by using > cvscompile also): nothing. > I checked out an older ALSA tree: nothing. > I waited some weeks: nothing. > > I'm almost as desperate as to debug and to rip apart > the whole goddamn thing now (/usr/src/system/CVS/alsa/alsa-kernel/core/info.c). > > A reboot didn't help either, of course. > > System: > Debian testing/unstable > 2.4.20 custom kernel > ALSA latest CVS > root@note:/root# dpkg -l|grep alsa > ii alsa-base 0.9.0rc7-2 ALSA driver common files > ii alsa-headers 0.9.0rc7-2 ALSA driver header files > ii alsa-utils 0.9.0rc7-1 Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (utils) > root@note:/root# dpkg -l|grep gcc > ii gcc 3.2.2-0 The GNU C compiler. > ii gcc-2.95 2.95.4-15 The GNU C compiler. > ii gcc-3.0 3.0.4-0pre0201 The GNU C compiler. > ii gcc-3.0-base 3.0.4-14 The GNU Compiler Collection (base package) > ii gcc-3.2 3.2.2-0pre8 The GNU C compiler > ii gcc-3.2-base 3.2.2-0pre8 The GNU Compiler Collection (base package) > ii gcc272 2.7.2.3-18 The GNU C compiler. > ii libgcc1 3.2.3-0pre1 GCC support library > > Notebook Dell Inspiron 5000e (ugh!) with Maestro 2E (es1968) soundcard > > Does anyone have *any* idea? > > Maybe some "slightly too newish" gcc problem or so?? > The next thing I'll try is to rebuild with my gcc 3.0.4 version... > > Needless to say, I need this ALSA tree to work properly again > (if only to maybe hack on an Aztech PCI338 A3D Aureal AU8820 driver ;-)) > > Andreas Mohr > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.NET email is sponsored by: FREE SSL Guide from Thawte > are you planning your Web Server Security? 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