From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stephen Clark Subject: Re: 2.6.12 sound problem Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 10:11:56 -0400 Message-ID: <42E8E7AC.1080706@earthlink.net> References: <42E6C89C.1060009@earthlink.net> Reply-To: sclark46@earthlink.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <42E6C89C.1060009@earthlink.net> Sender: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: alsa-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org Stephen Clark wrote: >Hello List, > > >I recently upgraded my laptop, HP Pavilion N5430, from a 2.4.21 kernel >to 2.6.12. As a result of >doing this my sound no longer works correctly. It plays the same thing >repeatedly some number >of times - if it plays at all. > >Any ideas on how to debug this would be appreciated. > >Additional info I don't see any interrupts in /proc/interrupts for the >Allegro which is on int 5. >I just tried the same laptop with knoppix and a 2.4.27 kernel and sound >works great and I do >see interrupts for Allegro on int 5. > > >Thanks, >Steve > >aplay -v and aadebug output follow. > >root@joker4 ~]# aplay -v /usr/share/apps/kget/sounds/started.wav >Playing WAVE '/usr/share/apps/kget/sounds/started.wav' : Unsigned 8 bit, >Rate 11128 Hz,Mono >Plug PCM: Hardware PCM card 0 'ESS Allegro PCI' device 0 subdevice 1 > >Its setup is: >stream : PLAYBACK >access : RW_INTERLEAVED >format : U8 >subformat : STD >channels : 1 >rate : 11128 >exact rate : 11128 (11128/1) >msbits : 8 >buffer_size : 5564 >period_size : 1391 >period_time : 125000 >tick_time : 1000 >tstamp_mode : NONE >period_step : 1 >sleep_min : 0 >avail_min : 1391 >xfer_align : 1391 >start_threshold : 5564 >stop_threshold : 5564 >silence_threshold: 0 >silence_size : 0 >boundary : 1458569216 >aplay: pcm_write:1171: write error: Input/output error > >aadebug output: >ALSA Audio Debug v0.0.9 - Mon Jul 25 14:49:10 EDT 2005 >http://alsa.opensrc.org/?page=aadebug > >Kernel ---------------------------------------------------- >Linux joker4.seclark.com 2.6.12-prep #1 Sun Jul 24 22:39:46 EDT 2005 >i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux > >Loaded Modules -------------------------------------------- >snd_maestro3 25252 2 >snd_ac97_codec 76408 1 snd_maestro3 >snd_seq_dummy 3972 0 >snd_seq_oss 37760 0 >snd_seq_midi_event 9600 1 snd_seq_oss >snd_seq 62992 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event >snd_seq_device 9228 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq >snd_pcm_oss 51760 0 >snd_mixer_oss 18304 1 snd_pcm_oss >snd_pcm 100744 4 snd_maestro3,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss >snd_timer 33924 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm >snd_page_alloc 10116 1 snd_pcm >snd 57860 12 >snd_maestro3,snd_ac97_codec,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer > >Modprobe Conf --------------------------------------------- >alias snd-card-0 snd-maestro3 >options snd-card-0 index=0 >options snd-maestro3 index=0 >remove snd-maestro3 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store 0 >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; >}; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-maestro3 > >Proc Asound ----------------------------------------------- >Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.9rc2 (Thu Mar 24 >10:33:392005 UTC). >0 [PCI ]: Allegro - ESS Allegro PCI > ESS Allegro PCI at 0x1400, irq 5 > 1: : sequencer > 16: [0- 0]: digital audio playback > 24: [0- 0]: digital audio capture > 0: [0- 0]: ctl > 33: : timer >00-00: Allegro : Allegro : playback 2 : capture 1 > >Dev Snd --------------------------------------------------- >controlC0 pcmC0D0c pcmC0D0p seq timer > >CPU ------------------------------------------------------- >model name : mobile AMD Duron(tm) Processor >cpu MHz : 299.999 > >RAM ------------------------------------------------------- >MemTotal: 255652 kB >SwapTotal: 524280 kB > >Hardware -------------------------------------------------- >00:00.0 Host bridge: ALi Corporation M1647 Northbridge [MAGiK 1 / >MobileMAGiK 1] (rev 04) >00:08.0 Multimedia audio controller: ESS Technology ES1988 Allegro-1 >(rev 12) > > > I've downloaded the latest alsa 1.09rc4a and tried it with no success. Is there anything I can do to further troubleshoot this. I configured the sw --with-debug=full but didn't see any additional output. I am willing to get my hands dirty if someone will give me some direction. This laptop is used by my teenage daughter and she has to have sound ;). Steve ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf