[ALSA - driver 0000306]: compiles, but no sound comes out

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https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/bug_view_page.php?bug_id=0000306
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Reported By:                Quietti
Assigned To:                tiwai
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Project:                    ALSA - driver
Bug ID:                     306
Category:                   PPC - powermac
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   block
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     assigned
Distribution:               Debian
Kernel Version:             self-compiled 2.6.6 vanilla.
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Date Submitted:             05-25-2004 20:35 CEST
Last Modified:              10-20-2004 00:38 CEST
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Summary:                    compiles, but no sound comes out
Description: 
This is a plain vanilla kernel 2.6.6, which uses ALSA 1.0.4.

The kernel compiles fine, the snd_powermac module loads without any error,
but no sound comes up.

Running alsamixer gives me a mixer screen where none of the sliders can be
moved.
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 tiwai - 05-28-2004 21:18 CEST 
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to be sure: the mixer value cannot be changed via amixer program?

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 Quietti - 05-28-2004 21:37 CEST 
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Yes, that fails too.  For example:

root@omena:/home/q-funk# amixer set CD 80%
Simple mixer control 'CD',0
  Capabilities: pvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 100
  Front Left: Playback 80 [80%]
  Front Right: Playback 80 [80%]
root@omena:/home/q-funk# amixer get CD
Simple mixer control 'CD',0
  Capabilities: pvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 100
  Front Left: Playback 0 [0%]
  Front Right: Playback 0 [0%]
root@omena:/home/q-funk#

That has always failed on this hardware using ALSA.  

However, the old OSS driver dmasound_pmac produces sounds, so I know that
the hardware is not at fault. Then again, since OSS is being deprecated, I
cannot afford to continue using it for too long.

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 Quietti - 07-25-2004 20:16 CEST 
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I would just like to point out that this is still broken in kernel 2.6.7.

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 Quietti - 09-08-2004 06:32 CEST 
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Still broken in kernel 2.6.8.1 also.

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 Quietti - 10-20-2004 00:38 CEST 
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Still broken in kernel 2.6.9 as well.

Bug History
Date Modified  Username       Field                    Change              
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05-25-04 20:35 Quietti        New Bug                                      
05-25-04 20:35 Quietti        File Added: asound.state                     
05-25-04 20:35 Quietti        Distribution              => Debian          
05-25-04 20:35 Quietti        Kernel Version            => self-compiled 2.6.6 vanilla.
05-25-04 20:38 Quietti        Bug Monitored: Quietti                       
05-28-04 21:18 tiwai          Bugnote Added: 0001274                       
05-28-04 21:37 Quietti        Bugnote Added: 0001275                       
07-25-04 20:16 Quietti        Bugnote Added: 0001473                       
09-08-04 06:32 Quietti        Bugnote Added: 0001726                       
10-20-04 00:38 Quietti        Bugnote Added: 0002209                       
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