[ALSA - driver 0001253]: My kernel doesn't find my sound cards anymore !!!

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2006-01-05T20:18:46Z

Last Modified: 01-05-2006 21:18 CET
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Summary: My kernel doesn't find my sound cards anymore !!!
Description:
My kernel stop working with my soundcards !!!
It use to work in 2.6.8 (not in 2.6.10, 2.6.11 & 2.6.12)

My sound cards :
- ENS1370
- SIS 7012

Motherboard :
- K7S5A

Linux Box :
- Debian on x86 AMD
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tiwai - 01-04-06 16:41
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Try to build drivers as modules and load _only_ snd-ens1371 module.

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fabien - 01-05-06 21:18
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I compile every sound drivers in modules, I remove the dummy and MPU-401
UART drivers. I disable my SIS 7012 sound card in the bios. I unplugged my
web cam.

=> It's working with the ENS1371 card !!!

matou:/etc# lsmod
Module Size Used by
snd_seq_midi 8608 0
snd_ens1371 23264 4
snd_rawmidi 23712 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_ens1371
snd_ac97_codec 83104 1 snd_ens1371
snd_ac97_bus 2304 1 snd_ac97_codec
pcspkr 2052 0

matou:/etc# cat /proc/asound/cards
0 [AudioPCI ]: ENS1371 - Ensoniq AudioPCI
Ensoniq AudioPCI ENS1371 at 0xdc00, irq 5

But no information in dmesg :

matou:/etc# dmesg | grep -iE "ALSA|sound|#|ens13|ac97|sis"
Linux version 2.6.15 (root@matou) (gcc version 4.0.3 20051201 (prerelease)
(Debian 4.0.2-5)) #1 PREEMPT Wed Jan 4 21:03:14 CET 2006
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.10rc3 (Mon Nov 07
13:30:21 2005 UTC).
ALSA device list:
No soundcards found.

Issue History
Date Modified Username Field Change
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07-12-05 14:04 fabien New Issue
07-12-05 14:04 fabien Distribution => Debian Sarge
07-12-05 14:04 fabien Kernel Version => 2.6.12
10-24-05 21:20 fabien Note Added: 0006523
12-31-05 00:11 rlrevell Note Added: 0007310
01-02-06 12:36 fabien Note Added: 0007371
01-03-06 10:10 fabien Note Edited: 0007371
01-03-06 10:11 fabien Note Edited: 0007371
01-04-06 15:38 fabien Note Added: 0007423
01-04-06 16:41 tiwai Note Added: 0007425
01-05-06 21:18 fabien Note Added: 0007478