[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#246744: "invalid via82xx_cur_ptr, using last valid pointer" and no sound produced

[Phil Edwards]

Package: alsa-source
Version: 1.0.4-2
Severity: normal


Trying to play any sound at all generates lines like this in the syslog:

kernel: ALSA /usr/src/modules/alsa-driver/alsa-kernel/pci/via82xx.c:588: codec_read: codec 0 is not valid [0xfe0000]
kernel: ALSA /usr/src/modules/alsa-driver/alsa-kernel/pci/via82xx.c:727: invalid via82xx_cur_ptr, using last valid pointer


with no sound ever being produced.  I don't know anything about sound
hardware, so don't know what other information you need.  It's an onboard
chip, listed in the debconf data below.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.5-fenric3
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C

Versions of packages alsa-source depends on:
ii  bzip2                        1.0.2-1     A high-quality block-sorting file 
ii  debconf                      1.4.24      Debian configuration management sy
ii  debconf-utils                1.4.24      debconf utilities
ii  debhelper                    4.2.8       helper programs for debian/rules
ii  gcc [c-compiler]             4:3.3.3-2   The GNU C compiler
ii  gcc-2.95 [c-compiler]        1:2.95.4-22 The GNU C compiler
ii  gcc-3.0 [c-compiler]         1:3.0.4-7   The GNU C compiler.
ii  gcc-3.2 [c-compiler]         1:3.2.3-9   The GNU C compiler
ii  gcc-3.3 [c-compiler]         1:3.3.3-6   The GNU C compiler
ii  make                         3.80-7      The GNU version of the "make" util

-- debconf information:
  alsa-common/card-list: 
* alsa-source/cards_to_be_built: via82xx (PCI: VIA VT8233/82C686A South Bridge)
* alsa-source/debug: true
  alsa-source/cards: 
* alsa-source/has_pnp: false