Bug#297802: [Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#297802: alsa-base: discover loads emu10k1-gp

[Thomas Hood]

On Wed, 2005-03-02 at 18:12 -0600, Jeremy Jones wrote: 
> After mucking around with
> modules.conf and discover blacklists, I finally found what seems to
> be a more correct solution.  I have added an entry for the "SB Live!
> MIDI/Game Port" in /lib/discover/alsa-base.pci-device.xml and all is
> well.  The alsa module is now "preferred" by discover.
> 
> My card is identified like this by discover:
> 1102 0002 Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1


This device is already described
in /lib/discover/alsa-base.pci-device.xml.


> 1102 7002 Creative Labs SB Live! MIDI/Game Port


This one is not described in /lib/discover/alsa-base.pci-device.xml.  It
is described in /lib/discover/pci-device.xml and assigned the driver
emu10k1-gp.  I think I recall someone saying that emu10k1-gp _does_ work
with ALSA drivers, but I am not sure.  That is why it isn't blacklisted.


> I added the following to /lib/discover/alsa-base.pci-device.xml just
> after the EMU10k1 entry:
> 
>   <device model="7002" vendor="1102" model_name="SB Live! MIDI/Game Port">
>     <data class="linux">
>       <data class="module" version="[2.2,2.6)">
>         <data class="name">snd-emu10k1-synth</data>
>       </data>
>     </data>
>   </device>


Try the following.  _Instead_ of adding the entry you presented, modify
the lib/discover/alsa-base.pci-device.xml entry for 1102:0002 to this:

  <device model="0002" vendor="1102" model_name="SB Live! EMU10k1">
    <data class="linux">
      <data class="module" version="[2.2,inf)">
        <data class="name">snd-emu10k1-synth</data>
      </data>
    </data>
  </device>


> Once this module is correct, the soundfont still has to be loaded before
> the synths work.  You need the awesfx package, the *.sf2 from the win32
> drivers (from creative), and something like this in /etc/modutils/
> 
>   post-install snd-emu10k1-synth /usr/bin/asfxload 2gmgsmt


See #246405.

-- 
Thomas Hood <jdthood@aglu.demon.nl>