Bug#393686: [Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#393686: alsa-utils: hard lockup when running alsactl names

[Vincent.McIntyre at csiro.au]

> [...]
> > I still get a hard lockup.
> > The file ~/asound_user.names is not created.
> >
> > I checked around in /var/log, all I could find were boot-time messages
> > in /var/log/messages, eg
> >   Oct 18 20:46:42 tinsley kernel: es1968: not attempting power management.
> >   Oct 18 20:46:42 tinsley kernel: es1968: clocking to 48000
>
> Why do you need /etc/asound.names?

I don't necessarily. I don't really know what it is for. I tried alsactl
names to see what devices alsa thought were there, and hit a hard lockup
which I thought I should report.

> Is sound working properly?
Sound is not working correctly. I can see sound devices and mucking around
in alsamixer allows me to get a soft clicking sound if I turn the volume
way up. But I have been unable to get any sound files to play back. My
attempts so far have been with xmms and an mp3 file (the file is known
good).

> Do you have customized asoundrc's?
Not that I can find. Because getting sound working involves so much hassle
I usually don't bother tweaking it once it's working.


> Please provide the output of:
> $ ls -al /dev/snd
> witch has to look like:

user$ ls -al /dev/snd
total 0
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root      140 2006-10-18 20:46 .
drwxr-xr-x 15 root root    13620 2006-10-21 08:59 ..
crw-rw----  1 root audio 116,  0 2006-10-18 20:46 controlC0
crw-rw----  1 root audio 116,  8 2006-10-18 20:46 midiC0D0
crw-rw----  1 root audio 116, 24 2006-10-18 20:46 pcmC0D0c
crw-rw----  1 root audio 116, 16 2006-10-18 20:46 pcmC0D0p
crw-rw----  1 root audio 116, 33 2006-10-18 20:46 timer

I've tagged the missing ones below, with an asterisk:

> crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  0 Oct 19 21:25 controlC0
> crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 32 Oct 19 21:25 controlC1  *
> crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 36 Oct 19 21:25 hwC1D0     *
> crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  8 Oct 19 21:25 midiC0D0
> crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 24 Oct 19 21:25 pcmC0D0c
> crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 16 Oct 19 21:25 pcmC0D0p
> crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 17 Oct 19 21:25 pcmC0D1p   *
> crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 56 Oct 19 21:25 pcmC1D0c   *
> crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 48 Oct 19 21:25 pcmC1D0p   *
> crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 49 Oct 19 21:25 pcmC1D1p   *
> crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 58 Oct 19 21:25 pcmC1D2c   *
> crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 50 Oct 19 21:25 pcmC1D2p   *
> crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 33 Oct 19 21:25 timer

Perhaps I need an extra module to be loaded? I haven't changed the
module configuration since my initial report.

> As told before: Not reproducible :(

Strange indeed.
Could you send the output of the command when you run it, out of
band?

Thanks for your assistance.
Vince