[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#385736: alsa-source: no sound with ENS1371

[Ken Bannister]

Package: alsa-source
Version: 1.0.11-5
Severity: normal

This report is informational. The bug is reported at the Alsa project;
it is #1756. I'm reporting it here because there is an immediate fix,
and because the problem was vexing to someone unfamiliar with sound
configuration.

I recently installed etch, but I have been unable to get sound out of my 
ENS1371 module. As it turns out Alsa was configured correctly using 
normal procedures. However, there is a problem in the driver code. I 
have been able to correct the problem from the fix information at
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel-team/2006-August/000979.html.


-- Package-specific info:
--- Begin additional package status ---
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: 
uppercase=bad)
||/ Name                Version             Description
+++-===================-===================-====================================
==================
ii  alsa-base           1.0.11-5            ALSA driver configuration files
ii  libasound2          1.0.11-7            ALSA library
--- End additional package status ---
--- Begin /proc/asound/version ---
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.11.
Compiled on Sep  1 2006 for kernel 2.6.16-2-686.
--- End /proc/asound/version ---
--- Begin /proc/asound/cards ---
  0 [AudioPCI       ]: ENS1371 - Ensoniq AudioPCI
                       Ensoniq AudioPCI ENS1371 at 0xe800, irq 11
--- End /proc/asound/cards ---
--- Begin /dev/snd/ listing ---
total 0
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  0 2006-09-01 08:10 controlC0
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  8 2006-09-01 08:10 midiC0D0
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 24 2006-09-01 08:10 pcmC0D0c
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 16 2006-09-01 08:10 pcmC0D0p
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 17 2006-09-01 08:10 pcmC0D1p
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 33 2006-09-01 08:10 timer
--- End /dev/snd/ listing ---

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
   APT prefers testing

Alsa is configured correctly, but I could not get any sound out of my
ENS1371 module. I have been able to correct the problem from the
information at 
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel-team/2006-August/000979.html.
The fix is a change to the driver code.

-- Package-specific info:
--- Begin additional package status ---
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: 
uppercase=bad)
||/ Name                Version             Description
+++-===================-===================-======================================================
ii  alsa-base           1.0.11-5            ALSA driver configuration files
ii  libasound2          1.0.11-7            ALSA library
--- End additional package status ---
--- Begin /proc/asound/version ---
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.11.
Compiled on Sep  1 2006 for kernel 2.6.16-2-686.
--- End /proc/asound/version ---
--- Begin /proc/asound/cards ---
  0 [AudioPCI       ]: ENS1371 - Ensoniq AudioPCI
                       Ensoniq AudioPCI ENS1371 at 0xe800, irq 11
--- End /proc/asound/cards ---
--- Begin /dev/snd/ listing ---
total 0
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  0 2006-09-01 08:10 controlC0
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  8 2006-09-01 08:10 midiC0D0
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 24 2006-09-01 08:10 pcmC0D0c
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 16 2006-09-01 08:10 pcmC0D0p
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 17 2006-09-01 08:10 pcmC0D1p
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 33 2006-09-01 08:10 timer
--- End /dev/snd/ listing ---

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
   APT prefers testing
   APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)