[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#446968: Bug#446968: alsa-base: Alsa only works after /etc/init.d/alsa restart, then fails again later

[Sean Zimmermann]

Submitted bug with ALSA bug tracking system against the powermac  
driver. It's bug number 0003512.

Sean

On Oct 19, 2007, at 8:02 PM, Elimar Riesebieter wrote:

> On Fri, 19 Oct 2007 the mental interface of
> Sean Zimmermann told:
>
>> On Oct 19, 2007, at 6:05 PM, Elimar Riesebieter wrote:
>>
> [...]
>>> Then
>>> # modprobe -v snd_aoa_i2sbus
>>> or just reboot.
>>>
>>> No more /etc/init.d/alsa reload needed. Please rely on udev.
>>
>> Here's what I got:
> [...]
>> # lsmod | grep snd
>> snd_aoa_i2sbus         24388  0
>> snd_pcm_oss            52480  0
>> snd_mixer_oss          20384  1 snd_pcm_oss
>> snd_pcm                92324  2 snd_aoa_i2sbus,snd_pcm_oss
>> snd_timer              26084  1 snd_pcm
>> snd_page_alloc         11272  1 snd_pcm
>> snd                    67476  5
>> snd_aoa_i2sbus,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
>> soundcore               8900  1 snd
>> snd_aoa_soundbus        7908  1 snd_aoa_i2sbus
>
> At this stage snd_aoa_i2sbus should detect yor soundcard but it
> doesn't :( You can try to add:
>
> # modprobe -v snd_aoa_fabric_layout
>
> [...]
>> # cat /proc/asound/cards
>> --- no soundcards ---
>>
>>
>> I'm not sure if it's relevant, but my machine is quite old (G4  
>> Powermac
>> (Quicksilver)). Is it possible that the
>> aoa-tas driver isn't recognizing it because my card is too old?
>
> There are 3 flavours of the new snd_aoa_fabric_layout:
>
> - aoa-onyx (PPC: Onyx (pcm3052) codec chip found in the latest Apple
>   machines)
>
> - aoa-tas (PPC: Tas chips found in a lot of Apple Machines, especially
>   iBooks and PowerBooks without digital.)
>
> - aoa-toonie (PPC: Toonie codec for the MAC Mini)
>
> and it looks like none of them are workin on your Quicksilver :(
>
> So could you please post a bug against snd-powermac at
> https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug
> and let us know the bug# please?
>
> You can also try to find a user with same machine at
> debian-powerpc at lists.debian.org and ask for advice.
>
> Thanks
> Elimar
>
> -- 
>   Alles was viel bedacht wird ist bedenklich!;-)
>          Friedrich Nietzsche

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