[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#608388: alsa-utils: restore fails after rename from "PC Speaker" to "Beep"

[Kurt Roeckx]

Package: alsa-utils
Version: 1.0.23-3
Severity: important

Hi,

I think Linux 2.6.33 renamed "PC Speaker" to "Beep".  alsactl
doesn't seem to be liking this much.

During boot between kernels with different names I see:
Setting up ALSA...warning: 'alsactl restore' failed with error message 'Unknown hardware: "ICH" "SigmaTel STAC9700,83,84" "AC97a:83847600" "0x1043" "0x1493"
Hardware is initialized using a guess method
alsactl: set_control:1255: failed to obtain info for control #5 (No such file or directory)
alsactl: set_control:1255: failed to obtain info for control #6 (No such file or directory)'...done.


I think that SigmaTel thing is a modem and not related at all.

On a 2.6.32 kernel I get:
        control.5 {
                comment.access 'read write'
                comment.type BOOLEAN
                comment.count 1
                iface MIXER
                name 'PC Speaker Playback Switch'
                value true
        }
        control.6 {
                comment.access 'read write'
                comment.type INTEGER
                comment.count 1
                comment.range '0 - 15'
                comment.dbmin -4500
                comment.dbmax 0
                iface MIXER
                name 'PC Speaker Playback Volume'
                value 8
        }

Booting into a newer kernel, I get:
        control.5 {
                comment.access 'read write'
                comment.type BOOLEAN
                comment.count 1
                iface MIXER
                name 'Beep Playback Switch'
                value false
        }
        control.6 {
                comment.access 'read write'
                comment.type INTEGER
                comment.count 1
                comment.range '0 - 15'
                comment.dbmin -4500
                comment.dbmax 0
                iface MIXER
                name 'Beep Playback Volume'
                value 0
        }

So it's renamed, volume turned to 0 and muted.

So I've changed it manually so that is says:
        control.5 {
                comment.access 'read write'
                comment.type BOOLEAN
                comment.count 1
                iface MIXER
                name 'Beep Playback Switch'
                value true
        }
        control.6 {
                comment.access 'read write'
                comment.type INTEGER
                comment.count 1
                comment.range '0 - 15'
                comment.dbmin -4500
                comment.dbmax 0
                iface MIXER
                name 'Beep Playback Volume'
                value 15
        }

(On, volume at 15)

Rebooting into a .32 kernel gets me the volume of 8 again.

So it seems that for .32 it sets up reasonable defaults, while for newer it just turns it off.
But I'm expecting my settings to be saved, even after a rename.

The manpage says:
       -F, --force
              Used  with restore command.  Try to restore the matching control elements as much as possible.  This option is
              set as default now.

This doesn't seem to be doing what I expect it to do.



Kurt