[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#585488: Bug#585488: alsa-base: The fix for bug #574593 breaks C-Media CM6501 built-in audio devices

[Elimar Riesebieter]

severity 585488 wishlist
tags 585488 wontfix
thanks


* David Headland [100610 22:13 +0100]
> Package: alsa-base
> Version: 1.0.23+dfsg-1
> Severity: normal
> Tags: sid
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I have recently upgraded alsa-base and on reboot found that sound had
> stopped working. On investigation, it looks like the fix that was applied
> for bug #574593 has caused the problem.
> 
> I have an Asus M2N-E motherboard which has an integrated C-Media CM6501
> sound card, which, somewhat unusually for on-board sound, is connected
> through the USB bus. By stopping snd-usb-audio from being set up as card
> zero, this may have fixed the original bug but has just moved it to
> people who use USB audio as their primary sound system.

According to /usr/share/doc/alsa-base/REDAME.Debian.gz do:

Set up a module loader configuration file
/etc/modprobe.d/local.conf to look like this:

alias snd-card-0 snd-usb-audio
options snd-usb-audio index=0

and run as root 'alsa reload' or 'reboot'.

Elimar

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