[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#598941: libasound2: No sound on Intel DX58SO motherboard

[Tim Day]

Package: libasound2
Version: 1.0.16-2
Severity: important


I'm running lenny, amd64 on a DX58SO motherboard.

Sound (alsa) has worked well in the past (on Lenny),
but I don't use it that often so I'm not sure when it broke;
suspect one of the security kernel updates recently.

Anyway, I tried to get it back with 
  sudo alsaconf 
which finds snd-hda-intel, but then when it says it's
going to set stuff up, spews (console contents after
configurator dialog has gone):
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Unloading ALSA sound driver modules: (none loaded).
Building card database...


Loading driver...
FATAL: Error inserting snd (/lib/modules/2.6.26-2-amd64/kernel/sound/core/snd.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
WARNING: Error running install command for snd
WARNING: Error inserting snd_timer (/lib/modules/2.6.26-2-amd64/kernel/sound/core/snd-timer.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
FATAL: Error inserting snd (/lib/modules/2.6.26-2-amd64/kernel/sound/core/snd.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
WARNING: Error running install command for snd
WARNING: Error inserting snd_timer (/lib/modules/2.6.26-2-amd64/kernel/sound/core/snd-timer.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
FATAL: Error inserting snd_pcm (/lib/modules/2.6.26-2-amd64/kernel/sound/core/snd-pcm.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
WARNING: Error running install command for snd_pcm
FATAL: Error inserting snd (/lib/modules/2.6.26-2-amd64/kernel/sound/core/snd.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
WARNING: Error running install command for snd
WARNING: Error inserting snd_timer (/lib/modules/2.6.26-2-amd64/kernel/sound/core/snd-timer.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
FATAL: Error inserting snd (/lib/modules/2.6.26-2-amd64/kernel/sound/core/snd.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
WARNING: Error running install command for snd
WARNING: Error inserting snd_timer (/lib/modules/2.6.26-2-amd64/kernel/sound/core/snd-timer.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
FATAL: Error inserting snd_pcm (/lib/modules/2.6.26-2-amd64/kernel/sound/core/snd-pcm.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
WARNING: Error running install command for snd_pcm
FATAL: Error inserting snd_hda_intel (/lib/modules/2.6.26-2-amd64/kernel/sound/pci/hda/snd-hda-intel.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
FATAL: Error running install command for snd_hda_intel
Setting default volumes...
amixer: Mixer attach default error: No such file or directory


===============================================================================

 Now ALSA is ready to use.
 For adjustment of volumes, use your favorite mixer.

 Have a lot of fun!

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And dmesg contains a bunch of stuff like
-----
snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_ctl_add_slave
[  185.743921] snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_ctl_add
[  185.744003] snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_new
[  185.744073] snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_limit_hw_rates
[  185.744136] snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_card_register
[  185.744195] snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_card_free
[  185.744253] snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_lib_preallocate_pages_for_a
ll
[  185.744313] snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_card_proc_new
[  185.744459] snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_ctl_find_id
[  185.744515] snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_set_sync
[  185.744620] snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_ctl_new1
[  185.744722] snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_component_add
[  185.744782] snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_ctl_make_virtual_master
[  185.744851] snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_card_new
[  185.744907] snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_iprintf
[  185.744972] snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_lib_malloc_pages
[  185.745030] snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_ctl_boolean_mono_info
[  185.745107] snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_lib_ioctl
[  185.745169] snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_lib_free_pages
[  185.745240] snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_set_ops
[  185.745310] snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_hw_constraint_list
[  185.745392] snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_device_new
[  185.745449] snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_sgbuf_ops_page
[  185.745534] snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_suspend_all
[  185.745610] snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_card_disconnect
[  185.745666] snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_hw_constraint_integer
[  185.745785] snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_pci_quirk_lookup
[  185.745895] snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_period_elapsed
[  185.745950] snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_hw_constraint_step
[  185.746035] snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_format_width
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I tried installing the libasound2 from backports (forcing it,
as it breaks lib32asound2 - and the libasound32 in backports
needs libc6-i386 I'd have to do to get from testing I think)
but that didn't make any difference.

Sorry if this is against completely the wrong package
(maybe is a kernel or one of the other alsa packages issue).

The nearest thing I could find in the bug database is bug 499470;
maybe this should be considered a duplicate.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.6
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable'), (200, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages libasound2 depends on:
ii  libc6                       2.7-18lenny4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries

libasound2 recommends no packages.

Versions of packages libasound2 suggests:
pn  libasound2-plugins            <none>     (no description available)

-- no debconf information