[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#614610: [alsa-base] after feb 22, 2011 Squeeze "upgrade, " alsa will not load my sound module (echo mia). NO sound.

Tue Feb 22 16:16:57 UTC 2011

Package: alsa-base
Version: 1.0.23+dfsg-2
Severity: serious

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I said "alsa-base," but in truth, I have not a clue as to the actual 
problem (could be some other feature of alsa, or even something else), 
please read on.

After a Feb. 2, 2011 Squeeze "upgrade" my echo mia sound card module 
would not load (by alsa). I will report, as per requested to the 
alsa-bug, at the given address (I didn't know until it was presented) 
https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug. However, this was caused (to 
the best of my limited knowledge), by some changes, as I said, in a 
rather massive Debian Squeeze "upgrade," I had not changed any 
parameters, files, hardware, etc., either just prior to, or after this 
"upgrade."

This is some of what I complained about to the Debian developers forum 
(with no response!):

    "Rosegarden crashes, Real Audio (Helix 11), crashes, Jack (by
    itself) will not start up (via qjackctl), Ardour can not open
    (start) Jack, & probably other problems I have not yet encountered...

    I discovered that I can get Jack to start up by loading ZynAddSubFX
    (but no sound is played), & then Rosegarden & Ardour will load
    properly, minus audio (i.e., midi functions work, audio in
    previously recorded files show as playing, but no sound).

    I went through the alsa check list (viewtopic.php?f=16&t=53708
    <http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=53708>). Nothing
    there I tried helped."

I have contacted the person who wrote the echo driver (Giuliano Pochini 
<pochini at shiny.it>), & he apparently knew nothing about this situation. 
I welcome any inquiries for further information, suggestions... or what 
ever, & freely admit, I am rather poking in the dark here, so the 
information I offer, may not be what you need to know.

Thanks for your attention to this matter, as a functioning audio system 
is important to my work.

Henry Peters

--- System information. ---
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686

Debian Release: wheezy/sid
500 unstable www.debian-multimedia.org
500 unstable debian.tagancha.org
500 unstable debian.scribus.net
500 testing ftp.de.debian.org
500 testing debian.tagancha.org
500 stable http.us.debian.org

--- Package information. ---
Depends (Version) | Installed
===================================-+-==============
lsof (>= 4.64) | 4.81.dfsg.1-1
module-init-tools (>= 3.2.1) | 3.12-1
linux-sound-base | 1.0.23+dfsg-2
udev | 164-3
libc6 (>= 2.3.6-6~) | 2.11.2-11

Recommends (Version) | Installed
=========================-+-===========
alsa-utils | 1.0.23-3

Suggests (Version) | Installed
===================================-+-=============
apmd (>= 3.0.2-1) |
alsa-oss | 1.0.17-4
oss-compat |
libasound2-plugins (>= 1.0.18) |

--- Output from package bug script ---
--- Begin additional package status ---
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| 
Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend 

|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-====================================-=================================-===================================================================================================================================================================================================================== 

ii libasound2 1.0.23-2.1 shared library for ALSA applications
--- End additional package status ---
--- Begin /proc/asound/version ---
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.
--- End /proc/asound/version ---
--- Begin /proc/asound/cards ---
0 [Mia ]: Echo_Mia - Mia
Mia rev.1 (DSP56361) at 0xfe900000 irq 17
--- End /proc/asound/cards ---
--- Begin /dev/snd/ listing ---
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 60 Feb 22 10:04 by-path
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 8 Feb 22 10:04 controlC0
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 4 Feb 22 10:04 midiC0D0
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 7 Feb 22 10:04 pcmC0D0c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 6 Feb 22 10:04 pcmC0D0p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 5 Feb 22 10:04 pcmC0D1c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 3 Feb 22 10:04 seq
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 2 Feb 22 10:04 timer
--- End /dev/snd/ listing ---

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