[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#611533: Bug#611533: alsa-base: version issue: kernel provides 1.0.21 drivers, alsa is 1.0.23

[Brice Rebsamen]

>> AFAIK 1.0.23 drivers where introduced in 2.6.33 or so.

Squeeze is currently providing 2.6.32-5, which provides 1.0.21.
Alsa-base is 1.0.23
Hence the version issue. Packages should match, right?

Regard

On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 10:02 AM, Brice Rebsamen <brice.brice at gmail.com> wrote:
> About 5 days ago the sound disappeared on VLC, mozilla flash player
> (youtube videos and the likes), XINE, MPlayer, Kaffeine, but NOT from
> Amarok, Skype and Dragon media player... i.e. if I play a video I get
> the image but not the sound
>
> VLC reports an error about a version issue with ALSA lib, but not the
> other applications.
>
> I posted the problem on linuxquestion first:
> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-desktop-74/sound-suddenly-disappeared-from-some-applications-859160/
> And I was advised to diagnose with alsa-info.sh. The output is here:
> http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=7596318b68885a0702cea56188b874af2191c2a8
>
> Regards
> Brice
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 3:23 AM, Elimar Riesebieter <riesebie at lxtec.de> wrote:
>> severity 611533 minor
>> thanks
>>
>>
>> * brice.brice+linux at gmail.com [110130 21:52 +0800]:
>>> Package: alsa-base
>>> Version: 1.0.23+dfsg-2
>>> Severity: important
>>> Tags: squeeze
>>>
>>> This mutes some applications (vlc, flash plugin, mplayer, etc.)
>>> I fixed by compiling my own module:
>>> m-a a-i alsa
>>
>> Hmm, the driver version doesn't depend on alsa-basw's package
>> version. What does "mutes some applications" mean?
>>
>> AFAIK 1.0.23 drivers where introduced in 2.6.33 or so.
>>
>> Elimar
>>
>>
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