[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#627153: alsa-utils: Missing alsa-firmware package, containing firmwares required by many soundcards

[Adam Cécile (Le_Vert)]

Package: alsa-utils
Version: 1.0.23-4
Severity: important

Hello,

I'm not sure if it's the right package to report this bug, but hopefully,
you'll be interrested in.
Debian alsa stack is missing the alsa-firmware package. This non-free packages
contains a couple of firmware used by soundcards. For example, high EMU cards
are handled by a regular kernel but doesn't work at all because hana.fw
firmware is missing.

There's an RFP/ITP open here without any activity:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=597897

A miling list thread without any conclusion:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-kernel/2011/02/msg00046.html

A bug opened at Ubuntu BTS, no solution either (since 2005!!!):
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/26294

And the download repository at alsa-projetc:
ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/firmware/

Finally, I found a package in medibuntu:
http://packages.medibuntu.org/natty/alsa-firmware.html

After installing this package, the EMU soundcard work as expected.

Thanks in advance,

Best regards, Adam.



-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (400, 'unstable'), (200, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.38-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages alsa-utils depends on:
ii  libasound2                 1.0.23-3      shared library for ALSA applicatio
ii  libc6                      2.11.2-11     Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libncursesw5               5.9-1         shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  linux-sound-base           1.0.23+dfsg-3 base package for ALSA and OSS soun
ii  lsb-base                   3.2-27        Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii  module-init-tools          3.12-1        tools for managing Linux kernel mo
ii  udev                       167-3         /dev/ and hotplug management daemo
ii  whiptail                   0.52.11-2     Displays user-friendly dialog boxe

Versions of packages alsa-utils recommends:
pn  alsa-base                     <none>     (no description available)
ii  pciutils                      1:3.1.7-9  Linux PCI Utilities

alsa-utils suggests no packages.

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