[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#628172: alsa-base: slow volume adjustment

[Ivaylo Mateev]

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

Following problems exists with Asus Xonar D1 or similar Audio Cards:

1) Very slow volume adjustment
2) Popping and Clipping during playback



-- Package-specific info:
--- 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 [D1             ]: AV200 - Xonar D1
                      Asus Virtuoso 100 (rev 2) at 0xc000, irq 21
 1 [CinemaTM       ]: USB-Audio - Microsoft® LifeCam Cinema(TM)
                      Microsoft Microsoft® LifeCam Cinema(TM) at usb-0000:00:1d.7-5, high speed
 2 [nano           ]: USB-Audio - Dr. DAC nano
                      ESI Audiotechnik GmbH Dr. DAC nano at usb-0000:00:1d.1-1, full speed
--- End /proc/asound/cards ---
--- Begin /dev/snd/ listing ---
total 0
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root       80 May 27 23:24 by-id
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root      100 May 27 23:24 by-path
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 12 May 27 23:24 controlC0
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116,  5 May 27 23:24 controlC1
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116,  8 May 27 23:24 controlC2
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 11 May 27 23:27 pcmC0D0c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 10 May 27 23:28 pcmC0D0p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116,  9 May 27 23:27 pcmC0D1p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116,  4 May 27 23:27 pcmC1D0c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116,  7 May 27 23:27 pcmC2D0p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116,  6 May 27 23:24 pcmC2D1p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116,  3 May 27 23:24 seq
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116,  2 May 27 23:24 timer
--- End /dev/snd/ listing ---

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0.1
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages alsa-base depends on:
ii  linux-sound-base           1.0.23+dfsg-2 base package for ALSA and OSS soun
ii  lsof                       4.81.dfsg.1-1 List open files
ii  module-init-tools          3.12-1        tools for managing Linux kernel mo
ii  udev                       164-3         /dev/ and hotplug management daemo

Versions of packages alsa-base recommends:
ii  alsa-utils                    1.0.23-3   Utilities for configuring and usin

Versions of packages alsa-base suggests:
pn  alsa-oss                      <none>     (no description available)
ii  apmd                          3.2.2-14   Utilities for Advanced Power Manag
pn  oss-compat                    <none>     (no description available)

Versions of packages libasound2 depends on:
ii  libc6                         2.11.2-10  Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib

-- no debconf information