[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#714345: alsa-base: No sound on PowerPC with Jessie upgrade

[Dan DeVoto]

Package: alsa-base
Version: 1.0.25+3
Severity: important

Dear Maintainer,

Sound stopped working with upgrade from Wheezy to Jessie.  I can't open
alsamixer anymore, either.  This is on an iBook G3 700 MHz.

dan at icebook:~$ alsamixer
cannot open mixer: No such file or directory

dan at icebook:~$ amixer
amixer: Mixer attach default error: No such file or directory

dan at icebook:~$ aplay -l
aplay: device_list:268: no soundcards found...

dan at icebook:~$ cat /proc/asound/cards
--- no soundcards ---

Also I found these lines in /var/log/syslog that appear related to audio:

Jun 27 22:58:00 icebook kernel: [   19.365963] i2c i2c-0: PMac Keywest Audio:
attach_adapter method is deprecated
Jun 27 22:58:00 icebook kernel: [   19.373642] i2c i2c-0: Please use another
way to instantiate your i2c_client
Jun 27 22:58:00 icebook kernel: [   19.381043] i2c i2c-1: PMac Keywest Audio:
attach_adapter method is deprecated
Jun 27 22:58:00 icebook kernel: [   19.388326] i2c i2c-1: Please use another
way to instantiate your i2c_client
Jun 27 22:58:00 icebook kernel: [   19.395619] i2c i2c-2: PMac Keywest Audio:
attach_adapter method is deprecated
Jun 27 22:58:00 icebook kernel: [   19.402770] i2c i2c-2: Please use another
way to instantiate your i2c_client
Jun 27 22:58:00 icebook kernel: [   19.409768] i2c i2c-3: PMac Keywest Audio:
attach_adapter method is deprecated
Jun 27 22:58:00 icebook kernel: [   19.416747] i2c i2c-3: Please use another
way to instantiate your i2c_client
Jun 27 22:58:00 icebook kernel: [   19.423711] i2c i2c-4: PMac Keywest Audio:
attach_adapter method is deprecated
Jun 27 22:58:00 icebook kernel: [   19.430816] i2c i2c-4: Please use another
way to instantiate your i2c_client
Jun 27 22:58:00 icebook kernel: [   19.438048] i2c i2c-5: PMac Keywest Audio:
attach_adapter method is deprecated
Jun 27 22:58:00 icebook kernel: [   19.445388] i2c i2c-5: Please use another
way to instantiate your i2c_client
Jun 27 22:58:00 icebook kernel: [   19.452853] i2c i2c-6: PMac Keywest Audio:
attach_adapter method is deprecated
Jun 27 22:58:00 icebook kernel: [   19.460287] i2c i2c-6: Please use another
way to instantiate your i2c_client
Jun 27 22:58:00 icebook kernel: [   19.511477] i2c i2c-6: Failed to register
i2c client keywest at 0x35 (-16)

Thanks,

Dan



-- 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      Architecture Description
+++-==============-============-============-=================================
ii  libasound2:pow 1.0.27.1-1   powerpc      shared library for ALSA applicati
--- End additional package status ---
--- Begin /proc/asound/version ---
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version k3.9-1-powerpc.
--- End /proc/asound/version ---
--- Begin /proc/asound/cards ---
--- no soundcards ---
--- End /proc/asound/cards ---
--- Begin /dev/snd/ listing ---
total 0
crw-rw---T+ 1 root audio 116,  1 Jun 27 22:57 seq
crw-rw---T+ 1 root audio 116, 33 Jun 27 22:57 timer
--- End /dev/snd/ listing ---

-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)

Kernel: Linux 3.9-1-powerpc
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages alsa-base depends on:
ii  dpkg    1.16.10
ii  kmod    9-3
ii  procps  1:3.3.4-2
ii  udev    175-7.2

Versions of packages alsa-base recommends:
ii  alsa-utils  1.0.27.1-1

Versions of packages alsa-base suggests:
pn  alsa-oss    <none>
pn  oss-compat  <none>

Versions of packages libasound2 depends on:
ii  libasound2-data    1.0.27.1-1
ii  libc6              2.17-3
ii  multiarch-support  2.17-3

Versions of packages libasound2 suggests:
pn  libasound2-plugins  <none>

-- no debconf information