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

[Elimar Riesebieter]

* Dan DeVoto <dand1972 at yahoo.com> [2013-06-28 00:00 -0700]:

> 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 ---

You need to load snd_powerpc. What tells
$ lsmod | grep snd
?

Which kernel are you using?
$ cat /proc/version
$ cat /proc/asound/version

Elimar
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