[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#939690: libasound2-plugins:amd64: HDMI plugin missing

[Elimar Riesebieter]

* Simon Richter <sjr at debian.org> [2019-09-07 22:53 +0200]:

> Package: libasound2-plugins
> Version: 1.1.8-1
> Severity: normal
> 
> Hi,
> 
> aplay -L reports that I have two HDMI audio channels:
> 
> hdmi:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
>     HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 0
>     HDMI Audio Output
> hdmi:CARD=PCH,DEV=1
>     HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 1
>     HDMI Audio Output
> 
> That is indeed correct, but trying to use them I end up with
> 
> alsa-lib: dlmisc.c:287:(snd1_dlobj_cache_get) Cannot open shared library
>   /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/alsa-lib/libasound_module_pcm_hdmi.so ((null):
>   /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/alsa-lib/libasound_module_pcm_hdmi.so: cannot
>   open shared object file: No such file or directory)
> 
> It seems the plugin is missing here. The normal audio device works in some
> configurations, but has no information on the capabilities of the connected
> device.

AFAIK libasound_module_pcm_hdmi.so isn't distributed from alsa. Do
you have a ~/.asoundrc? If yes, how does it lokk like?

Elimar
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