Bug#618767: module.c: Failed to load module "module-alsa-card"

[Martin Steigerwald]

Am Samstag, 12. April 2014, 20:57:46 schrieb Felipe Sateler:
> Hi,

Hi Felipe,

> On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 12:10:56PM +0100, Martin Steigerwald wrote:
> > Package: pulseaudio
> > Version: 0.9.21-4
> > Severity: normal
> > 
> > Happens on startup on a ThinkPad T42 with. pulseaudio 0.9.21-4 on
> > wheezy/sid starts anyway, while 0.9.22-1 from experimental does not -
> > no process pulseaudio after executing /etc/init.d/pulseaudio start.
> > 
> > martin at shambhala:~> lspci -nn | grep audio
> > 00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Intel Corporation
> > 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller [8086:24c5]
> > (rev 01)
> > 
> > Syslog:
> > 
> > Mar 18 11:59:59 shambhala pulseaudio[23408]: alsa-sink.c: Device hw:1 is
> > modem, refusing further initialization. Mar 18 11:59:59 shambhala
> > pulseaudio[23408]: alsa-source.c: Device hw:1 is modem, refusing further
> > initialization. Mar 18 11:59:59 shambhala pulseaudio[23408]:
> > module-alsa-card.c: Failed to find a working profile. Mar 18 11:59:59
> > shambhala pulseaudio[23408]: module.c: Failed to load  module
> > "module-alsa-card" (argument: "device_id="5"
> > name="platform-thinkpad_acpi"
> > card_name="alsa_card.platform-thinkpad_acpi" tsched=yes ignore_dB=no
> > card_properties="module-udev-detect.discovered=1""): initialization
> > failed.
> > 
> > Kernel is 2.6.38 plain with two hibernation patches that should
> > be unrelated. As far as I now ThinkPad ACPI just provides a volume
> > info for the volume keys on the ThinkPad although they change PCM
> > volume anyway. Maybe best is to ignore it.
> 
> This bug was reported a long time ago, and might have been fixed since
> then.
> 
> Can you still reproduce this issue? If so, please reply so we might
> debug the issue. Otherwise, I'd like to close this bug.

Honestly:

I gave up on Pulseaudio. I just had too many different annoying issues with 
this software. PulseAudio 4 at least removed the grave latency issues with me 
starting DVD playback in VLC, video started immediately and audio came in 5 
seconds later, while without PulseAudio worked fine.

But I had further issues since then and as usual they go away with an

apt-get purge pulseaudio

I am fed up with how upstream treated some of my bug reports and usage 
scenarios.

Nothing personal and I know you just make the Debian packages.

Feel free to close this bug. I hope KDE will continue to work without 
PulseAudio or as with Network Manager one day PulseAudio will work for me. 
(For Network Manager this was with 0.9 in my perception, although there has 
been a slight regression recently. Upto 0.9 it was several apt-get install / 
apt-get purge cycles with Network Manager as well.)

Thanks,
-- 
Martin 'Helios' Steigerwald - http://www.Lichtvoll.de
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