Bug#464191: Sound broken with linux-image-2.6.24-1-686
Rob Bochan
Version: 2.6.24-2
Severity: normal
With the upgrade to linux-image-2.6.24-1-686, sound no onger works on this
machine. Strting KDE gives me the artsmessage "Error while initializing the
sound driver:
device /dev/dsp can't be opened (No such file or directory)"
It does work properly with the previous kernels, including 2.6.22-3-686.
lspci lists:
'$ lspci |grep audio
00:0d.0 Multimedia audio controller: ESS Technology ES1983S Maestro-3i PCI
Audio Accelerator'
-- Package-specific info:
** Version:
Linux version 2.6.24-1-686 (Debian 2.6.24-2) (wa...@debian.org) (gcc version 4.1.3 20080114 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.2-19)) #1 SMP Thu Jan 31 20:35:50 UTC 2008
** Command line:
root=/dev/hda2 ro vga=792
** Not tainted
** Kernel log:
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] enabled at IRQ 10
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:07.2[D] -> Link [LNKD] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
uhci_hcd 0000:00:07.2: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:07.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
uhci_hcd 0000:00:07.2: irq 10, io base 0x00001880
usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 1-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
PIIX4: IDE controller (0x8086:0x7111 rev 0x01) at PCI slot 0000:00:07.1
PIIX4: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
ide0: BM-DMA at 0x18a0-0x18a7, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio
ide1: BM-DMA at 0x18a8-0x18af, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:pio
Probing IDE interface ide0...
usb 1-1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hda: IBM-DARA-218000, ATA DISK drive
hda: host max PIO4 wanted PIO255(auto-tune) selected PIO4
hda: UDMA/33 mode selected
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
Probing IDE interface ide1...
SCSI subsystem initialized
libata version 3.00 loaded.
hda: max request size: 128KiB
hda: 35433216 sectors (18141 MB) w/418KiB Cache, CHS=35152/16/63
hda: cache flushes not supported
hda: hda1 hda2 hda3
usbcore: registered new interface driver hiddev
input: Kensington Kensington USB/PS2 Wheel Mouse as /class/input/input1
input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Kensington Kensington USB/PS2 Wheel Mouse] on usb-0000:00:07.2-1
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c: v2.6:USB HID core driver
Attempting manual resume
kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
input: PC Speaker as /class/input/input2
Real Time Clock Driver v1.12ac
parport_pc 00:0a: reported by Plug and Play ACPI
parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778), irq 7, dma 3 [PCSPP,TRISTATE,COMPAT,ECP,DMA]
Linux agpgart interface v0.102
pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5
shpchp: Standard Hot Plug PCI Controller Driver version: 0.4
Yenta: CardBus bridge found at 0000:00:0a.0 [103c:0010]
Yenta: Enabling burst memory read transactions
Yenta: Using INTVAL to route CSC interrupts to PCI
Yenta: Routing CardBus interrupts to PCI
Yenta TI: socket 0000:00:0a.0, mfunc 0x012c1272, devctl 0x66
Yenta: ISA IRQ mask 0x0838, PCI irq 10
Socket status: 30000006
Yenta: CardBus bridge found at 0000:00:0a.1 [103c:0010]
Yenta: Using INTVAL to route CSC interrupts to PCI
Yenta: Routing CardBus interrupts to PCI
Yenta TI: socket 0000:00:0a.1, mfunc 0x012c1272, devctl 0x66
Yenta: ISA IRQ mask 0x0838, PCI irq 10
Socket status: 30000006
agpgart: Detected an Intel 440BX Chipset.
agpgart: AGP aperture is 64M @ 0xf8000000
piix4_smbus 0000:00:07.3: Found 0000:00:07.3 device
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] enabled at IRQ 5
PCI: setting IRQ 5 as level-triggered
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0d.0[A] -> Link [LNKC] -> GSI 5 (level, low) -> IRQ 5
ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:00:0d.0 disabled
Maestro3: probe of 0000:00:0d.0 failed with error -2
input: Power Button (FF) as /class/input/input3
ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF]
input: Lid Switch as /class/input/input4
ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
input: Sleep Button (CM) as /class/input/input5
ACPI: Sleep Button (CM) [SLP]
Synaptics Touchpad, model: 1, fw: 5.4, id: 0x9b54b1, caps: 0x844793/0x0
serio: Synaptics pass-through port at isa0060/serio1/input0
input: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad as /class/input/input6
cs: IO port probe 0x100-0x4ff: excluding 0x4d0-0x4d7
cs: IO port probe 0x100-0x4ff: excluding 0x4d0-0x4d7
cs: IO port probe 0x800-0x8ff: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0xc00-0xcff: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0x800-0x8ff: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0xa00-0xaff: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0xc00-0xcff: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0xa00-0xaff: clean.
ACPI: AC Adapter [ACAD] (on-line)
ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT1] (battery present)
ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT2] (battery absent)
input: Video Bus as /class/input/input7
ACPI: Video Device [VGA] (multi-head: yes rom: no post: no)
IBM TrackPoint firmware: 0x0b, buttons: 2/3
input: TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint as /class/input/input8
Adding 960112k swap on /dev/hda3. Priority:-1 extents:1 across:960112k
EXT3 FS on hda2, internal journal
Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
USB Mass Storage support registered.
[drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
device-mapper: uevent: version 1.0.3
device-mapper: ioctl: 4.12.0-ioctl (2007-10-02) initialised: dm-d...@redhat.com
eth0: setting full-duplex.
NET: Registered protocol family 10
lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
eth0: no IPv6 routers present
** Loaded modules:
Module Size Used by
ppdev 8804 0
lp 11076 0
ipv6 240772 18
dm_snapshot 16964 0
dm_mirror 21600 0
dm_mod 55812 2 dm_snapshot,dm_mirror
drm 74036 0
usb_storage 77440 0
ati_agp 8684 0
ide_cd 36224 0
cdrom 32512 1 ide_cd
joydev 11360 0
video 18672 0
output 3744 1 video
battery 8640 0
container 4864 0
ac 4544 0
pcmcia 37036 0
psmouse 36464 0
serio_raw 6660 0
button 8432 0
snd_maestro3 21188 0
firmware_class 9408 2 pcmcia,snd_maestro3
snd_ac97_codec 92932 1 snd_maestro3
i2c_piix4 8428 0
intel_agp 23412 1
ac97_bus 2176 1 snd_ac97_codec
i2c_core 22432 1 i2c_piix4
yenta_socket 24844 2
rsrc_nonstatic 11872 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 36884 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
shpchp 31028 0
pci_hotplug 27712 1 shpchp
agpgart 31688 3 drm,ati_agp,intel_agp
parport_pc 33668 1
parport 34280 3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc
evdev 11104 6
snd_pcm 71780 2 snd_maestro3,snd_ac97_codec
snd_timer 21092 1 snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 10056 1 snd_pcm
snd 48612 4 snd_maestro3,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 7552 1 snd
rtc 13052 0
pcspkr 3200 0
ext3 122920 1
jbd 43732 1 ext3
mbcache 8288 1 ext3
usbhid 28096 0
hid 34272 1 usbhid
ide_disk 15648 3
ata_generic 7428 0
libata 144464 1 ata_generic
scsi_mod 141196 2 usb_storage,libata
piix 7492 0 [permanent]
generic 4388 0 [permanent]
uhci_hcd 23376 0
ide_core 108292 4 ide_cd,ide_disk,piix,generic
3c59x 41064 0
mii 5312 1 3c59x
usbcore 132940 4 usb_storage,usbhid,uhci_hcd
floppy 54628 0
thermal 16028 0
processor 36520 2 thermal
fan 4772 0
** PCI devices:
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge [8086:7190] (rev 03)
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 64
Region 0: Memory at f8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
Kernel modules: intel-agp
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge [8086:7191] (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle+ MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap- 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 128
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=64
I/O behind bridge: 00009000-00009fff
Memory behind bridge: f4100000-f5ffffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 30000000-300fffff
Secondary status: 66MHz+ FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ <SERR- <PERR-
BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- NoISA+ VGA+ MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B+
PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn-
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:07.0 Bridge [0680]: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA [8086:7110] (rev 02)
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle+ MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0
00:07.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE [8086:7111] (rev 01) (prog-if 80 [Master])
Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 64
Region 0: [virtual] Memory at 000001f0 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=8]
Region 1: [virtual] Memory at 000003f0 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1]
Region 2: [virtual] Memory at 00000170 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=8]
Region 3: [virtual] Memory at 00000370 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1]
Region 4: I/O ports at 18a0 [size=16]
Kernel driver in use: PIIX_IDE
Kernel modules: piix
00:07.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB [8086:7112] (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 64
Interrupt: pin D routed to IRQ 10
Region 4: I/O ports at 1880 [size=32]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
00:07.3 Bridge [0680]: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI [8086:7113] (rev 03)
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Interrupt: pin ? routed to IRQ 9
Kernel driver in use: piix4_smbus
Kernel modules: i2c-piix4
00:0a.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCI1420 PC card Cardbus Controller [104c:ac51]
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device [103c:0010]
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 168, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10
Region 0: Memory at 30120000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=05, sec-latency=176
Memory window 0: 20000000-23fff000 (prefetchable)
Memory window 1: 24000000-27fff000
I/O window 0: 00001c00-00001cff
I/O window 1: 00002000-000020ff
BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- ISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset+ 16bInt+ PostWrite+
16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001
Kernel driver in use: yenta_cardbus
Kernel modules: yenta_socket
00:0a.1 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCI1420 PC card Cardbus Controller [104c:ac51]
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device [103c:0010]
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 168, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 10
Region 0: Memory at 30121000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Bus: primary=00, secondary=06, subordinate=09, sec-latency=176
Memory window 0: 28000000-2bfff000 (prefetchable)
Memory window 1: 2c000000-2ffff000
I/O window 0: 00002400-000024ff
I/O window 1: 00002800-000028ff
BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- ISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset+ 16bInt+ PostWrite+
16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001
Kernel driver in use: yenta_cardbus
Kernel modules: yenta_socket
00:0b.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: 3Com Corporation 3c556 Hurricane CardBus [Cyclone] [10b7:6055] (rev 10)
Subsystem: 3Com Corporation Unknown device [10b7:6256]
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 80 (2500ns min, 1250ns max), Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10
Region 0: I/O ports at 1800 [size=128]
Region 1: Memory at f4002400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128]
Region 2: Memory at f4002000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at 30100000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: 3c59x
Kernel modules: 3c59x
00:0b.1 Communication controller [0780]: 3Com Corporation Mini PCI 56k Winmodem [10b7:1007] (rev 10)
Subsystem: 3Com Corporation Unknown device [10b7:6158]
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10
Region 0: I/O ports at 1000 [size=256]
Region 1: Memory at f4002c00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Region 2: Memory at f4002800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128]
Capabilities: <access denied>
00:0d.0 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: ESS Technology ES1983S Maestro-3i PCI Audio Accelerator [125d:1998]
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device [103c:0010]
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 5
Region 0: I/O ports at 1400 [size=256]
Region 1: Memory at f4000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel modules: snd-maestro3
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility P/M AGP 2x [1002:4c4d] (rev 64) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device [103c:0010]
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping+ SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 66 (2000ns min), Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10
Region 0: Memory at f5000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Region 1: I/O ports at 9000 [size=256]
Region 2: Memory at f4100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at 30000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.24-1-686 depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.19 Debian configuration management sy
ii initramfs-tools [linux-initr 0.91d tools for generating an initramfs
ii module-init-tools 3.3-pre11-4 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.24-1-686 recommends:
ii libc6-i686 2.7-6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries [i
-- debconf information:
shared/kernel-image/really-run-bootloader: true
linux-image-2.6.24-1-686/preinst/overwriting-modules-2.6.24-1-686: true
linux-image-2.6.24-1-686/postinst/bootloader-error-2.6.24-1-686:
linux-image-2.6.24-1-686/postinst/create-kimage-link-2.6.24-1-686: true
linux-image-2.6.24-1-686/postinst/old-system-map-link-2.6.24-1-686: true
linux-image-2.6.24-1-686/prerm/would-invalidate-boot-loader-2.6.24-1-686: true
linux-image-2.6.24-1-686/preinst/initrd-2.6.24-1-686:
linux-image-2.6.24-1-686/preinst/failed-to-move-modules-2.6.24-1-686:
linux-image-2.6.24-1-686/postinst/depmod-error-initrd-2.6.24-1-686: false
linux-image-2.6.24-1-686/preinst/bootloader-initrd-2.6.24-1-686: true
linux-image-2.6.24-1-686/postinst/old-initrd-link-2.6.24-1-686: true
linux-image-2.6.24-1-686/preinst/lilo-has-ramdisk:
linux-image-2.6.24-1-686/postinst/old-dir-initrd-link-2.6.24-1-686: true
linux-image-2.6.24-1-686/preinst/abort-install-2.6.24-1-686:
linux-image-2.6.24-1-686/prerm/removing-running-kernel-2.6.24-1-686: true
linux-image-2.6.24-1-686/postinst/depmod-error-2.6.24-1-686: false
linux-image-2.6.24-1-686/preinst/abort-overwrite-2.6.24-1-686:
linux-image-2.6.24-1-686/preinst/elilo-initrd-2.6.24-1-686: true
linux-image-2.6.24-1-686/postinst/bootloader-test-error-2.6.24-1-686:
linux-image-2.6.24-1-686/postinst/kimage-is-a-directory:
linux-image-2.6.24-1-686/preinst/lilo-initrd-2.6.24-1-686: true
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dann frazier
> Package: linux-image-2.6.24-1-686
> Version: 2.6.24-2
> Severity: normal
>
> With the upgrade to linux-image-2.6.24-1-686, sound no onger works on this
> machine. Strting KDE gives me the artsmessage "Error while initializing the
> sound driver:
> device /dev/dsp can't be opened (No such file or directory)"
> It does work properly with the previous kernels, including 2.6.22-3-686.
> lspci lists:
> '$ lspci |grep audio
> 00:0d.0 Multimedia audio controller: ESS Technology ES1983S Maestro-3i PCI
> Audio Accelerator'
Rob,
Does /dev/dsp reappear if you run the following?
# modprobe snd-pcm-oss
--
dann frazier
Matěj Laitl
while I'm not a Debian user, I think I am able to point you at the potentional
root of this problem. I saw following line your dmesg:
Maestro3: probe of 0000:00:0d.0 failed with error -2
The cause is probably the missing firmware for your card. The firmware can be
either embedded into the kernel or distributed alone, depending on the
CONFIG_SND_MAESTRO3_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL kernel config option. See following
lines from kernel's sound/pci/maestro3.c:
61 #ifndef CONFIG_SND_MAESTRO3_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL
62 MODULE_FIRMWARE("ess/maestro3_assp_kernel.fw");
63 MODULE_FIRMWARE("ess/maestro3_assp_minisrc.fw");
64 #endif
So in order for this card to work, you need either package with firmware
(alsa-firmware usually) or CONFIG_SND_MAESTRO3_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL option
enabled. I guess Debian switched this option from yes to no between kernel
versions.
Regards,
Matěj Laitl
Mikko Nurminen
ES1988 Allegro-1 (rev 12) sound chip. Matěj Laitl seems to be spot in
his post since in I found this in Debian kernel changelog :
linux-2.6 (2.6.23-1) unstable; urgency=low
...
* Remove binary only firmwares for:
...
- ESS Allegro/Maestro3
...
While I understand and support the whole "up yours, binary only
firmwares" view, I also do like having sound. Is there any chance of
getting the needed firmware in kernel or as a module in Debian.
Package alsa-firmware-loaders doesn't seem to handle a module for
these chips.
Cheerio,
Mikko Nurminen
Matěj Laitl
> Package alsa-firmware-loaders doesn't seem to handle a module for
> these chips.
This is not the right package, the right one is just "alsa-firmware", which is
evidently not packaged in Debian. You can get it from the alsa project, e.g.:
ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/firmware/
Please note that this package does not contain the module, only firmware,
which is needed by the in-kernel module. (The firmware needs to be installed
somewhere where the kernel finds it, usually something like this:
/lib/firmware/ess/maestro3_assp_kernel.fw
/lib/firmware/ess/maestro3_assp_minisrc.fw)
Rob Bochan
How nice. I haven't had to do that since about 1998. I guess this is good
enough reason as any to remove Debian from my laptop. Sad too, it's been
Debian since before Woody was released.
...Rob
Gabor Burjan
> So now I've got to recompile my kernel just to have sound?
> How nice. I haven't had to do that since about 1998. I guess this is good
> enough reason as any to remove Debian from my laptop. Sad too, it's been
> Debian since before Woody was released.
You do not need to recompile the kernel, you need the appropriate binary
firmware blob. Get the firmware package
ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/firmware/alsa-firmware-1.0.16.tar.bz2
and run ./configure && make && make install
After this you should have the following files present:
/lib/firmware/ess/maestro3_assp_kernel.fw
/lib/firmware/ess/maestro3_assp_minisrc.fw
Then, run rmmod snd_maestro3 and modprobe snd_maestro3 again.
HTH,
Gabor
Timo-Tuomas Koivisto
I hope it will be fixed on next kernels release though.
On Mon, 31 Mar 2008, Gabor Burjan wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 06:23:17PM -0500, Rob Bochan wrote:
>> So now I've got to recompile my kernel just to have sound?
>> How nice. I haven't had to do that since about 1998. I guess this is good
>> enough reason as any to remove Debian from my laptop. Sad too, it's been
>> Debian since before Woody was released.
>
> You do not need to recompile the kernel, you need the appropriate binary
> firmware blob. Get the firmware package
>
> ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/firmware/alsa-firmware-1.0.16.tar.bz2
>
> and run ./configure && make && make install
>
> After this you should have the following files present:
>
> /lib/firmware/ess/maestro3_assp_kernel.fw
> /lib/firmware/ess/maestro3_assp_minisrc.fw
>
> Then, run rmmod snd_maestro3 and modprobe snd_maestro3 again.
>
> HTH,
> Gabor
-Tipi Koivisto
Moritz Muehlenhoff
retitle 464191 Reintroduce Maestro firmware
tags 464191 wontfix
thanks
> >On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 06:23:17PM -0500, Rob Bochan wrote:
> >>So now I've got to recompile my kernel just to have sound?
> >>How nice. I haven't had to do that since about 1998. I guess this is good
> >>enough reason as any to remove Debian from my laptop. Sad too, it's been
> >>Debian since before Woody was released.
> >
> >You do not need to recompile the kernel, you need the appropriate binary
> >firmware blob. Get the firmware package
> >
> > ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/firmware/alsa-firmware-1.0.16.tar.bz2
> >
> >and run ./configure && make && make install
> >
> >After this you should have the following files present:
> >
> > /lib/firmware/ess/maestro3_assp_kernel.fw
> > /lib/firmware/ess/maestro3_assp_minisrc.fw
> >
> >Then, run rmmod snd_maestro3 and modprobe snd_maestro3 again.
> Thank you Gabor. I got my sounds back on this prescription!
>
> I hope it will be fixed on next kernels release though.
We cannot distribute the firmware unfortunately. However, there are
instructions how to fix this locally: http://wiki.debian.org/snd-maestro3
Cheers,
Moritz