Your message dated Sun, 17 Jan 2010 18:29:20 +0100 with message-id <[email protected]> and subject line Re: [Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#446968: Bug#446968: alsa-base: Alsa only works after /etc/init.d/alsa restart, then fails again later has caused the Debian Bug report #446968, regarding alsa-base: Alsa only works after /etc/init.d/alsa restart, then fails again later to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: alsa-base Version: 1.0.14-2 Severity: grave Justification: renders package unusable After upgrading my kernel from 2.6.18-4 to 2.6.21 (now 2.6.22), I noticed mplayer stoped playing video files, and stalled immediately after opening. I filed a bug report with mplayer (bug #445731). I later learned that the problem was not mplayer specific; any application that attempted to work with alsa stalled (including the gnome sound system). I tired building modules for alsa using module-assistant, and it appeared to work. However, I think it only appeared to work because it cause alsa to reload. After the system rebooted alsa still had the same problem. When the system is started, to prevent applications that work with alsa from stalling, I have to run /etc/init.d/alsa force-reload. This allows sound to start working again. However, once sound is working again, if I try to play a movie file, mplayer works for a few seconds and stalls (as it did before alsa was reloaded). I tried this with totem, and, though it didn't stall, sound suddenly cut out. So, alsa starts working after the reload, but then stops again. If I try playing the file yet again, it will still play (without locking up immediately), but it still locks up later. I have tried reinstalling the alsa-base and alsa-utils packages, but nothing has worked so far. -- Package-specific info: --- Begin additional package status --- Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-==============-==============-============================================ ii libasound2 1.0.14a-2 ALSA library --- End additional package status --- --- Begin /proc/asound/version --- Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.14 (Thu May 31 09:03:25 2007 UTC). --- End /proc/asound/version --- --- Begin /proc/asound/cards --- 0 [Tumbler ]: PMac Tumbler - PowerMac Tumbler PowerMac Tumbler (Dev 21) Sub-frame 0 --- End /proc/asound/cards --- --- Begin /dev/snd/ listing --- total 0 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 0 2007-10-16 20:55 controlC0 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 16 2007-10-16 20:55 pcmC0D0p crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 33 2007-10-16 20:55 timer --- End /dev/snd/ listing --- -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: powerpc (ppc) Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-2-powerpc Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages alsa-base depends on: ii linux-sound-base 1.0.14-2 base package for ALSA and OSS soun ii lsof 4.78.dfsg.1-3 List open files ii module-init-tools 3.3-pre11-4 tools for managing Linux kernel mo Versions of packages alsa-base recommends: ii alsa-utils 1.0.14-2 ALSA utilities Versions of packages libasound2 depends on: ii libc6 2.6.1-1 GNU C Library: Shared libraries -- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---* Elimar Riesebieter [090904 15:48 +0200] > * Sean [071016 21:12 -0400] > > Package: alsa-base > > Version: 1.0.14-2 > > Severity: grave > > Justification: renders package unusable > > > > After upgrading my kernel from 2.6.18-4 to 2.6.21 (now 2.6.22), > > I noticed mplayer stoped playing video files, and stalled immediately > > after opening. I filed a bug report with mplayer (bug #445731). I later > > learned that the problem was not mplayer specific; any application that > > attempted to work with alsa stalled (including the gnome sound system). > > I tired building modules for alsa using module-assistant, and it > > appeared to work. However, I think it only appeared to work because > > it cause alsa to reload. After the system rebooted alsa still had the > > same problem. When the system is started, to prevent applications > > that work with alsa from stalling, I have to run > > /etc/init.d/alsa force-reload. This allows sound to start working again. > > Is this bug still valid for you? We have alsa-driver 1.0.20 and > kernel 2.6.30 now ;-) No response since 4 months. Bug closed hereby. Elimar -- "Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself." -Friedrich Nietzsche
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