Bug#827636: [Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#827636: libasound2: ALSA lib control.c:954:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL pulse

[Lev Livnev]

Elimar, thank you for your help:

I am unable to adjust the sound, so I felt like the package is unusable in
my configuration. Here are the outputs:

$ dpkg -l | egrep '(alsa|libasound)'
ii  alsa-base 1.0.27+1
all  dummy package to ease purging of obsolete conffiles
ii  alsa-utils1.1.1-1
   amd64Utilities for configuring and using ALSA
ii  gstreamer1.0-alsa:amd64   1.8.2-1
   amd64GStreamer plugin for ALSA
ii  libasound2:amd64  1.1.1-1
   amd64shared library for ALSA applications
ii  libasound2:i386   1.1.1-1
   i386 shared library for ALSA applications
ii  libasound2-data   1.1.1-1
   all  Configuration files and profiles for ALSA drivers
ii  libasound2-plugins:amd64  1.1.1-1
   amd64ALSA library additional plugins
ii  libasound2-plugins:i386   1.1.1-1
   i386 ALSA library additional plugins
$ aplay -l
 List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices 
card 0: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC3263 Analog [ALC3263 Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
# alsactl init
[sudo] password for lev:
alsactl: sysfs_init:48: sysfs path '/sys' is invalid

Found hardware: "HDA-Intel" "Intel Broadwell HDMI"
"HDA:80862808,80860101,0010" "0x1028" "0x0665"
Hardware is initialized using a generic method
# sudo alsactl restore

(last command gives no output)

Lev

On Sun, 19 Jun 2016 at 09:54 Elimar Riesebieter  wrote:

> * Lev Livnev  [2016-06-18 23:45 +0100]:
>
> > Package: libasound2
> > Version: 1.1.1-1
> > Severity: grave
> > Justification: renders package unusable
> >
> > Dear Maintainer,
> >
> >
> > After the update to libasound2 version 1.1.1-1 from 1.1.0-1, it is no
> longer
> > possible to control audio, the below command, which should adjust the
> audio
> > levels, fails with the following error:
> >
> > ~/ amixer -D pulse sset Master 5%+
> > ALSA lib control.c:954:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL pulse
> > amixer: Mixer attach pulse error: No such file or directory
> >
> > I can't be sure if this is related to the package libasound2,
> > libasound2-plugins, or alsa-utils, or even something else, so please
> reclassify
> > if necessary.
>
> But you're sure to set severity to grave?
>
> Is sound working? Anyway, what tells:
>
> $ dpkg -l | egrep '(alsa|libasound)'
>
> $ aplay -l
>
> # alsactl init
>
> # alsactl restore
>
> Elimar
> --
>   You cannot propel yourself forward by
>   patting yourself on the back.
>

Bug#827636: [Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#827636: libasound2: ALSA lib control.c:954:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL pulse

[Elimar Riesebieter]

* Lev Livnev  [2016-06-18 23:45 +0100]:

> Package: libasound2
> Version: 1.1.1-1
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> 
> After the update to libasound2 version 1.1.1-1 from 1.1.0-1, it is no longer
> possible to control audio, the below command, which should adjust the audio
> levels, fails with the following error:
> 
> ~/ amixer -D pulse sset Master 5%+
> ALSA lib control.c:954:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL pulse
> amixer: Mixer attach pulse error: No such file or directory
> 
> I can't be sure if this is related to the package libasound2,
> libasound2-plugins, or alsa-utils, or even something else, so please 
> reclassify
> if necessary.

But you're sure to set severity to grave?

Is sound working? Anyway, what tells:

$ dpkg -l | egrep '(alsa|libasound)'

$ aplay -l

# alsactl init

# alsactl restore

Elimar
-- 
  You cannot propel yourself forward by
  patting yourself on the back.