Thanks for your bug report. Please use a concise summary in the bug
report, as it helps us triage your report. Additionally, please file
separate bugs for individual issues.
As you peruse the bugs for alsa-utils, please note that someone else has
already filed one asking for the reinstatement of alsaconf. This is
problematic and doesn't resolve the myriad issues, one of which is ISA
cards not properly enumerating MODALIAS info, another of which is that
alsaconf is the wrong tool to "configure your sound card" in the first
place (alsaconf has not been removed from the Debian alsa-utils source
package). The latter point is that udev and Linux need to be doing that.
Requiring the usage of alsaconf is in itself a bug.
Moreover, we are working on a tool to simplify the configuration of
machines with multiple audio chipsets. Currently one such Python script
exists in rudimentary (but functional nonetheless) form, alsaconf. If
its documentation is lacking, please file a bug, and we'll address that
as quickly as possible.
If, at any time, a user needs to edit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base, it's a
bug, so please state clearly in a separate bug report your hardware
causing the situation. We have attempted to enumerate the most common
problematic audio drivers in /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base's latter half,
but obviously this is insufficient. Please let us know your requirements
for a tool that will help alleviate this issue.
Finally, let us trawl your report and separate the orthogonal issues
that should be reported as such.
1) You appear to have a pci id (either {sub,}{vendor,device}) clash for the
via82xx and intel8x0 drivers. I know of one such situation and am tracking it.
2) Having the hardware enumerated (and respective drivers loaded) in seemingly
random order is problematic, but a tool/menu such as asoundconf (or GNOME's
System> Preferences> Sound) will assist with working around that.
3) There exist tools, but they obviously can be improved. Please assist us with
writing specifications/coding/testing.
4) There exists documentation, but it obviously can be improved. Please assist
us with writing it.
** Changed in: Ubuntu
Sourcepackagename: None => alsa-utils
Importance: Undecided => Wishlist
Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed
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Sound card configuration is a complete mess
https://launchpad.net/bugs/77911
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