I bumped my head against this problem AGAIN (5 years later) when I upgraded to Ubuntu 14.04.2 on my studio recording computer. Lo and behold, still no alsa-firmware package for soundcards.
It would appear that the idea that the alsa firmware be iincluded in the kernel is not going to happen. All that is required is that a package of the alsa-firmware be built for Debian. I'll do it myself if necessary, if it will help others to get their sound cards working. I don't see why the sound firmware is left out when there are a thousand and one non-free firmware packages available for obscure TV cards, etc. etc. So, how can we get a package built? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Studio Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu Studio. Matching subscriptions: UbuntuStudio Bugs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/510889 Title: Alsa No firmware for EMU card Status in Ubuntu Studio: Confirmed Bug description: A Fresh Install Ubuntu Studio 9.10 Karmic Koala i386 DAW : AMD Athlon, MB ASUS A7N8E, Soundcard EMU 1820M (PCI + Audiodock) My sound card doesn't start, audiodock is blank, no Alsa device for alsamixer. dmesg log : [ 23.071778] EMU10K1_Audigy 0000:01:0a.0: PCI INT A -> Link[APC1] -> GSI 16 (level, high) -> IRQ 16 [ 23.071872] emu1010: Special config. [ 23.073377] emu1010: EMU_HANA_ID = 0x7f [ 23.073382] emu1010: filename emu/hana.fw testing [ 23.073388] EMU10K1_Audigy 0000:01:0a.0: firmware: requesting emu/hana.fw [ 23.434662] firmware: emu/hana.fw not found. Err = -2 [ 23.434668] emu1010: Loading Firmware file emu/hana.fw failed [ 23.441452] EMU10K1_Audigy 0000:01:0a.0: PCI INT A disabled [ 23.441478] EMU10K1_Audigy: probe of 0000:01:0a.0 failed with error -2 I just upload "alsa-firmware-1.0.20" sources from ALSA project website ./configure; make; sudo make install After the reboot my sound card works. I access to alsamixe, play sounds, run Jack in RT 48KHz. (I'm not sure it's fully fonctionnal, because in previous realease I was on Ubuntu-studio 8.04LTS with beta ALSA drivers for my card, so I can't compare). dmesg log : [ 23.220586] EMU10K1_Audigy 0000:01:0a.0: PCI INT A -> Link[APC1] -> GSI 16 (level, high) -> IRQ 16 [ 23.220683] emu1010: Special config. [ 23.220773] emu1010: EMU_HANA_ID = 0x7f [ 23.220775] emu1010: filename emu/hana.fw testing [ 23.220780] EMU10K1_Audigy 0000:01:0a.0: firmware: requesting emu/hana.fw [ 23.406459] firmware size = 0x133a4 I think several component from ALSA are missing in install process. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntustudio/+bug/510889/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntustudio-bugs Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntustudio-bugs More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
