[Debian-eeepc-devel] Asus EeePC 1215b sound does not work in Squeeze, works fine in Oneiric

[Miguel Telleria de Esteban]

Hi Paul and the others,

I am still with the same problem and I can only work on it sporadically
usually on the weekends.  But anyway I give you an update with the
status.

*  I tried alsa-info.sh and I see that the problem is that no PCM
   control comes out in the mixer options.  I think that this is the
   objective that I have to aim.

*  Before submitting a bug-report on any kernel package I tried to
   replicate the ubuntu oneiric packages in my debian distro.  I tried
   the following:
   -  Backporting alsa-utils, alsa-oss, libasound2 from Ubuntu (1.0.24)
   -  Using a 3.0.0-2 kernel from Debian sid
   -  Installing a 3.0.0-12 kernel from Ubuntu Oneiric (the same that
     the Ubuntu live system has).

*  I still obtain the same result, even with the Ubuntu Oneiric kernel.

So I am writing to alsa-users mailing list to ask for their wisdom.  My
post can be found here:

http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=28427545

Regards,

	Miguel Telleria


El Sun, 13 Nov 2011 19:52:45 +0100 Paul Menzel  escribió:
> Dear Miguel,
> 
> 
> Am Sonntag, den 13.11.2011, 19:21 +0100 schrieb Miguel Telleria de
> Esteban:
> 
> > I am struggling to make my brand new Asus EeePC 1215B produce any
> > sound in a Debian Squeeze installation.
> > 
> > Note:  I am with a 32bit installation.
> > 
> > 
> > RESEARCHING (on Debian Squeeze)
> > -------------------------------
> 
> please use the script `alsa-info.sh` [1] to get ALSA related
> information.
> 
> […]
> 
> > Next steps that I am trying
> > ---------------------------
> > 
> > *  Trying to adapt the compilation errors in alsa-source 1.0.24
> > 
> > *  Backporting alsa-utils and alsa-tools from Oneiric
> > 
> > *  Compile a 3.0.0 kernel (Oneiric) from the Oneiric or Sid.
> > 
> > Of course any more ideas are welcome.
> 
> I suggest the following.
> 
> 1. Submit a report to the Debian bug tracking system (using
> `reportbug`). I think the Linux kernel package is the correct package
> to file that issue against.
> 
> 2. Try a live system. Debian offers live images [2]. I guess the just
> released Fedora 16 should have the latest Linux kernel and ALSA stuff
> too and they offer live systems too [3]. Store the output of
> `alsa-info.sh` of these systems.
> 
> 3. If it worked in item 2. mention that to your Debian bug report. If
> it did not work, either contact alsa-devel [4] or open an issue in the
> Fedora bug tracking system [5] since the Linux kernel bug tracker is
> down currently due to the kernel.org compromise. Some upstream
> developers work for Fedora/RedHat so I hope your issue will be fixed
> upstream.
> 
> Oh, I read the subject line again and it is working in Oneiric. Please
> always mention such stuff in the message again! I guess item 1. should
> be enough then. One of the Linux kernel maintainer Ben Hutchings most
> of the time gets a solution out really fast!
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Paul
> 
> 
> [1] http://alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Help_To_Debug
> [2] http://live.debian.net/
> [3] http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora
> [4] http://alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Mailing-lists
> [5] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/