[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#366212: The problem consists

Mon Aug 7 15:15:25 UTC 2006

Hi!

I read the last message in the thread (then you closed the bug) written by 
Jordi Mallach, Wed, 05 Jul 2006 and my the problem consists. But I had only 
replaced the packages, not the kernel which is a ordinary Debian 2.6.15-1-k7. 
(This message is irrelevant and may be trashed if the alsa-kernel-modules is 
the ones that makes Artsd do a cpu overload on Via82xx chips.)

I tried a fresh Etch install yesterday. I have run Sarge in the meantime. I 
throwed out Etch in February because of the problems with Artsd (cpu 
overload) and that my TV/radio card doesn't gave any sound any more. Those 
two problems arised at the same time then I upgrade Alsa sometimes ( as I 
remeber it now) during November or December 2005. I supposte it was then I 
upgrade from Alsa 1.0.8. (I have run Sarge since Februari and both Artsd and 
my TV/radio card works exellent. But I was forced to write 'snd_via82xx' 
in /etc/modules so Udev or Discover doesn't let the bttv module take over 
during bootup.)

Back to my fresh Etch install. I did as recomended in Jordi Mallach message 
and installed:
alsa-base 1.0.11-3
linux-sound-base 1.0.11-3
libasound 1.0.11-7

but that doesn't help. Artsd makes my cpu hot and no sound from the TV/radio 
card. 

Then followed Nick Leverton, Tue, 4 Jul 2006 tips and did 
a /etc/modutils/00local file with 'options snd-via82xx dxs_support=2' in it i 
prevented Arts from going wild but there are still no sound from the TV/radio 
card. But I got the system notification working.

In my opinion this bug is real serious and I will go back to Sarge until the 
problem is solved. And, as I wrote before, I think the silent TV/radio card 
has connections with this bug. If you want more info than I give below send 
me a mail.

Best wishes
Magnus Berg
Burgvik
SWEDEN

Here comes a long list of info:

magnus at debian:~$ dpkg -l | egrep "(asound|alsa|sound\-base)"
ii  alsa-base                         1.0.11-4                     ALSA driver 
configuration files
ii  alsa-utils                        1.0.11-6                     ALSA 
utilities
ii  libasound2                        1.0.11-7                     ALSA 
library
ii  linux-sound-base                  1.0.11-4                     base 
package for ALSA and OSS sound systems

magnus at debian:~$ artsd -l0
artsd version is 1.5.3
gsl: using Unix98 pthreads directly for mutexes and conditions
[artsd:  4326] SoundServerStartup --> got lock
autodetecting driver:
 - oss: 10
 - alsa: 15
 - null: -1
 - esd: -1
 - jack: -1
 - nas: -1
 - toss: 4
... which means we'll default to alsa
ALSA driver: default
buffering: 7 fragments with 1024 bytes (audio latency is 40.6 ms)
Closing ALSA-driver
virtualize StereoVolumeControl
ALSA driver: default
buffering: 7 fragments with 1024 bytes (audio latency is 40.6 ms)
audio format is 44100 Hz, 16 bits, 2 channels
addDirectory(/usr/lib/mcop,)
addDirectory(/usr/lib/mcop/Arts,Arts)
addDirectory(/home/magnus/.mcop/trader-cache,)
There are already artsd objects registered, looking if they are active...
xrun!!

magnus at debian:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8377 [KT400/KT600 AGP] Host 
Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 PCI Bridge
00:0a.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture 
(rev 11)
00:0a.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture (rev 
11)
00:0b.0 SCSI storage controller: Advanced System Products, Inc ABP940-U / 
ABP960-U (rev 03)
00:0e.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 
Controller (rev 50)
00:0e.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 
Controller (rev 50)
00:0e.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 51)
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 
Controller (rev 80)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 
Controller (rev 80)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 
Controller (rev 80)
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 82)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge
00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. 
VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 
AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 74)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV28 [GeForce4 Ti 4200 
AGP 8x] (rev a1)