[Pkg-alsa-devel] Re: Bug#357236: linux-image-2.6.16-rc5-686: no sound on Lifebook P2120

[Adam C Powell IV]

On Tue, 2006-06-20 at 18:16 +0200, Elimar Riesebieter wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 the mental interface of
> Adam C Powell IV told:
> 
> > reassign 357236 linux-image-2.6.16-2-686
> > forwarded 357236 https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/view.php?id=1943
> > thanks
> > 
> > Hadn't noticed that the forward tag didn't work last time, sorry about
> > that.
> > 
> > Okay, it's been three months and upstream hasn't touched my bug.  I'm
> > wondering if I can get some help here, or at least vague ideas about
> > what might be going wrong.
> > 
> > On this laptop, fn-F3 toggles mute; when mute is turned off, there's an
> > audible beep.  When repeatedly toggling "mute unmute mute unmute", I
> > noticed that this audible beep capability stops during the boot.  By
> > booting with init=/bin/bash and carefully going through things, I've
> > managed to narrow it down to when the /etc/init.d/udev script runs
> > udevtrigger.
> > 
> > If I reboot and load the modules which udevtrigger would load, that does
> > not cause the beeps to stop, but then running udevtrigger does stop
> > them.  I think something in udevtrigger somehow disables sound output.
> > 
> > Any ideas?
> 
> No.
> Which Kernel?
> Which alsa-packages?
> Wich distro (sarge|testing|sid)?

2.6.8 through 2.6.16 (in the bug)
alsa 1.0.11-2
Debian etch

> Did you build the latest drivers out of alsa-source 1.0.11-2?

No, that's already in etch.

> What tells cat /proc/asound after a normal boot?
> which modules are loaded then?
> Are there any mixer settings muted?

/proc/asound looks pretty much normal, indicates the snd-ali5451 module.
I can send a tarball if that would help.
alsamixer shows MM for 3D Contr, Mic Boos, IEC958, Caller I, External,
and Off-hook (?).  Turning off MM...  Oh my gosh, turning it off on
External makes the sound work again!

Hooray!  Thanks so much!

> > I've had no sound on this laptop for a year,
> 
> Waaaaoooow, so you are very patient ;)

Was more like very frustrated! :-(  I kept trying new kernels hoping
"this will be the one"...

Thanks much for the reply!

-Adam
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