Bug#618767: module.c: Failed to load module "module-alsa-card"

Martin Steigerwald Martin at Lichtvoll.de
Fri Mar 18 11:10:56 UTC 2011


Package: pulseaudio
Version: 0.9.21-4
Severity: normal

Happens on startup on a ThinkPad T42 with. pulseaudio 0.9.21-4 on
wheezy/sid starts anyway, while 0.9.22-1 from experimental does not -
no process pulseaudio after executing /etc/init.d/pulseaudio start.

martin at shambhala:~> lspci -nn | grep audio
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller [8086:24c5] (rev 01)

Syslog:

Mar 18 11:59:59 shambhala pulseaudio[23408]: alsa-sink.c: Device hw:1 is modem, refusing further initialization.
Mar 18 11:59:59 shambhala pulseaudio[23408]: alsa-source.c: Device hw:1 is modem, refusing further initialization.
Mar 18 11:59:59 shambhala pulseaudio[23408]: module-alsa-card.c: Failed to find a working profile.
Mar 18 11:59:59 shambhala pulseaudio[23408]: module.c: Failed to load  module "module-alsa-card" (argument: "device_id="5" name="platform-thinkpad_acpi" card_name="alsa_card.platform-thinkpad_acpi" tsched=yes ignore_dB=no card_properties="module-udev-detect.discovered=1""): initialization failed.

Kernel is 2.6.38 plain with two hibernation patches that should
be unrelated. As far as I now ThinkPad ACPI just provides a volume
info for the volume keys on the ThinkPad although they change PCM
volume anyway. Maybe best is to ignore it.

ThinkPad ACPI is:

shambhala:~> modinfo thinkpad_acpi
filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.38-tp42-snapshot-p1+2-dirty/kernel/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.ko
license:        GPL
version:        0.24
description:    ThinkPad ACPI Extras
author:         Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh at hmh.eng.br>
author:         Borislav Deianov <borislav at users.sf.net>
alias:          dmi:bvnIBM:bvrI[MU]ET??WW*
alias:          tpacpi
srcversion:     126803508A53DBF2AA0D019
alias:          acpi*:IBM0068:*
depends:        snd,rfkill,hwmon,nvram
vermagic:       2.6.38-tp42-snapshot-p1+2-dirty preempt mod_unload PENTIUMM 
parm:           experimental:Enables experimental features when non-zero (int)
parm:           debug:Sets debug level bit-mask (uint)
parm:           force_load:Attempts to load the driver even on a mis-identified ThinkPad when true (bool)
parm:           fan_control:Enables setting fan parameters features when true (bool)
parm:           brightness_mode:Selects brightness control strategy: 0=auto, 1=EC, 2=UCMS, 3=EC+NVRAM (uint)
parm:           brightness_enable:Enables backlight control when 1, disables when 0 (uint)
parm:           hotkey_report_mode:used for backwards compatibility with userspace, see documentation (uint)
parm:           volume_mode:Selects volume control strategy: 0=auto, 1=EC, 2=N/A, 3=EC+NVRAM (uint)
parm:           volume_capabilities:Selects the mixer capabilites: 0=auto, 1=volume and mute, 2=mute only (uint)
parm:           volume_control:Enables software override for the console audio control when true (bool)
parm:           index:ALSA index for the ACPI EC Mixer (int)
parm:           id:ALSA id for the ACPI EC Mixer (charp)
parm:           enable:Enable the ALSA interface for the ACPI EC Mixer (bool)
parm:           hotkey:Simulates thinkpad-acpi procfs command at module load, see documentation
parm:           bluetooth:Simulates thinkpad-acpi procfs command at module load, see documentation
parm:           video:Simulates thinkpad-acpi procfs command at module load, see documentation
parm:           light:Simulates thinkpad-acpi procfs command at module load, see documentation
parm:           cmos:Simulates thinkpad-acpi procfs command at module load, see documentation
parm:           led:Simulates thinkpad-acpi procfs command at module load, see documentation
parm:           beep:Simulates thinkpad-acpi procfs command at module load, see documentation
parm:           brightness:Simulates thinkpad-acpi procfs command at module load, see documentation
parm:           volume:Simulates thinkpad-acpi procfs command at module load, see documentation
parm:           fan:Simulates thinkpad-acpi procfs command at module load, see documentation

Thanks.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (450, 'testing'), (400, 'unstable'), (110, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.38-tp42-snapshot-p1+2-dirty (PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages pulseaudio depends on:
ii  adduser                       3.112+nmu2 add and remove users and groups
ii  consolekit                    0.4.4-1    framework for defining and trackin
ii  libasound2                    1.0.23-2.1 shared library for ALSA applicatio
ii  libc6                         2.11.2-11  Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libcap2                       1:2.20-1   support for getting/setting POSIX.
ii  libdbus-1-3                   1.4.6-1    simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libgdbm3                      1.8.3-9    GNU dbm database routines (runtime
ii  libice6                       2:1.0.7-1  X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libltdl7                      2.2.6b-2   A system independent dlopen wrappe
ii  libpulse0                     0.9.21-4   PulseAudio client libraries
ii  libsamplerate0                0.1.7-3    Audio sample rate conversion libra
ii  libsm6                        2:1.2.0-1  X11 Session Management library
ii  libsndfile1                   1.0.23-1   Library for reading/writing audio 
ii  libspeexdsp1                  1.2~rc1-1  The Speex extended runtime library
ii  libudev0                      166-1      libudev shared library
ii  libx11-6                      2:1.4.1-5  X11 client-side library
ii  libxtst6                      2:1.2.0-1  X11 Testing -- Record extension li
ii  lsb-base                      3.2-27     Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii  udev                          166-1      /dev/ and hotplug management daemo

Versions of packages pulseaudio recommends:
ii  gstreamer0.10-pulseaudio     0.10.28-1   GStreamer plugin for PulseAudio
ii  libasound2-plugins           1.0.23-1+b1 ALSA library additional plugins
pn  pulseaudio-esound-compat     <none>      (no description available)
ii  pulseaudio-module-x11        0.9.21-4    X11 module for PulseAudio sound se

Versions of packages pulseaudio suggests:
pn  paman                         <none>     (no description available)
pn  paprefs                       <none>     (no description available)
pn  pavucontrol                   <none>     (no description available)
pn  pavumeter                     <none>     (no description available)
ii  pulseaudio-utils              0.9.21-4   Command line tools for the PulseAu

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