Created attachment 146971 [details]
fc6 automatic log after sound device search not working

Hm, looks like a driver problem. Please check a new kernel update (2.6.19) or
the latest drivers (how-to is here - http://people.redhat.com/stransky/alsa)

(In reply to comment #2)
> Hm, looks like a driver problem. Please check a new kernel update (2.6.19) or
> the latest drivers (how-to is here - http://people.redhat.com/stransky/alsa)

Thank you for the quick reply. The kernel was updated when this bug report was
posted, and the uname -a outputs:
2.6.19-1.2895.fc6xen #1 SMP Wed Jan 10 19:47:12 EST 2007 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
following the link at http://people.redhat.com/stransky/alsa I have made some
few things, but as an audio newbie:

"Check your card by some low-level utility (like aplay):"

[root@main sounds]# aplay phone.wav 
aplay: main:550: audio open error: No such file or directory
[root@main sounds]# ls
alsa       error.wav    gtk-events  phone.wav      startup3.wav
ekiga      gaim         info.wav    question.wav   warning.wav
email.wav  generic.wav  panel       shutdown1.wav

the same with /usr/bin/aplay

from x 0 to 8
[root@main sounds]# aplay -D hw:x /usr/share/sounds/phone.wav
ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:1357:(_snd_pcm_hw_open) Invalid value for card
aplay: main:550: audio open error: No such device

"Check if mixer channels are unmuted"

alsamixer

alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such file or directory

from x 0 to 8

alsaunmute x
Wrong card index 0...

http://atrpms.net/dist/fc6/alsa-driver/

[binary rpm]  193k
Jan 21 11:02:25 CET 2007 	
alsa-driver-devel-1.0.14-57_rc2.fc6.at.i386.rpm  - Kernel header files from the
ALSA driver

-> Ok

[binary rpm] 154k
Jan 21 11:02:24 CET 2007 	
alsa-driver-1.0.14-57_rc2.fc6.at.i386.rpm  - The Advanced Linux Sound
Architecture (ALSA) base files

-> Missing Dependency: alsa-kmdl-1.0.14-57_rc2.fc6.at is needed by package
alsa-driver

http://atrpms.net/dist/fc6/alsa-lib/

[binary rpm]  357k
Oct 20 16:32:13 CEST 2006 	
libasound2-1.0.13-32.fc6.at.i386.rpm  - Shared libraries for package alsa-lib

-> ok

[binary rpm] 1.5M
Oct 20 16:32:13 CEST 2006 	
alsa-lib-devel-1.0.13-32.fc6.at.i386.rpm  - Development files for building
against the alsa-lib package

-> error

[('file /usr/lib/alsa-lib/smixer/smixer-ac97.a from install of
alsa-lib-devel-1.0.13-32.fc6.at conflicts with file from package
alsa-lib-1.0.12-2.fc6', (7, '/usr/lib/alsa-lib/smixer/smixer-ac97.a', 0L)),
('file /usr/lib/alsa-lib/smixer/smixer-hda.a from install of
alsa-lib-devel-1.0.13-32.fc6.at conflicts with file from package
alsa-lib-1.0.12-2.fc6', (7, '/usr/lib/alsa-lib/smixer/smixer-hda.a', 0L)),
('file /usr/lib/alsa-lib/smixer/smixer-sbase.a from install of
alsa-lib-devel-1.0.13-32.fc6.at conflicts with file from package
alsa-lib-1.0.12-2.fc6', (7, '/usr/lib/alsa-lib/smixer/smixer-sbase.a', 0L))]

after these I went today (2007.02.04 17:45 TMG) to update all thereis to fc6
it included some alsa stuff, and no sound at the same, even with it correctly
recognized

from the scsconfig.log make after all the above:

------- /proc/asound/version --------
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.13 (Tue Nov 28 14:07:24
2006 UTC). 

------- rpm -q alsa-lib --------
alsa-lib-1.0.13-1.fc6

------- rpm -q alsa-utils --------
alsa-utils-1.0.13-1.fc6

any test or instrutions I can follow on the other distros in this computer?
they have sound in this same hardware; if I can be of any use for tests please
tell me what to do; I will keep updating; just in case it beguns to works I will
came here and post the news :-)

fernando

You can report it to ALSA project (www.alsa-project.org), they're authors of
linux sound system. You may need an extra kernel parameter or something.

btw. there're new drivers available, in updated FC6 kernel (1.0.14rc1) and at
http://people.redhat.com/stransky/alsa (1.0.14rc3) so you can check them.

Martin, this situation is with Kernel 2.6.19-1.2895.fc6xen

About the new alsa 1.0.14 drivers I went to
http://atrpms.net/dist/fc6/alsa-driver/

and downloaded the alsa-driver-1.0.14-58_rc3 
however there is a dependency I was not able to resolve:

rpm -iv alsa-driver-1.0.14-58_rc3.fc6.at.i386.rpm 
warning: alsa-driver-1.0.14-58_rc3.fc6.at.i386.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature:
NOKEY, key ID 66534c2b
error: Failed dependencies:
        alsa-kmdl-1.0.14-58_rc3.fc6.at is needed by
alsa-driver-1.0.14-58_rc3.fc6.at.i386

I could not find any file alsa-kmdl-1.0.14-58_rc3.fc6 there
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
the other way was to compile it, so I got the alsa-driver-1.0.14rc3 source
and made the recommended steps:

cd alsa-driver-1.0.14rc3
./configure
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables... 
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for egrep... grep -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for an ANSI C-conforming const... yes
checking for inline... inline
checking whether time.h and sys/time.h may both be included... yes
checking whether gcc needs -traditional... no
checking for current directory... /root/alsa-driver-1.0.14rc3
checking cross compile... 
checking for directory with kernel source...
/lib/modules/2.6.19-1.2895.fc6xen/source
checking for directory with kernel build... /lib/modules/2.6.19-1.2895.fc6xen/build
checking for kernel linux/version.h... no
The file /lib/modules/2.6.19-1.2895.fc6xen/source/include/linux/version.h does
not exist.
Please install the package with full kernel sources for your distribution
or use --with-kernel=dir option to specify another directory with kernel
sources (default is /lib/modules/2.6.19-1.2895.fc6xen/source)

I could not find any kernel source file 2.6.19-1.2895.fc6xen
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
then I realized all the tests made before submiting this bug report
were on a fc6.xen kernel after all the updates made; I mean, it was
not ever tested with the standard DVD FC6 setup; so I made a new
fc6 instalation using just the defaults and the 2.6.18-1.2798.fc6
SMP Mon Oct 16 14:37:32 EDT 2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux Kernel.

The sound works in this one :-)

The sound card was also recognized ok as a snd_es1968 but this time
there was sound. For me this is enough and this bug report can be closed.

btw the following commands
aplay /usr/share/sounds/phone.wav 
aplay -D hw:0 /usr/share/sounds/phone.wav
show	
Playing WAVE '/usr/share/sounds/phone.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate
44100 Hz, Stereo

alsamixer command now shows a nice 2D bar terminal graph with
Card: ESS Maestro 1
Chip: SigmaTel STAC9701,3,4,5

and the command 
aplay -l /proc/asound/cards

	**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
	card 0: E1 [ESS Maestro 1], device 0: ESS Maestro [ESS Maestro]
	  Subdevices: 4/4
	  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
	  Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
	  Subdevice #2: subdevice #2
	  Subdevice #3: subdevice #3

since I once was asked to configure an audio alarm for a whether detection
software on a Rehdat Enterprise and was not able to make it work I have
notice many sound problems with Redhat and Fedora, when I can test them.
I find no need to use a fc6.xen kernel at any Project so my motivation is
satisfied :-)

Thank you for you return
Fernando

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