Bug 245479 - Xen kernel: Fails to detect/set up Avance Logic Inc. ALS4000 correctly
Summary: Xen kernel: Fails to detect/set up Avance Logic Inc. ALS4000 correctly
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: kernel-xen
Version: 7
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Eduardo Habkost
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2007-06-23 21:03 UTC by Charles Curley
Modified: 2008-06-17 01:41 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

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Environment:
Last Closed: 2008-06-17 01:41:57 UTC
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Attachments (Terms of Use)
system-config-soundcard log (40.04 KB, text/plain)
2007-06-23 21:03 UTC, Charles Curley
no flags Details
system-config-soundcard run log (319 bytes, text/plain)
2007-06-23 21:05 UTC, Charles Curley
no flags Details

Description Charles Curley 2007-06-23 21:03:34 UTC
Description of problem:


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:

Every time

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Perform a fresh install. Update if necessary to system-config-soundcard-2.0.6-6.fc7.

2. Attempt to use it.

Actual results:

* No sound, not even from system-config-soundcard.

* Nothing relevant shows up in modprobe.conf. For FC6, modprobe.conf looks like:

  --------------------------------------------------
  alias eth0 via-rhine
  alias snd-card-0 snd-als4000

  # I2C module options
  alias char-major-89 i2c-dev

  options snd-card-0 index=0
  options snd-als4000 index=0
  remove snd-als4000 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store 0 >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-als4000

  options lockd nlm_udpport=4001 nlm_tcpport=4001
  --------------------------------------------------

* asound.conf is as follows:

  --------------------------------------------------
  #Generated by system-config-soundcard
  #If you edit this file, don't run system-config-soundcard,
  #all your changes here could be lost.
  #SWCONF
  #DEV 0
  defaults.pcm.card 0 
  defaults.pcm.device 0 
  defaults.ctl.card 0 
  --------------------------------------------------

  There is no asound.conf under FC6. There is an asound.state, however.

* The Gnome volume control complains: "No volume control GStreamer plugins and/or devices found."

* Alsamixer complains:

  --------------------------------------------------
  [root@charlesc etc]# alsamixer

  alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such device
  --------------------------------------------------

* Possibly significant are the three sets of messages in dmesg like so:

  --------------------------------------------------
  ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0a.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
  architecture does not support 24bit PCI busmaster DMA
  ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:00:0a.0 disabled
  --------------------------------------------------

  as they appear to refer to the sound card:

  --------------------------------------------------
  [root@charlesc ~]# lspci | grep -i audio
  00:0a.0 Multimedia audio controller: Avance Logic Inc. ALS4000 Audio Chipset
  --------------------------------------------------


Expected results:

Sound works, a working configuration is constructed.


Additional info:

This card worked under FC6. I have those configuration files should you need them.

Comment 1 Charles Curley 2007-06-23 21:03:34 UTC
Created attachment 157697 [details]
system-config-soundcard log

Comment 2 Charles Curley 2007-06-23 21:05:23 UTC
Created attachment 157698 [details]
system-config-soundcard run log

Comment 3 Martin Stransky 2007-06-26 14:52:34 UTC
It's a problem in drivers. You can check the new drivers (how-to is here -
http://people.redhat.com/stransky/alsa/) and if it doesn't help, please report
it to upstream (www.alsa-project.org) and attach the logs there.

Comment 4 Charles Curley 2007-06-26 18:09:20 UTC
It's a driver problem, alright, but not what you thought. I was running a xen kernel, 2.6.20-2925.11.fc7xen, at th time I reported this. I rebooted to the current non-xen kernel (2.6.21-1.3228.fc7), and the problem went away. I did not install the new drivers. I have not tried setting up a virtual machine yet, so I can't tell you if the drivers, new or current, work correctly in one.


Comment 5 Martin Stransky 2007-06-27 08:24:38 UTC
aha, okay. so it's a problem in the xen kernel. moved to kernel component.

Comment 6 Christopher Brown 2007-09-17 15:28:01 UTC
Hello,

I'm reviewing this bug as part of the kernel bug triage project, an attempt to
isolate current bugs in the fedora kernel.

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/KernelBugTriage

I am CC'ing myself to this bug and will try and assist you in resolving it if I can.

There hasn't been much activity on this bug for a while. Could you tell me if
you are still having problems with the latest xen kernel?

I'm re-assigning to the xen kernel team and they may wish add comment.

If the problem no longer exists then please close this bug or I'll do so in a
few days if there is no additional information lodged.

Cheers
Chris

Comment 7 Charles Curley 2007-09-18 02:53:16 UTC
Since then, due in part to this and in part to the fact that the Radeon drivers
don't support the xen kernel, I have removed xen from this machine. This machine
is also my desktop, and I have to have sound and fast graphics for work. Either
one is a show stopper for me. I've given up on xen until such time as I can do
everything else I need to do and run virtual machines.

If this is important enough, I can take some time and fiddle with it. But I
don't need it until Radeon supports the xen kernel.


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Comment 9 Bug Zapper 2008-06-17 01:41:56 UTC
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