Description of problem: I installed Fedora 9 on a G4 iBook. Once the system booted, I had to manually add "alias snd-card-0 snd_powermac" to /etc/modprobe.conf in order to get the laptop's audio to work. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Fedora 9 installer How reproducible: Every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install Fedora 9 Actual results: The audio drivers do not work out of the box. Expected results: Standard iBook hardware should work on an iBook with no user intervention. Additional info:
There shouldn't be any need for listing it explicitly, it should get auto-loaded based on modaliases by udev. So either a) udev isn't loading it properly or b) the module is missing modaliases (see if modinfo snd_powermac returns any alias lines) in which case it's a kernel bug Assigning to udev but if it's b, feel free to swithc to kernel
Based on Jeremy's comments and modinfo's output, I will reassign this to the kernel. modinfo snd_powermac: filename: /lib/modules/2.6.25.3-18.fc9.ppc/kernel/sound/ppc/snd-powermac.ko license: GPL description: PowerMac srcversion: E061EBA0F8E083868F944DC depends: snd-pcm,snd vermagic: 2.6.25.3-18.fc9.ppc mod_unload parm: index:Index value for PMac soundchip. (int) parm: id:ID string for PMac soundchip. (charp) parm: enable_beep:Enable beep using PCM. (bool)
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This problem persists in fc10 and fc11. udev is not loading the driver properly. # modinfo snd_powermac filename: /lib/modules/2.6.29.5-191.fc11.ppc.smp/kernel/sound/ppc/snd-powermac.ko license: GPL description: PowerMac srcversion: 08CCDFC49335D324A176678 depends: snd-pcm,snd vermagic: 2.6.29.5-191.fc11.ppc.smp SMP mod_unload parm: index:Index value for PMac soundchip. (int) parm: id:ID string for PMac soundchip. (charp) parm: enable_beep:Enable beep using PCM. (bool) -Joseph
I was poking around in /var/log/messages and found Jul 15 09:17:19 plantain pulseaudio[2085]: alsa-source.c: Your kernel driver is broken: it reports a volume range from 18.00 dB to 18.00 dB which makes no sense. Jul 15 09:17:19 plantain dbus: Rejected send message, 2 matched rules; type="method_call", sender=":1.31" (uid=42 pid=2085 comm="/usr/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog ") interface="org.bluez.Manager" member="ListAdapters" error name="(unset)" requested_reply=0 destination="org.bluez" (uid=0 pid=1701 comm="/usr/sbin/bluetoothd ")) Jul 15 09:17:19 plantain pulseaudio[2085]: bluetooth-util.c: Error from ListAdapters reply: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.AccessDenied Jul 15 09:17:27 plantain pulseaudio[2234]: alsa-source.c: Your kernel driver is broken: it reports a volume range from 18.00 dB to 18.00 dB which makes no sense. -Joseph
I no longer have an iBook to test with.
I can run tests. I have a powermac with dual G4 7448a's. FWIW... udev fails to load snd-powermac. -Joseph
running 'modprobe snd-powermac' leads to ALSA sound/core/init.c:196: cannot find the slot for index 0 (range 0-1), error: -16 snd_powermac: probe of snd_powermac failed with error -16 -Joseph
The problem persists in fc12. -Joseph
I have resolved the problem by adding a small file to /etc/modprobe.d: % cat /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-snd_powermac.conf # alias snd-card-0 snd-powermac options snd-card-0 index=0 options snd-powermac index=0 I wonder if this worked because of the order in which the files in /etc/modprobe.d are parsed: % ls -1 /etc/modprobe.d/* /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-snd_powermac.conf <========== /etc/modprobe.d/anaconda.conf /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-visor.conf /etc/modprobe.d/dist-alsa.conf /etc/modprobe.d/dist.conf /etc/modprobe.d/dist-oss.conf -Joseph
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