Created attachment 329661 [details] errors in log file Description of problem: Bug in ALSA drivers that I don't understand enough to describe in detail. I am a user and not a Linux programmer. Observations: - Trying the "test call" feature in Ekiga shows that although mike input is recognised, it doesn't get forwarded to Ekiga. PulseAudio still has it, Ekiga does not. - Mike recording itself without ALSA (e. g. to harddrive) works. - ALSA errors written to log file every three seconds or so. A senior RedHat programmer then told me I should file this as an ALSA bug after seeing the screenshot. This may be related to PulseAudio, but after a while everything pointed towards a bug in ALSA. And given that ALSA is part of kernel and there is no category "ALSA" I was recommended to file this as a kernel bug. This may also be related to a bug in the driver(s) for my soundcard (it's a laptop), but again, a senior RedHat programmer then recommended to file this as an ALSA bug. Actual results: See screenshot and lsmod | grep snd output Expected results: ALSA drivers are supposed to work. Additional info: lsmod | grep snd [root@localhost ~]# lsmod | grep snd snd_usb_audio 78596 0 snd_usb_lib 17920 1 snd_usb_audio snd_rawmidi 22272 1 snd_usb_lib snd_hwdep 10372 1 snd_usb_audio snd_atiixp_modem 15624 0 snd_atiixp 18956 3 snd_ac97_codec 96672 2 snd_atiixp_modem,snd_atiixp ac97_bus 5504 1 snd_ac97_codec snd_seq_dummy 6660 0 snd_seq_oss 30364 0 snd_seq_midi_event 9600 1 snd_seq_oss snd_seq 48320 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq_device 9996 4 snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq snd_pcm_oss 41600 0 snd_mixer_oss 16896 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_pcm 64772 5 snd_usb_audio,snd_atiixp_modem,snd_atiixp,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss snd_timer 21896 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm snd 51768 21 snd_usb_audio,snd_usb_lib,snd_rawmidi,snd_hwdep,snd_atiixp_modem,snd_atiixp,snd_ac97_codec,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer soundcore 9416 1 snd snd_page_alloc 11144 3 snd_atiixp_modem,snd_atiixp,snd_pcm
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 497636 ***