Re: 2.6.18-rc4-mm3 -- intel8x0 audio busted

["Miles Lane" <miles.lane@gmail.com>]

On 8/28/06, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> wrote:
> At Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:49:39 -0700,
> Andrew Morton wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 17:11:52 +0200
> > Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> wrote:
> >
> > > At Sat, 26 Aug 2006 23:55:32 -0700,
> > > Miles Lane wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I haven't had working audio in 2.6.18-rc4-mm series (1,2,3).
> > > > I haven't been able to track down the cause yet.  The modules
> > > > all load, and there seems to be the expected enties in /proc,
> > > > but my sound preferences panel shows no available audio card.
> > > (snip)
> > > > Aug 26 23:16:56 localhost kernel: warning: process `alsactl' used the
> > > > obsolete sysctl system call
> > > > Aug 26 23:16:56 localhost kernel: warning: process `ls' used the
> > > > obsolete sysctl system call
> > > > Aug 26 23:16:56 localhost kernel: warning: process `alsactl' used the
> > > > obsolete sysctl system call
> > > > Aug 26 23:16:56 localhost kernel: warning: process `amixer' used the
> > > > obsolete sysctl system call
> > > > Aug 26 23:16:56 localhost kernel: warning: process `amixer' used the
> > > > obsolete sysctl system call
> > >
> > > Are these messages relavant?  Even "ls" fails there...
> > >
> >
> > No, they're just a little warning we put in there to find out how
> > removeable sys_sysctl() is.  (Answer: not very.  I'll drop that patch).
> >
> > It isn't relevant to this problem.
>
> OK.
>
> Then it must be something in the driver communication.
> Miles, do you have proper /dev/snd/* entries?

Hello,

I have no /dev/snd directory.
/dev/sndstat contains:

Sound Driver:3.8.1a-980706 (ALSA v1.0.12rc1 emulation code)
Kernel: Linux Dumbleedor 2.6.18-rc4-mm3 #2 Tue Aug 29 01:26:36 PDT 2006 i686
Config options: 0

Installed drivers:
Type 10: ALSA emulation

Card config:
Intel 82801DB-ICH4 with unknown codec at 0xe0100c00, irq 17

Audio devices:
0: Intel 82801DB-ICH4 (DUPLEX)

Synth devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG

Midi devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG

Timers:
7: system timer

Mixers:
0: Conexant id 30

Also, "cat /proc/asound/pcm" gives:

00-04: Intel ICH - IEC958 : Intel 82801DB-ICH4 - IEC958 : playback 1
00-03: Intel ICH - ADC2 : Intel 82801DB-ICH4 - ADC2 : capture 1
00-02: Intel ICH - MIC2 ADC : Intel 82801DB-ICH4 - MIC2 ADC : capture 1
00-01: Intel ICH - MIC ADC : Intel 82801DB-ICH4 - MIC ADC : capture 1
00-00: Intel ICH : Intel 82801DB-ICH4 : playback 1 : capture 1