Re: Linux v2.6.18-rc5

[Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>]

At Wed, 30 Aug 2006 16:54:38 +0100,
Andrew Benton wrote:
> 
> Andrew Morton wrote:
> > On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 21:30:50 -0700 (PDT)
> > Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> wrote:
> > 
> >> Linux 2.6.18-rc5 is out there now
> > 
> > (Reporters Bcc'ed: please provide updates)
> > 
> > Serious-looking regressions include:
> > 
> > 
> > From: Andrew Benton <b3nt@ukonline.co.uk>
> > Subject: ALSA problems with 2.6.18-rc3
> 
> The problem remains in 2.6.18-rc5.
> The workaround people have suggested (using alsactl -F restore) works if 
> I have a working /etc/asound.state created with a 2.6.17 kernel. If I 
> was starting from scratch with 2.6.18-rc5 I would have no way to set the 
> sound level for the digital output. But maybe the bug is in alsamixer 
> and alsactl?

No, it doesn't sound like a bug of alsamixer or alsactl if "alsactl
-F" works.

What did you exactly do and what doesn't work right now?
A detailed explanation for reproducing the bug is needed.


Takashi