[ATrpms-users] alsa update for fc5 problems

[Jeff Guerdat]

Axel Thimm wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 07:36:54AM -0400, Jeff Guerdat wrote:
>> Axel Thimm wrote:
>>> On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 11:57:57AM -0400, Jeff Guerdat wrote:
>>>> I just updated my laptop to the newest alsa driver and kernel modules 
>>>> for 2.6.17-1.2187, both the RH and ATRPMs kernels.  This installed the 
>>>> 1.0.13-55 version of the driver.  Unfortunately, it causes any sound to 
>>>> repeat about 7 times (a "beep" is "beep-beep-beep-beep-beep-beep-beep"). 
>>>>   Reverting back to the 1.0.12-54 RPMs works fine.
>>> Can you redownload 1.0.13 and check again? If the same issues pop up
>>> can you look into /var/log/messages? Thanks!
>> Same thing.  I cleaned out the alsa files from my yum cache and 
>> redownladed.  The only messages in /var/log/messages are from the boot 
>> process:
>>
>> Oct  4 07:29:19 localhost kernel: ALSA 
>> /var/tmp/bach-build/BUILD/alsa-driver-1.0.13/pci/hda/../../alsa-kernel/pci/hda/hda_intel.c:540: 
>> hda_intel: azx_get_response timeout, switching to polling mode...
>> Oct  4 07:29:20 localhost kernel: hda_codec: Unknown model for ALC861, 
>> trying auto-probe from BIOS...
>>
>> The first line is typical - I see that a lot when resuming from hibernation.
> 
> you need to reload the modules, safest way is to reboot. I also
> wouldn't exclude hibernation as a cause, so rebooting would be good
> for testing 1.0.13.

You misunderstand - I *did* reboot after installing the modules, both 
yesterday and today...

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Jeff Guerdat

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