[ATrpms-users] alsa update for fc5 problems

Axel Thimm Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
Wed Oct 4 14:45:52 CEST 2006


On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 07:48:48AM -0400, Jeff Guerdat wrote:
> 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...

:(

Too bad - so the boot messages are from 1.0.13. That would make sense,
polling may result in async behaviour. Now why you're getting that
timeout is the question. Care to report to alsa upstream?
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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