[ATrpms-users] alsa update for fc5 problems

[Jeff Guerdat]

Bug entered:

https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/view.php?id=2505

Axel Thimm wrote:
> 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?


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Jeff Guerdat

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