ALSA driver

  1. Bug #795815
  2. Comment #3

Comment 3 for bug 795815

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dj_palindrome (dj.palindrome) wrote : Re: [Bug 795815] [NEW] No sound in 11.04 with 2.6.39-3 kernel; alsa-source build fails

Thanks for the suggestion, Daniel.

On those few occasions when I am really desperate to hear sound, I fall
back to the 2.6.38-10-generic kernel (2.6.38-10-virtual has no sound
either).

In fact, there has really been no sound since Maverick.

I believe that's because I've installed the
'linux-alsa-driver-modules-2.6.38-10-generic' package from
'http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-audio-dev/ppa/ubuntu'. The PPA has
server and generic branches for 2.6.38-10, as well as 2.6.38-9, but not
for virtual, and nothing for 2.6.39.

# uname -r
2.6.38-10-generic

# modprobe snd_ens1371

# hwinfo --sound

52: PCI 201.0: 0401 Multimedia audio controller
   [Created at pci.318]
   UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1274_1371
   Unique ID: GA8e.FGsk7T8RAT9
   Parent ID: 7EWs.3XzZP_1GzlF
   SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:11.0/0000:02:01.0
   SysFS BusID: 0000:02:01.0
   Hardware Class: sound
   Model: "Ensoniq Creative Sound Blaster AudioPCI64V, AudioPCI128"
   Vendor: pci 0x1274 "Ensoniq"
   Device: pci 0x1371 "ES1371 [AudioPCI-97]"
   SubVendor: pci 0x1274 "Ensoniq"
   SubDevice: pci 0x1371 "Creative Sound Blaster AudioPCI64V, AudioPCI128"
   Revision: 0x02
   Driver: "ENS1371"
   Driver Modules: "snd_ens1371"
   I/O Ports: 0x2000-0x3fff (rw)
   IRQ: 19 (no events)
   Module Alias: "pci:v00001274d00001371sv00001274sd00001371bc04sc01i00"
   Driver Info #0:
     Driver Status: snd_ens1371 is active
     Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe snd_ens1371"
   Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
   Attached to: #18 (PCI bridge)

# aplay -l

**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: AudioPCI [Ensoniq AudioPCI], device 0: ES1371/1 [ES1371 DAC2/ADC]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: AudioPCI [Ensoniq AudioPCI], device 1: ES1371/2 [ES1371 DAC1]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

I do believe I've seen enough to conclude the problem is not with
hardware virtualization per se, and since I'm unable to build from
source, I'm prepared to wait.

On 6/10/2011 8:24 PM, Daniel T Chen wrote:
> If you're using 11.04, why not use
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Audio/InstallingLinuxAlsaDriverModules? Be sure to
> use 2.6.38-9-generic until the -10 builds are available.
>