kubuntu has darla24 sound card drivers missing

[John-Paul Drawneek]

I does not seem to include the darla24 or any of the echo sound card drivers.
These are part of the alsa main source since 1.0.9 so one would expect them to
be there.

Tried to compile them back in, but it failed on loading the module into the
kernel so i would be helpful to have this as a package which can be added.

[John-Paul Drawneek (j-p-drawneek)]

Should add that this is for a student radio playout system so it needs to work
since all I was doing was upgrading it!

[Dennis Kaarsemaker (dennis)]

Please do not confirm your own bugs, that is not the purpose of confirming. This
bug also is not a blocker, see wiki.ubuntu.com/HelpingWithBugs

[John-Paul Drawneek (j-p-drawneek)]

>>This bug also is not a blocker, see wiki.ubuntu.com/HelpingWithBugs
>Blocker Blocks development and/or testing work

It states that a blocker is something which blocks develpment and/or testing
work - I am developing a Student radio playout system, since my cards does not
work due to a problem in your package, i am blocked in development and/or
testing work

http://kubuntuforums.net/index.php?topic=1816
This person also confirms that the driver is missing.

[Daniel T Chen (crimsun)]

Note that the darla24 (and other Echoaudio chipsets) driver _is_ available in the alsa-source tarball in Ubuntu's universe. John-Paul, you may use the instructions in /usr/share/doc/alsa-source/README.Debian to generate an installable package (.deb) for your current linux-headers-$(uname -r).

A bit of background: Upstream ALSA devs maintain alsa-driver and alsa-kernel branches in CVS. The former contains drivers for more chipsets than what's included with the kernel proper (Linux 2.6, and thus, Ubuntu's kernels), which syncs with alsa-kernel. Debian's/Ubuntu's alsa-driver source package (which generates the alsa-source binary package) mirrors upstream ALSA's alsa-driver tarball. When ALSA developers feel that a driver exclusively in the alsa-driver branch is mature enough to migrate to the alsa-kernel branch, they do so. Currently the Echoaudio drivers remain solely in the alsa-driver branch, so I am disinclined to think that supporting them is wise for Dapper.

[Carlos Diener / emonkey (emonkey)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue for you? Can you try with latest Ubuntu release? Thanks in advance.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Beginning with the Hardy Heron 8.04 development cycle, all open Ubuntu kernel bugs need to be reported against the "linux" kernel package. We are automatically migrating this linux-source-2.6.15 kernel bug to the new "linux" package. We appreciate your patience and understanding as we make this transition. Also, if you would be interested in testing the upcoming Intrepid Ibex 8.10 release, it is available at http://www.ubuntu.com/testing . Please let us know your results. Thanks!

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

The Ubuntu Kernel Team is planning to move to the 2.6.27 kernel for the upcoming Intrepid Ibex 8.10 release. As a result, the kernel team would appreciate it if you could please test this newer 2.6.27 Ubuntu kernel. There are one of two ways you should be able to test:

1) If you are comfortable installing packages on your own, the linux-image-2.6.27-* package is currently available for you to install and test.

--or--

2) The upcoming Alpha5 for Intrepid Ibex 8.10 will contain this newer 2.6.27 Ubuntu kernel. Alpha5 is set to be released Thursday Sept 4. Please watch http://www.ubuntu.com/testing for Alpha5 to be announced. You should then be able to test via a LiveCD.

Please let us know immediately if this newer 2.6.27 kernel resolves the bug reported here or if the issue remains. More importantly, please open a new bug report for each new bug/regression introduced by the 2.6.27 kernel and tag the bug report with 'linux-2.6.27'. Also, please specifically note if the issue does or does not appear in the 2.6.26 kernel. Thanks again, we really appreicate your help and feedback.

[Ralph Janke (txwikinger)]

Unfortunately this bug report is being closed because we received no response to the last inquiry for information. However, the Intrepid Ibex 8.10 Beta release was most recently announced - http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/intrepid/beta . If you are able to confirm this is still an issue with this most recent release please feel free to reopen this report. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks