[Karmic] - Digital outputs missing on sound cards

[Neil Wilson]

Binary package hint: pulseaudio

In the latest pulseaudio/kernel release, the sound server is not enumerating my cards properly.

The RS870 HDMI output is not picked up at all, and the Digital output on the ALC888 card is missing. All three outputs show on 'aplay -L' although the output from 'aplay -l' has changed.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: neil 2933 F.... pulseaudio
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xf0000000 irq 16'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC888'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0888,10250206,00100202 HDA:14f12c06,10250093,00100000'
   Controls : 29
   Simple ctrls : 17
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'HDMI'/'HDA ATI HDMI at 0xcfdec000 irq 19'
   Mixer name : 'ATI RS690/780 HDMI'
   Components : 'HDA:1002791a,00791a00,00100000'
   Controls : 4
   Simple ctrls : 1
Card1.Amixer.values:
 Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
   Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
   Playback channels: Mono
   Mono: Playback [on]
Date: Sun Aug 30 07:08:56 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: pulseaudio 1:0.9.16~test6-3-g57e1-0ubuntu2
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-8.28-generic
SourcePackage: pulseaudio
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-8-generic x86_64

[Neil Wilson (neil-aldur)]

Here's the output of 'pulseaudio -vvv' prior to clearing the state directory

[Neil Wilson (neil-aldur)]

And afterwards

[Neil Wilson (neil-aldur)]

I have the same problem with an M-Audio Transit device - the Digital outputs are not enumerated.

This is the log on hotplug.

[Neil Wilson (neil-aldur)]

However if the M-Audio device is present on boot, then the Digital devices are enumerated.

[Neil Wilson (neil-aldur)]

Alsa details from 2.6.31-8

http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=d90870ac4fee300ebb1db9156de9af248c3cc4bc

(no change from Alsa details in 2.6.31-5

http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=06a9c4c9daec433929e6f2e14fdc795e3c1a4a11)

[Neil Wilson (neil-aldur)]

Debugging suggests this is ALSA related.

[Neil Wilson (neil-aldur)]

Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: neil 4212 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xf0000000 irq 16'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC888'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0888,10250206,00100202 HDA:14f12c06,10250093,00100000'
   Controls : 28
   Simple ctrls : 16
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'HDMI'/'HDA ATI HDMI at 0xcfdec000 irq 19'
   Mixer name : 'ATI RS690/780 HDMI'
   Components : 'HDA:1002791a,00791a00,00100000'
   Controls : 4
   Simple ctrls : 1
Card1.Amixer.values:
 Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
   Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
   Playback channels: Mono
   Mono: Playback [off]
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=a1085570-586c-4eac-a7cb-52ca2f87881e
Lsusb:
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
 Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
 Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
MachineType: Acer Aspire 5536
Package: linux (not installed)
PccardctlIdent:

PccardctlStatus:

ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-9-generic root=UUID=d408b188-d059-4e08-8d94-ee7307e90bd3 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-9.29-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-backports-modules-2.6.31-9-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.16
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-9-generic x86_64
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
dmi.bios.date: 02/27/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD
dmi.bios.version: V1.03
dmi.board.name: JV50PU
dmi.board.vendor: Acer
dmi.board.version: Rev
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLTD:bvrV1.03:bd02/27/2009:svnAcer:pnAspire5536:pvr0100:rvnAcer:rnJV50PU:rvrRev:cvnAcer:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: Aspire 5536
dmi.product.version: 0100
dmi.sys.vendor: Acer

[Neil Wilson (neil-aldur)]

Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: neil 4212 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xf0000000 irq 16'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC888'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0888,10250206,00100202 HDA:14f12c06,10250093,00100000'
   Controls : 28
   Simple ctrls : 16
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'HDMI'/'HDA ATI HDMI at 0xcfdec000 irq 19'
   Mixer name : 'ATI RS690/780 HDMI'
   Components : 'HDA:1002791a,00791a00,00100000'
   Controls : 4
   Simple ctrls : 1
Card1.Amixer.values:
 Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
   Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
   Playback channels: Mono
   Mono: Playback [off]
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=a1085570-586c-4eac-a7cb-52ca2f87881e
Lsusb:
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
 Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
 Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
MachineType: Acer Aspire 5536
Package: linux (not installed)
PccardctlIdent:

PccardctlStatus:

ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-9-generic root=UUID=d408b188-d059-4e08-8d94-ee7307e90bd3 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-9.29-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-backports-modules-2.6.31-9-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.16
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-9-generic x86_64
UserGroups:

dmi.bios.date: 02/27/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD
dmi.bios.version: V1.03
dmi.board.name: JV50PU
dmi.board.vendor: Acer
dmi.board.version: Rev
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLTD:bvrV1.03:bd02/27/2009:svnAcer:pnAspire5536:pvr0100:rvnAcer:rnJV50PU:rvrRev:cvnAcer:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: Aspire 5536
dmi.product.version: 0100
dmi.sys.vendor: Acer

[Neil Wilson (neil-aldur)]

After some hefty debugging it appears that downgrading libasound2 to version 1.0.20-3ubuntu3 restores the digital outputs. The regression on 3ubuntu4.

[Daniel T Chen (crimsun)]

Is this symptom reproducible using the ubuntu-audio-dev PPA version?

On Sep 5, 2009 1:40 PM, "Neil Wilson" <email address hidden> wrote:

** Summary changed:

- Regression - pulseaudio not enumerating sound cards properly

+ [Karmic] - Digital outputs missing on sound cards
** Package changed: linux (Ubuntu) => alsa-lib (Ubuntu)

-- [Karmic] - Digital outputs missing on sound cards
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/421351

You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Audio
Team, which is subscribe...

[Neil Wilson (neil-aldur)]

The fault is still there in the PPA version.

The difference in the pulse logs is as follows.

for 3ubuntu3 I get.

D: alsa-mixer.c: Looking at profile output:iec958-stereo
D: alsa-mixer.c: Checking for playback on Digital Stereo (IEC958) (iec958-stereo)
D: alsa-util.c: Trying iec958:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
D: alsa-util.c: Managed to open iec958:0
D: alsa-mixer.c: Profile output:iec958-stereo supported.

for 3ubuntu5~ubuntuaudiodev1 I get

D: alsa-mixer.c: Looking at profile output:iec958-stereo
D: alsa-mixer.c: Checking for playback on Digital Stereo (IEC958) (iec958-stereo)
D: alsa-util.c: Trying iec958:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: (alsa-lib)conf.c: Expand error (walk): File exists
I: (alsa-lib)confmisc.c: Unable to find definition 'cards.HDA-Intel.pcm.iec958.0:CARD=0,AES0=4,AES1=130,AES2=0,AES3=2'
I: (alsa-lib)conf.c: function snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or directory
I: (alsa-lib)conf.c: Evaluate error: No such file or directory
I: (alsa-lib)pcm.c: Unknown PCM iec958:0

[Neil Wilson (neil-aldur)]

Tried the latest version (ubuntuaudiodev3) and the digital outputs are restored.

The problem is with the configuration tree walk and the duplicate ID code. Has the problem been reported upstream?

[Daniel T Chen (crimsun)]

On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 3:20 PM, Neil Wilson<email address hidden> wrote:
> The problem is with the configuration tree walk and the duplicate ID
> code. Has the problem been reported upstream?

Yes.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package alsa-lib - 1.0.20-3ubuntu5

---------------
alsa-lib (1.0.20-3ubuntu5) karmic; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/:
    + Refresh Add-config-file-for-SB-XFi-driver.patch
    + Revert conf parsing changes (LP: #421351)

 -- Daniel T Chen <email address hidden> Sun, 06 Sep 2009 10:21:01 -0400

[Wowbagger (ha87psc02)]

By "Fix released" do you mean that the fix is in the main repositories, or that it is wending its way through a release process - because I updated today (11th Oct 2009) and I still get the "unable to find definition" errors for my Intal HDA Realtek ALC662's SPDIF output.

[CyprianD (cypriand)]

How do I get alsa-lib - 1.0.20-3ubuntu5? I'm on 1:0.9.21-0ubuntu3~~karmic~ubuntuaudiodev1 and I have this problem. Analog audio output shows up and works, digital doesn't.

Cyprian