linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.18-rc4-mm3 -- intel8x0 audio busted

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Date:	Tue, 29 Aug 2006 11:02:36 +0200
From:	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
To:	"Miles Lane" <miles.lane@...il.com>
Cc:	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...l.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: 2.6.18-rc4-mm3 -- intel8x0 audio busted

At Tue, 29 Aug 2006 01:57:11 -0700,
Miles Lane wrote:
> 
> On 8/28/06, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de> wrote:
> > At Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:49:39 -0700,
> > Andrew Morton wrote:
> > >
> > > On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 17:11:52 +0200
> > > Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de> wrote:
> > >
> > > > At Sat, 26 Aug 2006 23:55:32 -0700,
> > > > Miles Lane wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > I haven't had working audio in 2.6.18-rc4-mm series (1,2,3).
> > > > > I haven't been able to track down the cause yet.  The modules
> > > > > all load, and there seems to be the expected enties in /proc,
> > > > > but my sound preferences panel shows no available audio card.
> > > > (snip)
> > > > > Aug 26 23:16:56 localhost kernel: warning: process `alsactl' used the
> > > > > obsolete sysctl system call
> > > > > Aug 26 23:16:56 localhost kernel: warning: process `ls' used the
> > > > > obsolete sysctl system call
> > > > > Aug 26 23:16:56 localhost kernel: warning: process `alsactl' used the
> > > > > obsolete sysctl system call
> > > > > Aug 26 23:16:56 localhost kernel: warning: process `amixer' used the
> > > > > obsolete sysctl system call
> > > > > Aug 26 23:16:56 localhost kernel: warning: process `amixer' used the
> > > > > obsolete sysctl system call
> > > >
> > > > Are these messages relavant?  Even "ls" fails there...
> > > >
> > >
> > > No, they're just a little warning we put in there to find out how
> > > removeable sys_sysctl() is.  (Answer: not very.  I'll drop that patch).
> > >
> > > It isn't relevant to this problem.
> >
> > OK.
> >
> > Then it must be something in the driver communication.
> > Miles, do you have proper /dev/snd/* entries?
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I have no /dev/snd directory.

That's odd.  Any udev errors?
Do you have /sys/class/sound/* directories?


Takashi
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