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linuxfool

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Registered: 2004-02-17

Posts: 14

Problems with alsa upgrade

Hi all,

I upgraded this A.M and got the new ALSA packages. I had issues with the KDE sound system not starting. I would recieve an artsmessage stating there was a "fatal error cpu overload".

Downgrading back to:
- alsa-lib 1.0.10-1
- alsa-oss 1.0.10-1
- alsa-utils 1.0.10-1
Fixed the problem.

The only somewhat relevent log entries I could find was in 'everything.log' and went something like this:
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_ac97_codec: Unknown symbol snd_interval_refine
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_ac97_codec: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_hw_rule_add
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_via82xx: Unknown symbol snd_ac97_resume
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_via82xx: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_new
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_via82xx: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_limit_hw_rates
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_via82xx: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_lib_preallocate_pages_for_all
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_via82xx: Unknown symbol snd_ac97_set_rate
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_via82xx: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_format_physical_width
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_via82xx: Unknown symbol snd_ac97_update_bits
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_via82xx: Unknown symbol snd_ac97_mixer
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_via82xx: Unknown symbol snd_ac97_bus
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_via82xx: Unknown symbol snd_ac97_suspend
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_via82xx: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_lib_malloc_pages
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_via82xx: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_lib_ioctl
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_via82xx: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_lib_free_pages
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_via82xx: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_set_ops
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_via82xx: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_hw_constraint_list
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_via82xx: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_sgbuf_ops_page
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_via82xx: Unknown symbol snd_ac97_get_short_name
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_via82xx: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_suspend_all
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_via82xx: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_hw_constraint_integer
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_via82xx: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_period_elapsed
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_via82xx: Unknown symbol snd_ac97_tune_hardware
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_lib_read
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol _snd_pcm_hw_param_setinteger
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_hw_param_near
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_kernel_ioctl
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_format_unsigned
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol _snd_pcm_hw_params_any
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_format_physical_width
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_hw_param_value_max
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_hw_param_set
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_format_silence_64
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_open_substream
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_lib_readv
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol _snd_pcm_hw_param_set
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_lib_writev
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol _snd_pcm_hw_param_min
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_format_linear
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_mmap_data
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_hw_param_value_min
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_build_linear_format
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_hw_param_mask
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_format_signed
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_link_rwlock
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_hw_refine
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_format_big_endian
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_notify
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_release_substream
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_lib_write
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_format_set_silence
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_format_width
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_seq_midi_event: Unknown symbol snd_seq_expand_var_event
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_seq_oss: Unknown symbol snd_seq_kernel_client_enqueue
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_seq_oss: Unknown symbol snd_seq_set_queue_tempo
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_seq_oss: Unknown symbol snd_seq_delete_kernel_client
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_seq_oss: Unknown symbol snd_seq_kernel_client_dispatch
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_seq_oss: Unknown symbol snd_seq_kernel_client_enqueue_blocking
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_seq_oss: Unknown symbol snd_midi_event_free
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_seq_oss: Unknown symbol snd_midi_event_no_status
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_seq_oss: Unknown symbol snd_use_lock_sync_helper
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_seq_oss: Unknown symbol snd_seq_event_port_detach
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_seq_oss: Unknown symbol snd_midi_event_new
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_seq_oss: Unknown symbol snd_midi_event_decode
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_seq_oss: Unknown symbol snd_seq_create_kernel_client
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_seq_oss: Unknown symbol snd_seq_kernel_client_write_poll
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_seq_oss: Unknown symbol snd_midi_event_encode_byte
Apr 25 13:51:37 nsarch snd_seq_oss: Unknown symbol snd_seq_kernel_client_ctl

Cheers,
ns

bones

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From: Brisbane

Registered: 2006-03-24

Posts: 322

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Re: Problems with alsa upgrade

Don't know if this will help but I was having a problem also but I use gnome. When I tried playing xmms the sound would jump around and generally sound like total garbage and start misbehaving, For a quick fix I changed to the OSS driver and everything works fine. Must have another look to see if I can fix it.

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bones

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From: Brisbane

Registered: 2006-03-24

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Re: Problems with alsa upgrade

I just played with alsa again and seems to be fixed. You can try this to see if it works.Have a look in your modprobe.conf and add this line    options snd-via82xx ac97_quirk=0
I then found that if I changed the driver configuration from default to hw: 0,0 it works like a charm, I'm certain I had this before the upgrade so maybe it changed it back but I'm not sure

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RaLX

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Registered: 2005-10-17

Posts: 54

Re: Problems with alsa upgrade

I just played with alsa again and seems to be fixed. You can try this to see if it works.Have a look in your modprobe.conf and add this line    options snd-via82xx ac97_quirk=0
I then found that if I changed the driver configuration from default to hw: 0,0 it works like a charm, I'm certain I had this before the upgrade so maybe it changed it back but I'm not sure

I'm having a similar problem, where can I change the driver configuration?

Thanks.

waldek_a

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From: Munich, Germany

Registered: 2005-04-19

Posts: 85

Re: Problems with alsa upgrade

I have the same problem. I've noticed artsd in using 99% of CPU.
Downgrade of the alsa packages to the previous version helped.

brain0

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From: Aachen - Germany

Registered: 2005-01-03

Posts: 1,382

Re: Problems with alsa upgrade

Has anyone of you tried to recompile arts? That might be a solution.

[Rsync]

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Registered: 2005-11-04

Posts: 14

Re: Problems with alsa upgrade

Has anyone of you tried to recompile arts? That might be a solution.

Its not a problem of arts, its a problem of alsa-lib.
For who have this problem take look this links.
http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/4505

bones

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From: Brisbane

Registered: 2006-03-24

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Re: Problems with alsa upgrade

Thanks for the info, Will have another go at fixing it properly.

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[Rsync]

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Registered: 2005-11-04

Posts: 14

Re: Problems with alsa upgrade

Same problem on forum Gentoo
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-45 … -alsa.html
We must only attend alsa developers for the fix.

rdoggsv

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From: /home

Registered: 2005-06-24

Posts: 79

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Re: Problems with alsa upgrade

wow so the problem is for everyone , well the thing is that every app works like amarok , skype , etc , just the artsd gets the problem ,for the moment i switched it to OSS and everything is ok , lets just hope they fix it quickly ... 

[Rsync]

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Registered: 2005-11-04

Posts: 14

Re: Problems with alsa upgrade

Its now FIXED!

http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/4505 

RaLX

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Registered: 2005-10-17

Posts: 54

Re: Problems with alsa upgrade

Yes 

Good News!