[gentoo-user] alsa-driver

[gentoo-user] alsa-driver

[Ken Gypen]

Hi fellow Gentoo users,

Today I updated my working alsa-driver to version 1.0.14_rc4 and when I 
restart /etc/init.d/alsasound I get following error:

# modules-update -f && /etc/init.d/alsasound restart

 * Updating /etc/modules.conf ...                                                                                                                                 [ ok ]
 * Updating /etc/modprobe.conf ...                                                                                                                                [ ok ]
 * Updating modules.dep ...                                                                                                                                       [ ok ]
 * Service alsasound stopping
 * WARNING:  you are stopping a boot service.
/usr/sbin/alsactl: save_state:1253: No soundcards found...                                                                                                        [ !! ]
 * Service alsasound stopped
 * Service alsasound starting
FATAL: Error inserting snd_intel8x0 (/lib/modules/2.6.18-gentoo-r6/alsa-driver/pci/snd-intel8x0.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)   [ !! ]
 ERROR: Failed to load necessary drivers
 * Service alsasound started

But there (obviously) is no sound... So I tried rebooting to ensure 
proper reinsertion of the modules. This was no avail.

The dmesg output (referred to by the error) is:

snd_intel8x0: Unknown symbol snd_free_irq
snd_intel8x0: Unknown symbol snd_pci_quirk_lookup
snd_intel8x0: Unknown symbol snd_request_irq
snd_intel8x0: Unknown symbol snd_free_irq
snd_intel8x0: Unknown symbol snd_pci_quirk_lookup
snd_intel8x0: Unknown symbol snd_request_irq


Reverting back to the previous version fixes the sound once again.

Any advice?

Kind Regards


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Re: [gentoo-user] alsa-driver

[Christoph Eckert]

> The dmesg output (referred to by the error) is:
>
> snd_intel8x0: Unknown symbol snd_free_irq
> snd_intel8x0: Unknown symbol snd_pci_quirk_lookup
> snd_intel8x0: Unknown symbol snd_request_irq
> snd_intel8x0: Unknown symbol snd_free_irq
> snd_intel8x0: Unknown symbol snd_pci_quirk_lookup
> snd_intel8x0: Unknown symbol snd_request_irq
>
>
> Reverting back to the previous version fixes the sound once again.
>
> Any advice?

not sure, but maybe you ran into compiler incompatibilities. Anyway, I 
wonder why all people still try to install the alsa-driver package. You 
don't need it as all drivers already are in the kernel.

ce

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RE: [gentoo-user] alsa-driver

[Nelson, David (ED, PAR&D)]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christoph Eckert [mailto:ce@christeck.de]
> Sent: 05 January 2007 15:45
> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] alsa-driver
> 
> 
> 
> > The dmesg output (referred to by the error) is:
> >
> > snd_intel8x0: Unknown symbol snd_free_irq
> > snd_intel8x0: Unknown symbol snd_pci_quirk_lookup
> > snd_intel8x0: Unknown symbol snd_request_irq
> > snd_intel8x0: Unknown symbol snd_free_irq
> > snd_intel8x0: Unknown symbol snd_pci_quirk_lookup
> > snd_intel8x0: Unknown symbol snd_request_irq
> >
> >
> > Reverting back to the previous version fixes the sound once again.
> >
> > Any advice?
> 
> not sure, but maybe you ran into compiler incompatibilities. 
> Anyway, I 
> wonder why all people still try to install the alsa-driver 
> package. You 
> don't need it as all drivers already are in the kernel.
> 
> ce
> 

In the case of some drivers (such as intel hd audio) I have found the userspace drivers to be far superior to the kernel modules which gave poor sound quality, incredibly low volume even when turned fully up, and frequent distortion.

David

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Re: [gentoo-user] alsa-driver

[Christoph Eckert]

> In the case of some drivers (such as intel hd audio) I have found the
> userspace drivers to be far superior to the kernel modules which gave
> poor sound quality, incredibly low volume even when turned fully up,
> and frequent distortion.

using the alsa-driver package makes sense to get more recent drivers 
(that's why it exists). But the mentioned snd_intel8x0 in the kernel 
should work very well.

ce
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Re: [gentoo-user] alsa-driver

[Steve Evans]

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On Friday 05 January 2007 16:44, Christoph Eckert wrote:
> > In the case of some drivers (such as intel hd audio) I have found the
> > userspace drivers to be far superior to the kernel modules which gave
> > poor sound quality, incredibly low volume even when turned fully up,
> > and frequent distortion.
>
> using the alsa-driver package makes sense to get more recent drivers
> (that's why it exists). But the mentioned snd_intel8x0 in the kernel
> should work very well.
>

I think the poster is talking about snd_hda_intel, not snd_intel8x0, which is 
a different module. The version of snd_hda_intel in kernel doesn't work well, 
but fortunately it is being actively worked on by one of the alsa devs, so 
that  version 1.0.14_rc1 of the alsa-driver package is much better than the 
kernel version.

Steve
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Re: [gentoo-user] alsa-driver

[Ken Gypen]

No, I was actually referring to the snd_intel8x0 module. On my laptop 
(which gave the errors) the in kernel driver doesn't work correctly. 
Lots of distortion and low volume.

For now I've masked the newest version. Should I file a bugreport?



Steve Evans schreef:
> On Friday 05 January 2007 16:44, Christoph Eckert wrote:
>   
>>> In the case of some drivers (such as intel hd audio) I have found the
>>> userspace drivers to be far superior to the kernel modules which gave
>>> poor sound quality, incredibly low volume even when turned fully up,
>>> and frequent distortion.
>>>       
>> using the alsa-driver package makes sense to get more recent drivers
>> (that's why it exists). But the mentioned snd_intel8x0 in the kernel
>> should work very well.
>>
>>     
>
> I think the poster is talking about snd_hda_intel, not snd_intel8x0, which is 
> a different module. The version of snd_hda_intel in kernel doesn't work well, 
> but fortunately it is being actively worked on by one of the alsa devs, so 
> that  version 1.0.14_rc1 of the alsa-driver package is much better than the 
> kernel version.
>
> Steve
>   
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Re: [gentoo-user] alsa-driver

[Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.]

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On Friday 05 January 2007 09:47, "Nelson, David \(ED, PAR&D\)" 
<David.Nelson2@astrazeneca.com> wrote about 'RE: [gentoo-user] 
alsa-driver':
> > Anyway, I
> > wonder why all people still try to install the alsa-driver
> > package.
> In the case of some drivers (such as intel hd audio) I have found the
> userspace drivers to be far superior to the kernel modules which gave
> poor sound quality, incredibly low volume even when turned fully up, and
> frequent distortion.

I'll believe you, although your terms are wrong.  The alsa-drivers package 
include the out-of-tree kernel modules, not userspace drivers.  They still 
operate entirely in kernelspace, they are just not shipped with the kernel 
(like the kqemu module or the nvidia module).

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