Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750740AbWHIQe2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Aug 2006 12:34:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751017AbWHIQe1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Aug 2006 12:34:27 -0400 Received: from vms040pub.verizon.net ([206.46.252.40]:31391 "EHLO vms040pub.verizon.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750740AbWHIQeZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Aug 2006 12:34:25 -0400 Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2006 12:33:16 -0400 From: Gene Heskett Subject: Re: [Alsa-user] another in kernel alsa update that breaks backward compatibilty? In-reply-to: To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Message-id: <200608091233.16264.gene.heskett@verizon.net> Organization: Organization? Absolutely zip. MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline References: <200608091140.02777.gene.heskett@verizon.net> <200608091207.26156.gene.heskett@verizon.net> User-Agent: KMail/1.7 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2332 Lines: 61 On Wednesday 09 August 2006 12:13, Takashi Iwai wrote: >At Wed, 09 Aug 2006 12:07:26 -0400, > >Gene Heskett wrote: >> On Wednesday 09 August 2006 11:46, Sergei Steshenko wrote: >> >On Wed, 09 Aug 2006 11:40:02 -0400 >> > >> >Gene Heskett wrote: >> >> Greetings; >> >> >> >> The old fart is back again. :) >> >> >> >> I've just done a divide and conquer on kernel versions, and have >> >> found that while I DO have a kde audio signon for kernels >> >> 2.6.18-rc1-rc3-rc4, I do not have any other functioning audio, >> >> including the kde sound effects I normally get. xmms and tvtime are >> >> mute, as are the firefox plugins to play videos from the network. >> >> 2.6.17.8 and below works great yet. >> >> >> >> So whats the fix? >> > >> >Demand stable ABI. >> >> It does not appear to be so. And ATM booted to 18-rc1, I didn't see an >> error message when rc.local made a call of "[root@coyote gene]# alsactl >> restore >> alsactl: set_control:894: warning: name mismatch (Mic Boost (+20dB)/Mic >> Boost (+20dB) Switch) for control #45 >> alsactl: set_control:896: warning: index mismatch (0/0) for control #45 >> alsactl: set_control:898: failed to obtain info for control #45 >> (Operation not permitted) >> [root@coyote gene]# > >This kind of problems can be fixed by calling "alsactl restore" with >-F option. The warnings may be still there but the values are handled >better. > >The behavior with -F could be default, but it's kept so just for the >compatibility reason. > > Humm, and that fixed it for 2.6.18-rc4. Gawd, I'd sure like to get some of that stuff, it must be great stuff. Goes off scratching head & letting imagination work overtime. >Takashi Many thanks Takashi. -- Cheers, Gene People having trouble with vz bouncing email to me should add the word 'online' between the 'verizon', and the dot which bypasses vz's stupid bounce rules. I do use spamassassin too. :-) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2006 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/