[alsa-devel] alsactl restore: unknown hardware: ymf724f

[Raymond Yau]

2010/3/29 Angel Tsankov <fn42551 at fmi.uni-sofia.bg>

> Raymond Yau wrote:
>
>> 2010/3/29 Angel Tsankov <fn42551 at fmi.uni-sofia.bg>
>>
>>  Raymond Yau wrote:
>>>
>>>> 2010/3/26 Angel Tsankov <fn42551 at fmi.uni-sofia.bg>
>>>>
>>>>  Hello again!
>>>>>
>>>>> I've recently had some time to investigate this problem further on and
>>>>> here's what I've discovered:
>>>>>
>>>>> Raymond Yau wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> 2010/2/26 Pacho Ramos <pacho at condmat1.ciencias.uniovi.es>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  El vie, 26-02-2010 a las 13:57 +0200, Angel Tsankov escribió:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Raymond Yau wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 2010/2/25 Jaroslav Kysela <perex at perex.cz>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>  On Thu, 25 Feb 2010, Angel Tsankov wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>  Jaroslav Kysela wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 25 Feb 2010, Angel Tsankov wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>  Hello,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I run 'alsactl restore' on a machine with 2 sound cards -- a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> built-in
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> (rev
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 02) and a non-built-in Yamaha Corporation YMF-724F [DS-1 Audio
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Controller] (rev 03) -- and get the following message:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Unknown hardware: "YMF724F" "SigmaTel STAC9700,83,84"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> "AC97a:83847600"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "0x1073" "0x000d"
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hardware is initialized using a guess method
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> As a consequence the volume levels of the Yamaha card do not
>>>>>>>>>>>>> get
>>>>>>>>>>>>> restored to the levels stored in /etc/asound.state.  The volume
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> levels
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> of the built-in card however are properly restored.  The
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> asound.state
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> file has been created by executing 'alsactl store'.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>  your problem is "alsactl restore" become "alsactl init" when
>>>>>> the number
>>>>>>
>>>>> of
>>>>>
>>>>>> controls is more than those in state file.
>>>>>>
>>>>> I'm not quite sure that the case is this since 'alsactl restore' does
>>>>> restore the values of the Yamaha sound card (and those of the other
>>>>> card, too) and 'alsactl restore 1' seems to just initialize the Yamaha
>>>>> card.  This is with alsa-utils version 1.0.22.
>>>>>
>>>>>  "Hardware is initialized using a guess method "  is the message used
>>>> by
>>>> alsactl init
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> http://git.alsa-project.org/?p=alsa-utils.git;a=commitdiff;h=9a748178d1c9e783242f0cc794ab3efb27092f34;hp=0c02a4e3d23c7b5d03215f1bfaba9f70ed11e9b7
>>>
>>> I don't get what you mean. Could you explain a little bit more?
>>>
>>>  post the output of alsa-info.sh after  "alsactl init"
>>
>> and immeditate after the system boot
>>
>
> I'm sending the requested output as an attachment.
>
> Angel Tsankov
>

As you can see the driver has 79 controls but only 48 controls saved in the
asound.state

that is why "alsactl restore" become "alsactl init"


!!Amixer output
!!-------------

!!-------Mixer controls for card 0 [YMF724F]

Card hw:0 'YMF724F'/'Yamaha DS-1 (YMF724F) at 0xfb000000, irq 5'
  Mixer name    : 'SigmaTel STAC9700,83,84'
  Components    : 'AC97a:83847600'
  Controls      : 79
  Simple ctrls  : 31