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

[Angel Tsankov]

Raymond Yau wrote:
> 2010/2/26 Angel Tsankov <fn42551 at fmi.uni-sofia.bg>
> 
>> 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'.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The kernel has been built with support for ALSA.  I've built and
>>>>>>> installed the kernel modules for both cards (not the ones in the
>>>>>>> alsa-driver package but those that come with kernel version
>> 2.6.30.2).
>>>>>>> Any ideas why alsactl cannot find the hardware it has previously
>>>>>>> identified as "YMF724F", "SigmaTel STAC9700,83,84", and so on?
>>>>>> The logic of alsactl is to restore the state from /etc/asound.state if
>>>> it
>>>>>> is valid. It seems like the set_controls() function in alsactl/state.c
>>>>>> returns an error code for a reason.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Could you try to compile the latest alsa-utils snapshot
>>>>>> (http://www.alsa-project.org/snapshot/) and run './alsactl -d
>> restore'
>>>> in
>>>>>> alsa-utils/alsactl directory? A warning (fail reason) should be
>> printed.
>>>>> I've attached a bash shell script that I used to download, configure,
>>>>> compile, and run alsactl.  I've also attached a .log file with stdout
>> and
>>>>> stderr that I got while executing the script.
>>>> Thanks. I've added more debug print lines to state.c. Could you rerun
>> your
>>>> script and append also '/etc/asound.state' file and output from
>>>> 'alsa-info.sh --no-upload' to your output tarballs? Send me this tarball
>>>> privately or just an URL to this list.
>>>>
>>>>                                        Thanks,
>>>>                                                 Jaroslav
>>>>
>>>>
>>> did alsactl restore those IFACE_PCM volume since they are supposed at 0dB
>> by
>>> default whenever the subdevice is open ?
>>>
>>> store the values in asound.state seem to be for debugging only
>>>
>>>     control.61 {
>>>         comment.access 'read write inactive'
>>>         comment.type INTEGER
>>>         comment.count 2
>>>         comment.range '0 - 32768'
>>>         iface PCM
>>>         subdevice 1
>>>         name 'PCM Playback Volume'
>>>         value.0 26214
>>>         value.1 26214
>>>     }
>> In fact, alsactl seems to restore the volume levels (despite the
>> "Unknown hardware" message) when the system is up and running, but it
>> does not restore the PCM and master levels at boot time. This should be
>> done when the hardware is detected by udev, as I have the following udev
>> rule:
>>
>> KERNEL=="controlC[0-9]*", ACTION=="add", RUN+="/usr/sbin/alsactl restore
>> %n"
>>
>>
>> Angel Tsankov
>>
>>
> Can you store the iface PCM "PCM Playback Volume" in asound.state while you
> are playing audio ?
> 
> alsactl can store the value since the control is active when the subdevice
> is open
> 
> alsactl already skip restoring of those control when it is not active , so
> the problem seem not related to those controls
> 
> However via82xx also have those hardware specific controls

It seems that when I store the values while the sound card is playing I 
get one more control in asound.state (see attached archive).

Here's the test I did:

1. I removed /etc/asound.state (just in case);
2. I made sure the sound card is not playing, ran 'alsactl store', and 
renamed /etc/asound.state to /etc/asound.state.not-playing;
3. I started vlc, played some music, ran 'alsactl store' once again, and 
renamed /etc/asound.state to /etc/asound.state.playing;

Then I diff'ed the two files and found out that they are different. I'm 
sending them as alsactl created them.


Regards,
Angel Tsankov
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