Alsa 1.0.24

[andrewb]

Please could we have Alsa upgraded to 1.0.24.

Would it be possible to consider using the source from Realtek so as to get full support for the Realtek HDaudio cards so common in laptops & netbooks today? (downloadable from http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=24&PFid=24&Level=4&Conn=3&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false#High%20Definition%20Audio%20Codecs or http://www.rechner-support.com/index.php?form=DatabaseDownload)

Thanks.

[curaga]

The kernel modules are already 1.0.24, so I suppose you mean the userspace?

[andrewb]

The Alsa extension is listed as 1.0.23 & the modules extension doesn't have an Alsa version listed so I'd assume it is 1.0.24

The score from Realtek has a number of additional drivers for HDaudio which should improve handling of the commonly used Realtek HDaudio cards prevalent in current systems.

[Jason W]

Userspace part of alsa updated now to latest 1.0.24.x.  The Realtek stuff is from a separate source, so someone can make a separate extension, I don't have the hardware to tes anyway.

[Juanito]

was alsa-dev updated?

[Jason W]

I made the package for it, but it appears like it may have eluded being uploaded.  I have it at home, I will upload it then.

[Jason W]

alsa-dev updated.

[Juanito]

'looks like the location of asound.state changed:

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$ sudo /usr/local/etc/init.d/alsasound start
...
Starting sound driver: snd-hda-intel 
/usr/local/sbin/alsactl: load_state:1586: Cannot open /var/lib/alsa/asound.state for reading: No such file or directory
Found hardware: "HDA-Intel" "Intel CougarPoint HDMI" "HDA:10134206,106b2100,00100302 HDA:80862805,80860101,00100000" "0x8086" "0x7270"
Hardware is initialized using a generic method
but:

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$ sudo /usr/local/sbin/alsactl store
/usr/local/sbin/alsactl: save_state:1547: Cannot open /var/lib/alsa/asound.state for writing: No such file or directory
$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/alsa
$ sudo /usr/local/sbin/alsactl store
For me it seems more logical for asound.state to be in /usr/local/etc - maybe with a ./configure switch?

[Jason W]

I thought that the default was to /etc/asound.state as previously and not in /var.  I will rebuild and specify /usr/local/etc.

[Jason W]

Rebuilt with /usr/local/etc as asound.state directory, seems to be working here.

[Juanito]

'seems to have done the trick - thanks

Still doesn't work fully (without the aid of hda analyzer) with my "Intel CougarPoint HDMI", but that's a module, rather than userspace, problem.

[bmarkus]

1.0.25 released today

[Jason W]

Thanks for reporting.

But before updating, as the kernel drivers are version 1.0.24, I will wait for some feedback before updating the libs.  It should all just work, just like it  did to leave the libs as 1.0.23, I will update soon if there is no objections.

[drumaliens]

Not sure if I have not installed the correct update on alsa to solve the directory issue with

sudo alsctl restore

got round this by putting the following in

amixer sset 'Master' 20 unmute
amixer sset 'PCM' 20 unmute

into /opt/bootlocal.sh. I sense a fudge but it gets round the problem

[Jason W]

Hey drumaliens,

Your post is garbled with some forum code, so is this the commands you have listed?

sudo alsactl restore
amixer sset 'Master' 20 unmute
amixer sset 'PCM' 20 unmute