Missing sound card configuration.

Posts: 630
Eino
Joined: 12 Oct 2012
#1
I know I can get it back, but after the most resent update with wheezy repositories. I lost my sound card configuration. When booting it hangs on modeprobe missing a file or directory.
I just want to give everyone a heads up on the issue.
Posts: 630
Eino
Joined: 12 Oct 2012
#2
udev is still hanging at boot, and my sound card is not getting loaded.
I tried reinstalling the drivers for the sound card to and it still will not work.
When I manually load the driver everything works, but it's lost at reboot.

This is my lspci

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root@antiX2:/home/Eino# lspci
00:00.0 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
00:00.1 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation C51 Memory Controller 0 (rev a2)
00:00.2 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation C51 Memory Controller 1 (rev a2)
00:00.3 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation C51 Memory Controller 5 (rev a2)
00:00.4 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation C51 Memory Controller 4 (rev a2)
00:00.5 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
00:00.6 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation C51 Memory Controller 3 (rev a2)
00:00.7 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation C51 Memory Controller 2 (rev a2)
00:02.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
00:04.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
00:05.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation C51 [GeForce 6150 LE] (rev a2)
00:09.0 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation MCP51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
00:0a.0 ISA bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP51 LPC Bridge (rev a2)
00:0a.1 SMBus: NVIDIA Corporation MCP51 SMBus (rev a2)
00:0a.2 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation MCP51 Memory Controller 0 (rev a2)
00:0b.0 USB controller: NVIDIA Corporation MCP51 USB Controller (rev a2)
00:0b.1 USB controller: NVIDIA Corporation MCP51 USB Controller (rev a2)
00:0d.0 IDE interface: NVIDIA Corporation MCP51 IDE (rev a1)
00:0e.0 IDE interface: NVIDIA Corporation MCP51 Serial ATA Controller (rev a1)
00:0f.0 IDE interface: NVIDIA Corporation MCP51 Serial ATA Controller (rev a1)
00:10.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP51 PCI Bridge (rev a2)
00:14.0 Bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP51 Ethernet Controller (rev a1)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
03:05.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): LSI Corporation FW322/323 [TrueFire] 1394a Controller (rev 61)
03:09.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy (rev 04)
03:09.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy Game Port (rev 04)
03:09.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Creative Labs SB Audigy FireWire Port (rev 04)
Before loading the driver.

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aplay -l 
aplay: device_list:252: no soundcards found...
Then I run

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root@antiX2:/home/Eino# modprobe snd_emu10k1
Now I get

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aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Audigy2 [SB Audigy 2 [SB0350b]], device 0: emu10k1 [ADC Capture/Standard PCM Playback]
  Subdevices: 32/32
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
  Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
  Subdevice #2: subdevice #2
  Subdevice #3: subdevice #3
  Subdevice #4: subdevice #4
  Subdevice #5: subdevice #5
  Subdevice #6: subdevice #6
  Subdevice #7: subdevice #7
  Subdevice #8: subdevice #8
  Subdevice #9: subdevice #9
  Subdevice #10: subdevice #10
  Subdevice #11: subdevice #11
  Subdevice #12: subdevice #12
  Subdevice #13: subdevice #13
  Subdevice #14: subdevice #14
  Subdevice #15: subdevice #15
  Subdevice #16: subdevice #16
  Subdevice #17: subdevice #17
  Subdevice #18: subdevice #18
  Subdevice #19: subdevice #19
  Subdevice #20: subdevice #20
  Subdevice #21: subdevice #21
  Subdevice #22: subdevice #22
  Subdevice #23: subdevice #23
  Subdevice #24: subdevice #24
  Subdevice #25: subdevice #25
  Subdevice #26: subdevice #26
  Subdevice #27: subdevice #27
  Subdevice #28: subdevice #28
  Subdevice #29: subdevice #29
  Subdevice #30: subdevice #30
  Subdevice #31: subdevice #31
card 0: Audigy2 [SB Audigy 2 [SB0350b]], device 2: emu10k1 efx [Multichannel Capture/PT Playback]
  Subdevices: 8/8
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
  Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
  Subdevice #2: subdevice #2
  Subdevice #3: subdevice #3
  Subdevice #4: subdevice #4
  Subdevice #5: subdevice #5
  Subdevice #6: subdevice #6
  Subdevice #7: subdevice #7
card 0: Audigy2 [SB Audigy 2 [SB0350b]], device 3: emu10k1 [Multichannel Playback]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Audigy2 [SB Audigy 2 [SB0350b]], device 4: p16v [p16v]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
I'm at a loss at this point.
Maybe I’m forgetting something here.
Posts: 850
fatmac
Joined: 26 Jul 2012
#3
(/)etc/modules-load.d/modules.conf
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SamK
Joined: 21 Aug 2011
#4
Eino wrote:...after the most resent update with wheezy repositories. I lost my sound card configuration. When booting it hangs on modeprobe missing a file or directory.
I just want to give everyone a heads up on the issue.
Thanks for the post.

Today updated a test-bed system here that uses 13.2-Stable (Wheezy). Following a reboot ALSA is working as expected. Although not absolutely conclusive it might tentatively point to the issue being related to your local system rather than being a more general and widespread problem.

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inxi -c 0 -A
Audio:     Card Intel 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k3.7.10-antix.7-486-smp
Posts: 630
Eino
Joined: 12 Oct 2012
#5
I found the issue in the folder /dev has only have three files in it with the important system links missing among, a bunch of other important files missing.
I'm just going to backup my personal stuff, and re-install every thing.
I don't know why when I did a update everything disappeared, but it did.
Posts: 630
Eino
Joined: 12 Oct 2012
#6
The 32 bit system is unaffected, and my 64 bit system with the liquorix kernel updates without an issue. Next I'm going to change kernels to see if that's the issue.
Posts: 630
Eino
Joined: 12 Oct 2012
#7
The only system with the update issue is with Kernel: 3.7.10-antix.7-amd64-smp x86_64 (64 bit)
That's what I'm finding so far.
This is with my own respin tho. I don't know if it's all the 64 bit systems running that kernel. .
This is my system.

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Host: antiX1 Kernel: 3.7.10-antix.7-amd64-smp x86_64 (64 bit) 
 Desktop: IceWM 1.3.7 Distro: antiX-13.2_x64-music Luddite 12 January 2014
Posts: 630
Eino
Joined: 12 Oct 2012
#8
I did an update with just
"deb
========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"http://security.debian.org/"
linktext was:"http://security.debian.org/"
====================================
wheezy/updates main contrib non-free" and I got the important up dates.
The issue was coming from wheeze regular repositories. I just need to remember to open it to install programs.
Posts: 74
rayburn
Joined: 11 Jun 2008
#9
I have exactly the same issue on my system after yesterdays update, today no sound, and hangs on boot at the same point as yours.

Has anyone any suggestions on how to solve this please?
Posts: 630
Eino
Joined: 12 Oct 2012
#10
rayburn wrote:I have exactly the same issue on my system after yesterdays update, today no sound, and hangs on boot at the same point as yours.

Has anyone any suggestions on how to solve this please?
I made a new partition to back up my personal files then re-installed everything.
Then did an update with just

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deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib non-free
in the Debian wheeze repositories. This way I got the important security updates.
It's something in wheezes repositories causing the issue.. Just remember to reactivate wheezes repositories to install apps.
I tried repairing just the sound driver, but it did not work.
Posts: 74
rayburn
Joined: 11 Jun 2008
#11
Eino wrote:
rayburn wrote:I have exactly the same issue on my system after yesterdays update, today no sound, and hangs on boot at the same point as yours.

Has anyone any suggestions on how to solve this please?
I made a new partition to back up my personal files then re-installed everything.
Then did an update with just

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deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib non-free
in the Debian wheeze repositories. This way I got the important security updates.
It's something in wheezes repositories causing the issue.. Just remember to reactivate wheezes repositories to install apps.
I tried repairing just the sound driver, but it did not work.

Thanks for your reply, I was hoping there might be a less drastic solution than that.... But cheers anyway.
Posts: 1,028
SamK
Joined: 21 Aug 2011
#12
Has the cause of this problem been identified?

It has just occurred on the following system based on Stable repos which has been running without the problem for some weeks. Now the symptoms are as reported in the opening posts.

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inxi -c 0 -b -r
System:    Host: testbed3 Kernel: 3.7.10-antix.5-486-smp i686 (32 bit) Desktop: IceWM 1.3.7
           Distro: antiX-13.2_386-full Luddite 4 November 2013
Machine:   System: Acer product: AcerPower Sd
           Mobo: N/A model: N/A Bios: Award v: 6.00 PG date: 06/24/2002
CPU:       Single core Intel Celeron (-UP-) clocked at 1693 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 65x/M650/740 PCI/AGP VGA Display Adapter
           Display Server: X.Org 1.12.4 drivers: sis (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1280x1024@60.0hz
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 0x209) GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.5
Network:   Card: Realtek RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ driver: 8139too
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 20.4GB (25.1% used)
Repos:     Active apt sources in file: / etc/apt/sources.list.d/antix.list
           deb http://antix.daveserver.info/stable stable main
           Active apt sources in file: / etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
           deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main contrib non-free
           deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib non-free
Info:      Processes: 78 Uptime: 1:57 Memory: 273.9/944.8MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.1.28
Fortunately this rig is only used to see how antiX performs on an elderly system so loss of audio is inconvenient rather than critical. Only the stable and security repos have been used, no backports nor software from third parties has been installed.
Eino wrote: I found the issue in the folder /dev has only have three files in it with the important system links missing...
[...]
The 32 bit system is unaffected, and my 64 bit system with the liquorix kernel updates without an issue.
[...]
The only system with the update issue is with Kernel: 3.7.10-antix.7-amd64-smp x86_64 (64 bit)
In this system
  • /dev seems well populated with directories, files and links
  • It is an antiX 32 bit kernel
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dolphin_oracle
Joined: 16 Dec 2007
#13
I bet you have oss-compat installed. try removing it. Had a similar problem on a recent update.
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SamK
Joined: 21 Aug 2011
#14
dolphin_oracle wrote:I bet you have oss-compat installed. try removing it. Had a similar problem on a recent update.
Good idea, unfortunately not the case.

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apt-cache policy oss-compat
oss-compat:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 2+deb7u2
  Version table:
     2+deb7u2 0
        500 http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main i386 Packages

Update:

Applied a Clonezilla disk image taken a couple of days ago of this system in a known working condition.
Result
Expected operational condition restored.


Applied pending upgrades from security repo only (wheezy repo commented)
Result
Audio continued to work before and after a reboot.

Applied pending upgrades from wheezy repo (none available)
Result
Audio continued to work before and after a reboot.

Installed default-jre (only package recently installed before symptoms presented)
Audio continued to work before and after a reboot.


It looks like this one may be difficult to troubleshoot.