Re: [LAU] Audigy soundcard silent after upgrade to Ubuntu Studio

From: frank pirrone <frankpirrone@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Tue Nov 03 2009 - 22:20:19 EET

David Morrell wrote:
> Here's the next instalment. First, the background.
>
> The problem was that a Creative Audigy2 card that had worked perfectly
> in Ubuntu 8.04 suddenly went silent after an upgrade to Ubuntu Studio
> 9.04. It still worked perfectly in Windows on the same dual boot machine.
>
> <snip>
> I've done a bit more testing and reported it on the Ubuntu bug reporting
> system as follows. The bug is at;
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/406356
>
>
> To reproduce the bug then repair the damage, do the following.
>
> Delete /var/lib/asound.state (to mimic a fresh install, when it has not
> yet been created)
>
> Run
>
> alsactl init
>
> The sound card is probed. Alsactl reports;
>
> Unknown hardware: "Audigy2" "SigmaTel STAC9750,51" "AC97a:83847650"
> "" ""
> Hardware is initialized using a guess method
>
> A version of asound.state is created that lacks (at least) a master
> volume mute switch. There is no sound output.
>
> Restore the previously good asound.state, run 'alsactl restore' and the
> card works again.
>
> Does this mean that something (I don't know what) needs to be improved
> so it can recognise this card (Audigy 2 Value [SB0400)?
>
David,

My understanding was that the functionality/setup of the Audigy driver
was buggered in the 9.04 J.J. kernel module. Once you've fiddled with
alsamixer, and created a working /var/lib/alsa/asound.state file it
should be fine. I believe this is fixed in the 9.10 K.K. version.

Frank

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