[LAU] No ALSA after installing stock Debian kernel

[david]

Gabriel M. Beddingfield wrote:
> Hi David,
> 
> On Monday, September 06, 2010 02:42:17 pm David Baron wrote:
>> No cards, no /proc/asound, nada
>>
>> Here is a part of the problem:
>> $ dmesg | grep -i snd
>> [    5.501289] snd: Unknown parameter `device_mode'
>> [    5.521068] snd: Unknown parameter `device_mode'
>> [    5.548879] snd_timer: Unknown symbol snd_info_register
>> [    5.549233] snd_timer: Unknown symbol snd_info_create_module_entry
>> [    5.549514] snd_timer: Unknown symbol snd_info_free_entry
> [snip]
> 
> It says there's a 'device_mode' parameter that is trying to be set, but it is invalid.  According to [1], [2], [3], and [4] there's something in /etc/modprobe.d/* that's trying to set it.  It has been fixed in most distros.
> 
> You'll need to find what's trying to load alsa with the 'device_mode' parameter and fix it.
> 
> hth,
> gabriel
> 
> [1] http://www.mjmwired.net/kernel/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt
> [2] http://bugs.gentoo.org/106400
> [3] https://bugs.launchpad.net/debian/+bug/43738
> [4] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=400612

Which Debian kernel are you running? I've been running 2 or 3 different 
Debian kernels here without any ALSA problems.

That bug report #4 above is really old - refers to the Sarge kernel.

Currently running Lenny kernel 2.6.26 on one machine, 2.6.31 or 33 on 
another. ALSA 1.0.17.

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