Problem with Alsa sound and VIA 82xx
My problem is that sound takes a long time to start up after system boot. Sometimes I have to reload or restart the Alsa daemons, which sometimes seems to help. Playing music for a long time will eventually cause sound output to start.
I haven't filed any Debian bug reports previously; I previously have been using Ubuntu, and have filed reports on that in the past, and am more familiar with their bug-reporting procedure.
Here's my system version, lsmod, and lspci information.
Debian version info:
Linux cupid 2.6.18-6-486 #1 Sun Feb 10 22:06:33 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
etch
The system is up-to-date as of today - 19 March 2008
peter@cupid:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
snd_via82xx_modem 13832 0
snd_seq_dummy 3972 0
snd_seq_oss 27648 0
snd_seq_midi 8352 0
snd_seq_midi_event 6784 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 42192 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
usbhid 35808 0
binfmt_misc 10504 1
via 40416 2
drm 60180 3 via
rfcomm 33180 0
l2cap 20100 5 rfcomm
bluetooth 43108 4 rfcomm,l2cap
nfs 196300 0
ipv6 213984 24
nfsd 196784 17
exportfs 5376 1 nfsd
lockd 53256 3 nfs,nfsd
nfs_acl 3584 2 nfs,nfsd
sunrpc 133820 13 nfs,nfsd,lockd,nfs_acl
ppdev 8708 0
parport_pc 31524 0
lp 10948 0
parport 32200 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
button 6800 0
ac 5252 0
battery 9732 0
dm_snapshot 15644 0
dm_mirror 18000 0
dm_mod 48952 2 dm_snapshot,dm_mirror
loop 14216 0
wlan_scan_sta 11520 1
tsdev 7616 0
joydev 9152 0
ath_pci 81440 0
ath_rate_sample 13184 1 ath_pci
wlan 172092 4 wlan_scan_sta,ath_pci,ath_rate_sample
ath_hal 191696 3 ath_pci,ath_rate_sample
snd_via82xx 25368 3
gameport 13832 1 snd_via82xx
snd_mpu401_uart 7552 1 snd_via82xx
pcmcia 33852 0
firmware_class 9472 1 pcmcia
i2c_viapro 8340 0
i2c_core 19472 1 i2c_viapro
pcspkr 2816 0
wbsd 15880 0
mmc_core 22416 1 wbsd
snd_ac97_codec 82848 2 snd_via82xx_modem,snd_via82xx
snd_ac97_bus 2432 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_rawmidi 22048 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_device 7820 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi
via_ircc 22932 0
psmouse 34568 0
snd_pcm_oss 38048 1
snd_mixer_oss 15232 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 65928 5 snd_via82xx_modem,snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 19972 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd 45412 15 snd_via82xx_modem,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_via82xx,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_ac97_codec,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
irda 155836 1 via_ircc
rtc 11572 0
serio_raw 6532 0
snd_page_alloc 10248 3 snd_via82xx_modem,snd_via82xx,snd_pcm
crc_ccitt 2304 1 irda
soundcore 8928 2 snd
amd64_agp 12036 1
agpgart 29360 2 drm,amd64_agp
yenta_socket 24588 2
rsrc_nonstatic 11904 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 36240 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
shpchp 32796 0
pci_hotplug 28088 1 shpchp
evdev 9088 1
ext3 116488 3
jbd 47272 1 ext3
ide_cd 35616 0
cdrom 32416 1 ide_cd
ide_disk 14848 5
via82cxxx 8452 0 [permanent]
via_rhine 21768 0
mii 5376 1 via_rhine
generic 4996 0 [permanent]
ide_core 107760 4 ide_cd,ide_disk,via82cxxx,generic
ehci_hcd 27144 0
uhci_hcd 20236 0
usbcore 109444 4 usbhid,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
thermal 13576 0
processor 23724 1 thermal
fan 4868 0
peter@cupid:~$
peter@cupid:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M800 Host Bridge
00:00.1 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M800 Host Bridge
00:00.2 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M800 Host Bridge
00:00.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M800 Host Bridge
00:00.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M800 Host Bridge
00:00.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M800 Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI bridge [K8T800/K8T890 South]
00:09.0 Network controller: RaLink RT2500 802.11g Cardbus/mini-PCI (rev 01)
00:0a.0 CardBus bridge: ENE Technology Inc CB1410 Cardbus Controller (rev 01)
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 82)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge
00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
00:11.6 Communication controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 80)
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 74)
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
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. S3 Unichrome Pro VGA Adapter (rev 01)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC (rev 01)
peter@cupid:~$
The computer is an Averatec 3280.
Peter
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