ALSA fail on wheezy.
I'm running testing
$ cat /proc/version | fmt
Linux version 3.0.0-1-686-pae (Debian 3.0.0-1) (ben@decadent.org.uk)
(gcc version 4.5.3 (Debian 4.5.3-3) ) #1 SMP Sun Jul 24 14:27:32 UTC 2011
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on a ibm thinkpad a22m that's got one of these
$ lspci | grep -i audio | fmt
00:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: Cirrus Logic CS 4614/22/24/30
[CrystalClear SoundFusion Audio Accelerator] (rev 01)
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and have installed ALSA
$ dpkg -l | grep -i alsa
ii alsa-base 1.0.23+dfsg-4 ALSA driver configuration files
ii alsa-oss 1.0.17-5 ALSA wrapper for OSS applications
ii alsa-utils 1.0.24.2-1 Utilities for configuring and using ALSA
ii bluez-alsa 4.94-3 Bluetooth ALSA support
ii libasound2 1.0.24.1-2 shared library for ALSA applications
ii linux-sound-bas 1.0.23+dfsg-4 base package for ALSA and OSS sound systems
$ lsmod | grep snd
snd_cs46xx 23523 0
gameport 13404 1 snd_cs46xx
snd_seq_midi 12744 0
snd_seq_midi_event 13124 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_rawmidi 22621 2 snd_cs46xx,snd_seq_midi
snd_ac97_codec 84197 1 snd_cs46xx
ac97_bus 12462 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm 53315 2 snd_cs46xx,snd_ac97_codec
snd_seq 39539 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 22027 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 12985 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd 38562 8 snd_cs46xx,snd_rawmidi,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,thinkpad_acpi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore 12992 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 12899 2 snd_cs46xx,snd_pcm
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But it's not working at all
$ alsamixer
cannot open mixer: No such file or directory
$ ls /dev | grep -i mix
$ aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Noise.wav
ALSA lib confmisc.c:768:(parse_card) cannot find card '0'
ALSA lib conf.c:4184:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_card_driver returned error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib confmisc.c:392:(snd_func_concat) error evaluating strings
ALSA lib conf.c:4184:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_concat returned error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib confmisc.c:1251:(snd_func_refer) error evaluating name
ALSA lib conf.c:4184:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib conf.c:4663:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib pcm.c:2212:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM default
aplay: main:660: audio open error: No such file or directory
$ cat /proc/asound/cards
29 [ThinkPadEC ]: ThinkPad EC - ThinkPad Console Audio Control
ThinkPad Console Audio Control at EC reg 0x30, fw unknown
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These commands also fail for root in the same way, and yes
$ groups
rclayton cdrom floppy audio dip video plugdev netdev bluetooth
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What is the explanation for the evident mixer and card problems, and how do I
fix them?
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