IT WAS A HYPHEN VERSUS UNDERSCORE SYNTAX ISSUE!
my ./configure options were:
./configure --with-cards=hda_intel,hrtimer,aloop --with-sequencer=yes
BUT THEY NEEDED TO BE:
./configure --with-cards=hda-intel,hrtimer,aloop --with-sequencer=yes
At a glance — the whole configure code equivocates between hyphens and underscores a lot; that should probably be addressed.
Also, it would help if the configure script checked for existence of the sub-options to "--with-cards=", and prevent non-existing card options, such as what I initially gave ("hda_intel")... right now it just silently ignores a bad option.
So, with the correction, alsa compiled and install my snd-hda-intel.ko
( /lib/modules/2.6.32-45-generic/kernel/sound/pci/hda/snd-hda-intel.ko )
I rebooted and have sound. Pulse working, and so is jack. as they did before, AFAICT.
I may post back with a different topic, about the "aloop" device. Which is why I tried to upgrade alsa in the first place.
> On April 11, 2013 at 5:02 AM Andrew RT <andrew2012@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > On April 9, 2013 at 11:22 PM chris hermansen <clhermansen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > Andrew, list:
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 4:31 PM, Andrew RT <andrew2012@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >> On April 8, 2013 at 10:07 PM Andrew RT <andrew2012@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Hi, guys
> > >>
> > >> I'm on Ubuntu Lucid, 2.6.32-45-generic, had audio working up until I pursued new alsa driver a couple of days ago.
> > [...]
> > >>
> > >> By the way I tried to revert to official alsa packages and failed miserably; thus, there seems to be no turning back
> > >>
> > >> Please help!
> > >>
> > >
> > > Bump.
> > >
> > > I've got a disastrous loss of audio on my main system. Anyone have a clue?
> >
> > You certainly have my sympathy!
> >
> > Lucid / 2.6.32 kernel is pretty old; can I ask some dumb questions?
> >
> > Do you use pulse audio or bare-bones Alsa?
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> I think I'm using pulse. Also jack. jack suspends pulseaudio, I believe, when it runs.
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> >
> > If Alsa:
> >
> > - what happens when you do a "sudo aplay -l"?
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> **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
> card 0: Loopback [Loopback], device 0: Loopback PCM [Loopback PCM]
> 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: Loopback [Loopback], device 1: Loopback PCM [Loopback PCM]
> 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
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> My loopback device is set up when I manually insert the module ( "modprobe snd-aloop"). But it boots up without any snd modules initially.
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> > - what happens when you do a "sudo aplay -L"?
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> null
> Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
> sysdefault:CARD=Loopback
> Loopback, Loopback PCM
> Default Audio Device
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> > - what do you see in /proc/asound?
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> The directory has: card0 cards devices Loopback modules pcm seq timers version
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> cat /proc/asound/cards
> 0 [Loopback ]: Loopback - Loopback
> Loopback 1
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> There's just the loopback device.
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> > - do you see any errors in your system log file about audio?
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> there are no recent errors, with the most recent recompiling.
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> Like I said, the kernel module file "snd-hda-intel.ko" is missing from my latest /lib/modules/. I believe that's the file that would set up my audio card. But how to generate it? I'm assuming it was there before I removed my pre-compiled alsa-utils,etc, to make way for my local build (?). But then my local build failed to generate the new version of this file (?)
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> > --
> > Chris Hermansen · clhermansen "at" gmail "dot" com
> >
> > C'est ma façon de parler.
>
> Et bien — c'est ma façon de me taire.
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