[pulseaudio-discuss] [PACKAGERS] Patches for 0.9.15

[Ozan Çağlayan]

Colin Guthrie wrote:
> 'Twas brillig, and Colin Guthrie at 09/06/09 09:08 did gyre and gimble:
>> So I've pushed the branch "0.9.15-branch" to my own git clone:
>> http://colin.guthr.ie/git/pulseaudio/log/?h=0.9.15-branch
>
> Lennart Poettering (28):
>       alsa: allow configuration of fallback device strings in profiles
>       util: if NULL is passed to pa_path_get_filename() just hand it
> through
>       alsa: don't hit an assert when invalid module arguments are passed
>       alsa: fix wording, we are speaking of card profiles, not output
> profiles
>       alsa: initialize buffer size before number of periods to improve
> compat with some backends

Okay, this last commit (4bffc7849f7898fa85dd6ac8e735db86b57814b3) broke
a Creative SB card (snd-ca0106) when PA is launched with tsched=0.
pavucontrol shows a null output sink instead of a real SoundBlaster one.
Reverting the commit fixes the issue.

The problem can be seen on PA -vvv output.

..
..
D: alsa-util.c: Managed to open surround51:0
I: alsa-util.c: Device surround51:0 doesn't support 44100 Hz, changed to
48000 Hz.
I: module-alsa-card.c: Found profile 'Input Analog Surround 5.1'
D: alsa-util.c: Checking for capture on iec958-ac3-surround-51 (a52)
D: alsa-util.c: Trying a52:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
I: (alsa-lib)pcm.c: Unknown PCM a52:0
I: alsa-util.c: Error opening PCM device a52:0: No such file or directory
D: alsa-util.c: Checking for capture on analog-surround-71 (surround71)
D: alsa-util.c: Trying surround71:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
D: alsa-util.c: Managed to open surround71:0
I: alsa-util.c: Device surround71:0 doesn't support 44100 Hz, changed to
48000 Hz.
I: module-alsa-card.c: Found profile 'Input Analog Surround 7.1'
I: card.c: Created 0 "alsa_card.pci_1102_7_sound_card_0"
D: alsa-util.c: Trying front:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
D: alsa-util.c: Managed to open front:0

(Things are starting to differ here, first the good log):

I: alsa-util.c: Device front:0 doesn't support 44100 Hz, changed to
48000 Hz.
I: alsa-sink.c: Successfully opened device front:0.
I: alsa-sink.c: Selected configuration 'Analog Stereo' (analog-stereo).
I: alsa-sink.c: Successfully enabled mmap() mode.
I: (alsa-lib)control.c: Invalid CTL front:0
I: alsa-util.c: Unable to attach to mixer front:0: No such file or directory
I: alsa-util.c: Successfully attached to mixer 'hw:0'
I: alsa-util.c: Cannot find mixer control "Master" or mixer control is
no combination of switch/volume.
I: alsa-util.c: Cannot find fallback mixer control "PCM" or mixer
control is no combination of switch/volume.
I: sink.c: Created sink 0 "alsa_output.pci_1102_7_sound_card_0" with
sample spec s16le 2ch 48000Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: sink.c:     alsa.resolution_bits = "16"
I: sink.c:     device.api = "alsa"
I: sink.c:     device.class = "sound"
I: sink.c:     alsa.class = "generic"
I: sink.c:     alsa.subclass = "generic-mix"
I: sink.c:     alsa.name = "CA0106"
I: sink.c:     alsa.id = "ca0106"
I: sink.c:     alsa.subdevice = "0"
I: sink.c:     alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0"
I: sink.c:     alsa.device = "0"
I: sink.c:     alsa.card = "0"
I: sink.c:     alsa.card_name = "CA0106"
I: sink.c:     alsa.long_card_name = "Audigy SE [SB0570] at 0xd000 irq 20"
I: sink.c:     alsa.driver_name = "snd_ca0106"
I: sink.c:     device.bus = "pci"
I: sink.c:     device.vendor.id = "1102"
I: sink.c:     device.vendor.name = "Creative Labs"
I: sink.c:     device.product.id = "0007"
I: sink.c:     device.product.name = "CA0106 Soundblaster"
I: sink.c:     device.bus_path =
"/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:05:00.0/sound/card0"
I: sink.c:     hal.udi =
"/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1102_7_sound_card_0"
I: sink.c:     hal.product = "Audigy SE [SB0570] Sound Card"
I: sink.c:     hal.card_id = "Audigy SE [SB0570]"
I: sink.c:     device.string = "front:0"
I: sink.c:     device.buffering.buffer_size = "19200"
I: sink.c:     device.buffering.fragment_size = "4800"
I: sink.c:     device.access_mode = "mmap"
I: sink.c:     device.profile.name = "analog-stereo"
I: sink.c:     device.profile.description = "Analog Stereo"
I: sink.c:     device.description = "CA0106 Soundblaster"
I: sink.c:     device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci

(Now the same part in the bad one):

I: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_hw_params_set_buffer_size_near() failed: Invalid
argument
D: alsa-util.c: Trying front:0 without SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
D: alsa-util.c: Managed to open front:0
I: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_hw_params_set_buffer_size_near() failed: Invalid
argument
D: alsa-util.c: Trying plug:front:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
D: alsa-util.c: Managed to open plug:front:0
I: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_hw_params_set_buffer_size_near() failed: Invalid
argument
I: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_hw_params_set_periods_near() failed: Invalid
argument
D: alsa-util.c: Trying plug:front:0 without SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
D: alsa-util.c: Managed to open plug:front:0
I: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_hw_params_set_buffer_size_near() failed: Invalid
argument
I: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_hw_params_set_periods_near() failed: Invalid
argument
I: alsa-util.c: Failed to set hardware parameters on plug:front:0:
Invalid argument
D: alsa-util.c: Trying hw:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
D: alsa-util.c: Managed to open hw:0
I: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_hw_params_set_buffer_size_near() failed: Invalid
argument
D: alsa-util.c: Trying hw:0 without SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
D: alsa-util.c: Managed to open hw:0
I: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_hw_params_set_buffer_size_near() failed: Invalid
argument
D: alsa-util.c: Trying plug:hw:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
D: alsa-util.c: Managed to open plug:hw:0
I: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_hw_params_set_buffer_size_near() failed: Invalid
argument
I: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_hw_params_set_periods_near() failed: Invalid
argument
D: alsa-util.c: Trying plug:hw:0 without SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
D: alsa-util.c: Managed to open plug:hw:0
I: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_hw_params_set_buffer_size_near() failed: Invalid
argument
I: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_hw_params_set_periods_near() failed: Invalid
argument
I: alsa-util.c: Failed to set hardware parameters on plug:hw:0: Invalid
argument
D: alsa-util.c: Trying front:0 with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ...
D: alsa-util.c: Managed to open front:0
I: alsa-util.c: Device front:0 doesn't support 44100 Hz, changed to
48000 Hz.
I: alsa-source.c: Successfully opened device front:0.
I: alsa-source.c: Selected configuration 'Analog Stereo' (analog-stereo).
I: alsa-source.c: Successfully enabled mmap() mode.
I: (alsa-lib)control.c: Invalid CTL front:0
I: alsa-util.c: Unable to attach to mixer front:0: No such file or directory
I: alsa-util.c: Successfully attached to mixer 'hw:0'
I: alsa-util.c: Cannot find mixer control "Capture" or mixer control is
no combination of switch/volume.
I: alsa-util.c: Cannot find fallback mixer control "Mic" or mixer
control is no combination of switch/volume.
I: alsa-util.c: Using mixer control "Mic".