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Old 03-17-2007, 02:23 PM   #1
felixc
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Sound card (Cirrus Logic CS 4614/22/24) driver cannot initialize - invalid argument

Hi everyone,

I've been working on this issue for a while now, and it's sort of been evolving. Basically I can't get sound to work on my machine running Debian. Well, that's actually not entirely true - the original install did have it working fine, so I know it's possible. However, I ripped a lot of packages out and put a lot in, and somewhere along the line, I lost sound.

When starting up KDE, the error box I am presented with reads

Quote:
Informational - artsmessage

Sound server informational message:
Error while initializing the sound driver:
device: default can't be opened for playback (Invalid argument)
The sound server will continue, using the null output device.
Here's the basic info on my system and its setup:

Code:
deimos:~# uname -r
2.4.27-3-386

--------------------------------------------------------------------

deimos:~# lspci -v     [edited, of course, to only show the sound card]
0000:00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: Cirrus Logic CS 4614/22/24 [CrystalClear SoundFusion Audio Accelerator] (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Cirrus Logic Crystal SoundFusion PCI Audio Accelerator
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 10
        Memory at f4100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Memory at f4000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2

----------------------------------------------------------------------

deimos:~# lsmod | grep snd
snd-seq-oss            21760   0  (autoclean) (unused)
snd-seq-midi            3008   0  (autoclean) (unused)
snd-seq-midi-event      2976   0  (autoclean) [snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi]
snd-seq                32048   2  (autoclean) [snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi snd-seq-midi-event]
snd-cs46xx             61320   0
snd-pcm-oss            34048   0  (unused)
snd-mixer-oss          11000   0  [snd-pcm-oss]
snd-ac97-codec         48280   0  [snd-cs46xx]
snd-pcm                50216   0  [snd-cs46xx snd-pcm-oss snd-ac97-codec]
snd-timer              12548   0  [snd-seq snd-pcm]
gameport                1388   0  [snd-cs46xx]
snd-rawmidi            11552   0  [snd-seq-midi snd-cs46xx]
snd-seq-device          3588   0  [snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi snd-seq snd-rawmidi]
snd                    28260   0  [snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq snd-cs46xx snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-ac97-codec snd-pcm snd-timer snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device]
soundcore               3268   8  [snd]
snd-page-alloc          4296   0  [snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi snd-seq snd-cs46xx snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm snd-timer snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device snd]

----------------------------------------------------------------------

deimos:~# pcimodules
matroxfb_base
3c59x
snd-cs46xx
cs46xx
cs461x
usb-uhci
uhci
shpchp
pciehp
One interesting thing is that I actually get some errors when trying to configure the card:

Code:
deimos:~# alsaconf
Running update-modules...
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.27-3-386/updates/alsa/snd-pdaudiocf.o
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.27-3-386/updates/alsa/snd-vx-cs.o
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.27-3-386/updates/alsa/snd-vxp440.o
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.27-3-386/updates/alsa/snd-vxpocket.o
Loading driver...
Setting up ALSA...done.
Setting default volumes...

----------------------------------------------------------------------

deimos:~# update-modules
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.27-3-386/updates/alsa/snd-pdaudiocf.o
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.27-3-386/updates/alsa/snd-vx-cs.o
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.27-3-386/updates/alsa/snd-vxp440.o
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.27-3-386/updates/alsa/snd-vxpocket.o
The HCL lists this card, but doesn't provide too much info...

I have also reviewed the following threads (amongst many others, and of course, google...)
Thread 1
Thread 2
Thread 3

And finally (I left this for last because it is so huge), here's some more info:

Code:
deimos:~# cat /etc/modules.conf | grep "snd\|alsa\|audio"
### update-modules: start processing /etc/modutils/alsa-base
# snd module options
options snd device_mode=0660
alias char-major-116 snd
alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0
alias sound-slot-1 snd-card-1
alias sound-slot-2 snd-card-2
alias sound-slot-3 snd-card-3
alias sound-slot-4 snd-card-4
alias sound-slot-5 snd-card-5
alias sound-slot-6 snd-card-6
alias sound-slot-7 snd-card-7
above sound-slot-0 snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-seq-oss
above sound-slot-1 snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-seq-oss
above sound-slot-2 snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-seq-oss
above sound-slot-3 snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-seq-oss
above sound-slot-4 snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-seq-oss
above sound-slot-5 snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-seq-oss
above sound-slot-6 snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-seq-oss
above sound-slot-7 snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
above snd-pcm snd-pcm-oss
above snd-mixer snd-mixer-oss
above snd-seq snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi
# Cause a script to be run after snd-emu8000-synth module initialization
post-install snd-emu8000-synth /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-emu8000-synth
post-install snd-ad1816a /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-ad1816a
post-install snd-ad1848 /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-ad1848
post-install snd-ali5451 /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-ali5451
post-install snd-als100 /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-als100
post-install snd-als4000 /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-als4000
post-install snd-asihpi /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-asihpi
post-install snd-atiixp /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-atiixp
post-install snd-au8810 /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-au8810
post-install snd-au8820 /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-au8820
post-install snd-au8830 /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-au8830
post-install snd-azt2320 /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-azt2320
post-install snd-azt3328 /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-azt3328
post-install snd-azx /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-azx
post-install snd-ca0106 /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-ca0106
post-install snd-cmi8330 /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-cmi8330
post-install snd-cmipci /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-cmipci
post-install snd-cs4231 /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-cs4231
post-install snd-cs4232 /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-cs4232
post-install snd-cs4236 /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-cs4236
post-install snd-cs4281 /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-cs4281
post-install snd-cs46xx /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-cs46xx
post-install snd-darla20 /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-darla20
post-install snd-darla24 /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-darla24
post-install snd-dt019x /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-dt019x
post-install snd-emu10k1 /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-emu10k1
post-install snd-emu10k1x /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-emu10k1x
post-install snd-ens1370 /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-ens1370
post-install snd-ens1371 /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-ens1371
post-install snd-es1688 /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-es1688
post-install snd-es18xx /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-es18xx
post-install snd-es1938 /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-es1938
post-install snd-es1968 /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-es1968
post-install snd-es968 /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-es968
post-install snd-fm801 /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-fm801
post-install snd-gina20 /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-gina20
post-install snd-gina24 /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-gina24
post-install snd-gina3g /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-gina3g
post-install snd-gusclassic /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-gusclassic
post-install snd-gusextreme /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-gusextreme
post-install snd-gusmax /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-gusmax
post-install snd-harmony /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-harmony
post-install snd-hdsp /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-hdsp
post-install snd-hdspm /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-hdspm
post-install snd-ice1712 /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-ice1712
post-install snd-ice1724 /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-ice1724
post-install snd-indigo /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-indigo
post-install snd-indigodj /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-indigodj
post-install snd-indigoio /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-indigoio
post-install snd-intel8x0 /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-intel8x0
post-install snd-interwave /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-interwave
post-install snd-interwave-stb /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-interwave-stb
post-install snd-korg1212 /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-korg1212
post-install snd-layla20 /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-layla20
post-install snd-layla24 /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-layla24
post-install snd-layla3g /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-layla3g
post-install snd-maestro3 /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-maestro3
post-install snd-mia /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-mia
post-install snd-mixart /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-mixart
post-install snd-mona /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-mona
post-install snd-mpu401 /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-mpu401
post-install snd-msnd-pinnacle /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-msnd-pinnacle
post-install snd-mtpav /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-mtpav
post-install snd-nm256 /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-nm256
post-install snd-opl3sa2 /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-opl3sa2
post-install snd-opti92x-ad1848 /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-opti92x-ad1848
post-install snd-opti92x-cs4231 /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-opti92x-cs4231
post-install snd-opti93x /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-opti93x
post-install snd-pc98-cs4232 /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-pc98-cs4232
post-install snd-pcxhr /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-pcxhr
post-install snd-pdaudiocf /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-pdaudiocf
post-install snd-pdplus /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-pdplus
post-install snd-portman2x4 /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-portman2x4
post-install snd-powermac /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-powermac
post-install snd-rme32 /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-rme32
post-install snd-rme96 /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-rme96
post-install snd-rme9652 /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-rme9652
post-install snd-sa11xx-uda1341 /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-sa11xx-uda1341
post-install snd-sb16 /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-sb16
post-install snd-sb8 /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-sb8
post-install snd-sbawe /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-sbawe
post-install snd-serialmidi /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-serialmidi
post-install snd-serial-u16550 /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-serial-u16550
post-install snd-sgalaxy /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-sgalaxy
post-install snd-sonicvibes /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-sonicvibes
post-install snd-sscape /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-sscape
post-install snd-sun-amd7930 /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-sun-amd7930
post-install snd-sun-cs4231 /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-sun-cs4231
post-install snd-sun-dbri /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-sun-dbri
post-install snd-trident /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-trident
post-install snd-usb-audio /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-usb-audio
post-install snd-usb-usx2y /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-usb-usx2y
post-install snd-via82xx /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-via82xx
post-install snd-vx222 /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-vx222
post-install snd-vxp440 /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-vxp440
post-install snd-vxpocket /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-vxpocket
post-install snd-wavefront /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-wavefront
post-install snd-ymfpci /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-ymfpci
options snd-atiixp-modem index=-2
options snd-bt87x index=-2
options snd-intel8x0m index=-2
options snd-via82xx-modem index=-2
### update-modules: end processing /etc/modutils/alsa-base
alias snd-card-0 snd-cs46xx
options snd-cs46xx index=0
Any help would be very much appreciated. I have the feeling this has a moderately simple solution, but I'm not familiar enough with ALSA or even Linux in general to find it. All the best,

Felix
 
Old 03-26-2007, 08:01 AM   #2
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Okay, so after a little hiatus brought about by a pretty nasty lack of free time, I've done a bit more work on this. Apparently what I did not know at the time of posting last time is that "unresolved symbols" is actually a somewhat meaningful error message, and not a useless "unexpected error" type response.

Any suggestions on how to deal with this, and what caused it? As always, thanks in advance!
 
  


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