hotplug backport: problem with ALSA

Hi there,

just wanted to report a problem I encountered. I upgraded from hotplug_0.0.20040329-16_all.deb (from debian testing) to the version in the backports repository, and when I rebooted I didn't have any sound anymore.

I have a VIA AC97 soundcard integrated in the motherboard.

Running aplay (with the backported hotplug) gave:``` ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:1155:(snd_pcm_hw_open) open /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p failed: No such file or directory

Also, I had two errors at startup about ppp-generic and -async, or something of the sort (sorry, didn't copy it...)

I could solve the problem with ```
sudo ln -s /dev/snd/pcmC1D0p /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p

So now I reinstalled hotplug_0.0.20040329-16_all.deb and everything works perfectly. And pcmC0D0p reappeared in /dev/snd.

Apparently these two hotplug-versions result in different "files" in /dev/snd, hence all the problems?

Just wanted to let you know. Great stuff these backports by the way, thanks...

Are lsmod outputs EXACTLY identical with each hotplug?

Are lsmod outputs EXACTLY identical with each hotplug? Uh, dunno :confused: Easy on the newbie :mrgreen:

If it can really help, I'm willing to investigate more precisely where the error came from, reinstall the backport hotplug (although I'm a bit scared of messing things up and spending hours trying to fix) etc, but you'll have to give me some code please... And some time :-)

well, then don't worry about it for now.

Does anyone else have similar problems?

Hi there,

just wanted to report a problem I encountered. I upgraded from hotplug_0.0.20040329-16_all.deb (from debian testing) to the version in the backports repository, and when I rebooted I didn't have any sound anymore. Are you experiencing bug 1293? If you have a tv-tuner, or a second audio chip, that could be it. The new hotplug version has things appearing in an unexpected order. In my case, it loads my tv-tuner before it loads the soundcard, and thus tries to use the tv-tuner as a soundcard.

Are you experiencing bug 1293? If you have a tv-tuner, or a second audio chip, that could be it. The new hotplug version has things appearing in an unexpected order. In my case, it loads my tv-tuner before it loads the soundcard, and thus tries to use the tv-tuner as a soundcard. That's probably it, I have a Hercules TV-card...

Hello! I got the same problem no sound after upgrading to hoary. (PlayTV TV TUNER). Can this be fixed? If so how? Can't I just downgrade the version of hotplug? Please help!

Solved:http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=45436#post45436

That's probably it, I have a Hercules TV-card... The easy way to solve it is switch your cards around physicly in the pci-slots.