[SOLVED] ALSA firmware not loading properly with kernel 3.8.6-1

Question

Hi All,
I have a E-MU 1820 card + breakout box that have been working beautiful under Archlinux for years but now something happen.
It still work OK under windows (dual boot same computer).
Normally during boot all indicators on the breakout box blink and then only thin show is clock setting indicator. But now all the indicators still blink but instead it is a -12 dB indicator that light up and not the clock settings and no sound.
dmesg show following.
[christer@Arch ~]$ dmesg | grep emu
[ 5.269612] emu1010: Special config.
[ 5.269731] emu1010: EMU_HANA_ID = 0x7f
[ 5.274685] emu1010: firmware file = emu/hana.fw, size = 0x133a4
[ 13.465727] emu1010: Hana Firmware loaded
[ 13.465776] emu1010: Hana version: 3.4
[ 13.465864] emu1010: Card options = 0x0
[ 13.465888] emu1010: Card options = 0x0
[ 13.466379] emu1010: Card options3 = 0x0
[ 14.486723] emu1010: Loading Audio Dock Firmware
[ 16.477785] emu1010: EMU_HANA+DOCK_IRQ_STATUS = 0x36
[ 16.477809] emu1010: EMU_HANA+DOCK_ID = 0x55
[ 16.477809] emu1010: Audio Dock Firmware loaded
[christer@Arch ~]$
aplay -l looks like it did before.
[christer@Arch ~]$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: EMU1010 [E-mu 1010 [MAEM8810]], device 0: emu10k1 [ADC Capture/Standard PCM Playback]
Subdevices: 32/32
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
Subdevice #8: subdevice #8
Subdevice #9: subdevice #9
Subdevice #10: subdevice #10
Subdevice #11: subdevice #11
Subdevice #12: subdevice #12
Subdevice #13: subdevice #13
Subdevice #14: subdevice #14
Subdevice #15: subdevice #15
Subdevice #16: subdevice #16
Subdevice #17: subdevice #17
Subdevice #18: subdevice #18
Subdevice #19: subdevice #19
Subdevice #20: subdevice #20
Subdevice #21: subdevice #21
Subdevice #22: subdevice #22
Subdevice #23: subdevice #23
Subdevice #24: subdevice #24
Subdevice #25: subdevice #25
Subdevice #26: subdevice #26
Subdevice #27: subdevice #27
Subdevice #28: subdevice #28
Subdevice #29: subdevice #29
Subdevice #30: subdevice #30
Subdevice #31: subdevice #31
card 0: EMU1010 [E-mu 1010 [MAEM8810]], device 2: emu10k1 efx [Multichannel Capture/PT Playback]
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: EMU1010 [E-mu 1010 [MAEM8810]], device 3: emu10k1 [Multichannel Playback]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
[christer@Arch ~]$
lsmod
[christer@Arch ~]$ lsmod | grep emu
snd_emu10k1 140245 1
snd_util_mem 2403 1 snd_emu10k1
snd_hwdep 6428 1 snd_emu10k1
snd_ac97_codec 113456 1 snd_emu10k1
snd_rawmidi 18831 1 snd_emu10k1
snd_seq_device 5268 5 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_emu10k1,snd_seq_dummy
snd_pcm 78146 3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_ac97_codec,snd_emu10k1
snd_page_alloc 7426 2 snd_pcm,snd_emu10k1
snd_timer 18934 3 snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_emu10k1
snd 60156 13 snd_pcm_oss,snd_ac97_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_emu10k1,snd_seq_device,snd_mixer_oss
[christer@Arch ~]$
From what I can see all looks OK, like it did when it worked, but something is not at it should.
Any thoughts or ideas about what might have happen or how to progress in troubleshooting.
All input most welcome.
I found info describing  problem with firmware loading, but it is over my head.
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel … 54cf7008ab
Output from Aadebug ( http://alsa.opensrc.org/Aadebug )
[christer@Arch ~]$ ./alsadebug
ALSA Audio Debug v0.2.0 - Fri Apr 12 20:46:05 CEST 2013
http://alsa.opensrc.org/aadebug
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.txt
Kernel ----------------------------------------------------
Linux Arch 3.8.6-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Apr 6 07:27:01 CEST 2013 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version k3.8.6-1-ARCH.
Loaded Modules --------------------------------------------
snd_emu10k1 139271 2
snd_util_mem 2339 1 snd_emu10k1
snd_hwdep 6364 1 snd_emu10k1
snd_pcm_oss 38511 0
snd_mixer_oss 14995 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_ac97_codec 112216 1 snd_emu10k1
snd_seq_dummy 1463 0
snd_seq_oss 29098 0
snd_seq_midi_event 5660 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_rawmidi 18742 1 snd_emu10k1
snd_seq 49946 5 snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_dummy
snd_seq_device 5180 5 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_emu10k1,snd_seq_dummy
snd_pcm 76956 4 snd_pcm_oss,snd_ac97_codec,snd_emu10k1
snd_page_alloc 7298 2 snd_pcm,snd_emu10k1
snd_timer 18687 3 snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_emu10k1
snd 58893 14 snd_pcm_oss,snd_ac97_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_emu10k1,snd_seq_device,snd_mixer_oss
Proc Asound -----------------------------------------------
0 [EMU1010 ]: Audigy2 - E-mu 1010 [MAEM8810]
E-mu 1010 [MAEM8810] (rev.3, serial:0x40011102) at 0xd000, irq 19
1: : sequencer
2: [ 0- 0]: hardware dependent
3: [ 0- 1]: raw midi
4: [ 0- 0]: raw midi
5: [ 0- 3]: digital audio playback
6: [ 0- 2]: digital audio playback
7: [ 0- 2]: digital audio capture
8: [ 0- 1]: digital audio capture
9: [ 0- 0]: digital audio playback
10: [ 0- 0]: digital audio capture
11: [ 0] : control
33: : timer
00-00: EMU10K1 (FX8010)
00-00: emu10k1 : ADC Capture/Standard PCM Playback : playback 32 : capture 1
00-01: emu10k1 mic : Mic Capture : capture 1
00-02: emu10k1 efx : Multichannel Capture/PT Playback : playback 8 : capture 1
00-03: emu10k1 : Multichannel Playback : playback 1
Client info
cur clients : 3
peak clients : 3
max clients : 192
Client 0 : "System" [Kernel]
Port 0 : "Timer" (Rwe-)
Port 1 : "Announce" (R-e-)
Connecting To: 15:0
Client 14 : "Midi Through" [Kernel]
Port 0 : "Midi Through Port-0" (RWe-)
Client 15 : "OSS sequencer" [Kernel]
Port 0 : "Receiver" (-we-)
Connected From: 0:1
Client 16 : "E-mu 1010 [MAEM8810]" [Kernel]
Port 0 : "Audigy MPU-401 (UART)" (RWeX)
Port 32 : "Audigy MPU-401 #2" (RWeX)
Client 17 : "Emu10k1 WaveTable" [Kernel]
Port 0 : "Emu10k1 Port 0" (-We-)
Port 1 : "Emu10k1 Port 1" (-We-)
Port 2 : "Emu10k1 Port 2" (-We-)
Port 3 : "Emu10k1 Port 3" (-We-)
Dev Snd ---------------------------------------------------
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 60 Apr 12 20:42 by-path
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 11 Apr 12 20:42 controlC0
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 2 Apr 12 20:42 hwC0D0
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 12 Apr 12 20:46 hwC0D2
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 4 Apr 12 20:42 midiC0D0
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 3 Apr 12 20:42 midiC0D1
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 13 Apr 12 20:46 midiC0D2
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 14 Apr 12 20:46 midiC0D3
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 10 Apr 12 20:42 pcmC0D0c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 9 Apr 12 20:43 pcmC0D0p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 8 Apr 12 20:42 pcmC0D1c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 7 Apr 12 20:42 pcmC0D2c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 6 Apr 12 20:42 pcmC0D2p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 5 Apr 12 20:42 pcmC0D3p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 1 Apr 12 20:42 seq
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 33 Apr 12 20:42 timer
CPU -------------------------------------------------------
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz
cpu MHz : 2000.000
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz
cpu MHz : 2000.000
RAM -------------------------------------------------------
MemTotal: 4051696 kB
SwapTotal: 51196 kB
Hardware --------------------------------------------------
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G94 [GeForce 9600 GT] (rev a1)
05:01.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy (rev 03)
Interupts -------------------------------------------------
CPU0 CPU1
0: 48 0 IO-APIC-edge timer
1: 1 1 IO-APIC-edge i8042
6: 1 2 IO-APIC-edge floppy
8: 0 1 IO-APIC-edge rtc0
9: 0 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi acpi
12: 4 1 IO-APIC-edge i8042
16: 529 493 IO-APIC-fasteoi uhci_hcd:usb1, pata_jmicron, nvidia
18: 10654 10645 IO-APIC-fasteoi uhci_hcd:usb3, ehci_hcd:usb4, uhci_hcd:usb8, firewire_ohci, i801_smbus
19: 3621 3626 IO-APIC-fasteoi uhci_hcd:usb7, snd_emu10k1
21: 0 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi uhci_hcd:usb2
23: 0 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi ehci_hcd:usb5, uhci_hcd:usb6
44: 7637 7652 PCI-MSI-edge ahci
45: 11719 11736 PCI-MSI-edge eth0
NMI: 47 47 Non-maskable interrupts
LOC: 49551 45081 Local timer interrupts
SPU: 0 0 Spurious interrupts
PMI: 47 47 Performance monitoring interrupts
IWI: 0 0 IRQ work interrupts
RTR: 0 0 APIC ICR read retries
RES: 28730 28313 Rescheduling interrupts
CAL: 94 54 Function call interrupts
TLB: 3503 3509 TLB shootdowns
TRM: 0 0 Thermal event interrupts
THR: 0 0 Threshold APIC interrupts
MCE: 0 0 Machine check exceptions
MCP: 1 1 Machine check polls
ERR: 0
MIS: 0
[christer@Arch ~]$
output from systemctl show somw inacive sound related sevices.
alsa-restore.service loaded inactive dead Restore Sound Card State
alsa-store.service loaded inactive dead Store Sound Card State
auditd.service error inactive dead auditd.service
display-manager.service error inactive dead display-manager.service
dmeventd.service loaded inactive dead Device-mapper event daemon
emergency.service loaded inactive dead Emergency Shell
lvmetad.service loaded inactive dead LVM2 metadata daemon
plymouth-quit-wait.service error inactive dead plymouth-quit-wait.service
plymouth-start.service error inactive dead plymouth-start.service
rc-local-shutdown.service loaded inactive dead /etc/rc.local.shutdown Compatibility
rescue.service loaded inactive dead Rescue Shell
systemd-...console.service loaded inactive dead Dispatch Password Requests to Console
systemd-...rd-wall.service loaded inactive dead Forward Password Requests to Wall
systemd-fsck-root.service loaded inactive dead File System Check on Root Device
systemd-...e8ee844.service loaded inactive dead File System Check on /dev/disk/by-uuid/9751ee37-e769-4bbe-9436-2d8e5e8ee844
systemd-...ev-sda2.service loaded inactive dead File System Check on /dev/sda2
systemd-...ev-sda4.service loaded inactive dead File System Check on /dev/sda4
systemd-initctl.service loaded inactive dead /dev/initctl Compatibility Daemon
systemd-...l-flush.service loaded inactive dead Trigger Flushing of Journal to Persistent Storage
systemd-...ed-load.service loaded inactive dead Load Random Seed
systemd-...ed-save.service loaded inactive dead Save Random Seed
systemd-...ad-done.service loaded inactive dead Stop Read-Ahead Data Collection
systemd-shutdownd.service loaded inactive dead Delayed Shutdown Service
systemd-...s-clean.service loaded inactive dead Cleanup of Temporary Directories
systemd-...unlevel.service loaded inactive dead Update UTMP about System Runlevel Changes
systemd-...hutdown.service loaded inactive dead Update UTMP about System Shutdown
ypbind.service error inactive dead ypbind.service
emergency.target loaded inactive dead Emergency Mode
final.target loaded inactive dead Final Step
nss-lookup.target loaded inactive dead Host and Network Name Lookups
nss-user-lookup.target loaded inactive dead User and Group Name Lookups
remote-fs-pre.target loaded inactive dead Remote File Systems (Pre)
remote-fs-setup.target error inactive dead remote-fs-setup.target
rescue.target loaded inactive dead Rescue Mode
runlevel1.target error inactive dead runlevel1.target
runlevel2.target error inactive dead runlevel2.target
runlevel3.target error inactive dead runlevel3.target
runlevel4.target error inactive dead runlevel4.target
runlevel5.target error inactive dead runlevel5.target
shutdown.target loaded inactive dead Shutdown
syslog.target error inactive dead syslog.target
umount.target loaded inactive dead Unmount All Filesystems
All the best!
Christer
Last edited by agkbill (2013-04-15 18:41:03)

Answer 1

Thank you mich41!
It looks like a kernel bug.
I downgraded to 3.7.10-1 then firmware loaded OK and I could play sounds.
Upgraded to 3.8.6-1 then the firmware fail to load.
Something looks not ok with 3.8.6-1.
Best regards,
Christer