[arch-general] Panic - no sound devices after upgrade

[Ray Rashif]

On 19 July 2011 22:37, Fons Adriaensen <fons at linuxaudio.org> wrote:
> * The driver for my card (RME HDSP MADI, snd_hdpsm) is loaded.

This is good.

> * aplay -L tells me there is only the 'null' device.

This is NOT good.

> * (re)starting /etc/rc.d/alsa doesn't change things.

This is irrelevant; (re)stores volume levels only.

> * There is *no* /dev/pcm at all.

Do you mean /dev/snd/pcm? Either way, NOT good.

> * /sys/class/sound only has a link to a timer device.

This is NOT good.

> * /etc/udev/rules.d is empty

This is expected; have you ever placed anything there yourself before?

> * /etc/udev/udev.conf contains only the line
>  udev_log="err"

This is expected.

> This is a professional studio and I'm expecting clients tomorrow at 09:00.
>
> Any ideas ?

Pastebin the following once you can:

* /var/log/pacman.log
* /etc/makepkg.conf (and *.pacnew if any)

Do you know about the the rc.conf changes WRT (1) blacklisting modules
and (2) time? Or, was the last time you updated before this, quite a
while back?

I understand getting the RME to work initially was no trouble, and
just the standard alsa installation (and the driver gets loaded
automatically)?


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