[arch-general] [kernel/update] Found hardware: "HDA-Intel: "Conexant CX20561 (Hermosa)"

[Mateusz Loskot]

On 15 June 2012 20:19, Ray Kohler <ataraxia937 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 3:12 PM, Mateusz Loskot <mateusz at loskot.net> wrote:
>> On 15 June 2012 19:49, Karol Babioch <karol at babioch.de> wrote:
>>> Am 15.06.2012 20:35, schrieb Mateusz Loskot:
>>>> It doesn't really bother me, but I wonder where the sudden change from?
>>>
>>> Noticed this also. In my case two pieces of hardware get found and the
>>> status on the right column says "failed". Haven't looked into it yet,
>>> but probably something else is expected as a return value.
>>
>> In my case, nothing "fails". Here is screenshot:
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/mloskot/7375548454/
>>
>>> But everything works just as usual, even the state of the mixer is being
>>> restored, so this is not a major issue for me.
>>
>> Indeed, same here.
>> I'm just curious.
>
> If the driver of your sound hardware changes, then the stored state
> doesn't apply cleanly, and you will get such a message. I generally
> see it every time we move to a new kernel series (i.e., 3.3 -> 3.4).

I see.

> What I do is to check the mixer settings and fix them if needed, and
> then run "alsactl store" by hand so as to update the saved state
> immediately rather than waiting for it to happen at shutdown time. At
> that point it matches the new driver and you won't see this message
> again.

Bingo! It does the trick, thanks Ray!


Best regards,
-- 
Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net