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[Angus Kerr <angus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I bumped my head against this problem AGAIN (5 years later) when I
upgraded to Ubuntu 14.04.2 on my studio recording computer. Lo and
behold, still no alsa-firmware package for soundcards.

It would appear that the idea that the alsa firmware be iincluded in the
kernel is not going to happen.

All that is required is that a package of the alsa-firmware be built for
Debian. I'll do it myself if necessary, if it will help others to get
their sound cards working.

I don't see why the sound firmware is left out when there are a thousand
and one non-free firmware packages available for obscure TV cards, etc.
etc.

So, how can we get a package built?

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Title:
  Alsa No firmware for EMU card

Status in Ubuntu Studio:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  A Fresh Install Ubuntu Studio 9.10 Karmic Koala i386
  DAW : AMD Athlon, MB ASUS A7N8E, Soundcard EMU 1820M (PCI + Audiodock)

  My sound card doesn't start, audiodock is blank, no Alsa device for
  alsamixer.

  dmesg log :
  [   23.071778] EMU10K1_Audigy 0000:01:0a.0: PCI INT A -> Link[APC1] -> GSI 16 (level, high) -> IRQ 16
  [   23.071872] emu1010: Special config.
  [   23.073377] emu1010: EMU_HANA_ID = 0x7f
  [   23.073382] emu1010: filename emu/hana.fw testing
  [   23.073388] EMU10K1_Audigy 0000:01:0a.0: firmware: requesting emu/hana.fw
  [   23.434662] firmware: emu/hana.fw not found. Err = -2
  [   23.434668] emu1010: Loading Firmware file emu/hana.fw failed
  [   23.441452] EMU10K1_Audigy 0000:01:0a.0: PCI INT A disabled
  [   23.441478] EMU10K1_Audigy: probe of 0000:01:0a.0 failed with error -2

  I just upload "alsa-firmware-1.0.20" sources from ALSA project website
  ./configure; make; sudo make install

  After the reboot my sound card works. I access to alsamixe, play sounds, run Jack in RT 48KHz.
  (I'm not sure it's fully fonctionnal, because in previous realease I was on Ubuntu-studio 8.04LTS with beta ALSA drivers for my card, so I can't compare).

  dmesg log :
  [   23.220586] EMU10K1_Audigy 0000:01:0a.0: PCI INT A -> Link[APC1] -> GSI 16 (level, high) -> IRQ 16
  [   23.220683] emu1010: Special config.
  [   23.220773] emu1010: EMU_HANA_ID = 0x7f
  [   23.220775] emu1010: filename emu/hana.fw testing
  [   23.220780] EMU10K1_Audigy 0000:01:0a.0: firmware: requesting emu/hana.fw
  [   23.406459] firmware size = 0x133a4

  I think several component from ALSA are missing in install process.

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