hdajackretask (from alsaTools) segfaults

[timor]

Issue description

Trying to re-assign the sound card jack connection functions, I encountered this.
The hdajackretask tool from the alsaUtils package segfaults.

It has also been mentioned here: #13213

Steps to reproduce

running
nix-shell -p alsaTools --run hdajackretask
gives:

/tmp/nix-shell.exZPFD/rc: line 1: 17086 Segmentation fault      hdajackretask

Technical details

• System: 17.03.1098.a162c6c828 (Gorilla)
• Nix version: nix-env (Nix) 1.11.8
• Nixpkgs version: 17.03.1098.a162c6c828
• Sandboxing enabled: true

[timor]

strace suggests that the problem could be missing user_pin_config files in the /sys/class/sound/hw* folders.

I tried bumping alsaTools to 1.1.3, but the problem persists.

[timor]

Turns out recompiling the kernel with CONFIG_SND_HDA_RECONFIG set creates the missing files.
hdajackretask does not work like intended though, since it uses shell scripting and wants to perform operations that don't make sense on NixOS.

[mmahut]

Are there any updates on this issue, please

[timor]

The issue with the segmentation fault should have been fixed a long time ago by #26123.

What specific problems are you experiencing?

[mmahut]

None, just doing triage, thank you.

[timor]

I haven't checked lately, but the binaries executables that come with the package are probably still broken.