[NOMERGE] alsa-lib: update to 1.2.5.

[ericonr]

Doesn't even build on musl yet, opening PR to prevent others from updating. See alsa-project/alsa-lib#143 and alsa-project/alsa-lib#142

General

• This is a new package and it conforms to the quality requirements

Have the results of the proposed changes been tested?

• I use the packages affected by the proposed changes on a regular basis and confirm this PR works for me
• I generally don't use the affected packages but briefly tested this PR

[biopsin]

today I noticed, for the first time, running this for a while on x86_64_glibc

ALSA lib conf.c:5560:(snd_config_expand) Parse arguments error: Invalid argument
ALSA lib confmisc.c:1369:(snd_func_refer) Unable to find definition 'cards.USB-A
udio.pcm.default_playback_dmix_yes:CARD=1cards.USB-Audio.pcm.default_playback_dm
ix_yes:CARD=1'
ALSA lib conf.c:5088:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned err
or: No such file or directory
ALSA lib conf.c:5088:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned err
or: No such file or directory
ALSA lib conf.c:5576:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such file or directo

and dmix broke, think restart will resolve it for now..
EDIT: # alsactl restore yealds

No state is present for card VMini
alsa-lib parser.c:2372:(load_toplevel_config) Unable to find the top-level configuration file
'/usr/share/alsa/ucm2/ucm.conf'.
alsa-lib main.c:1402:(snd_use_case_mgr_open) error: failed to import hw:0 use case configuration -2
Found hardware: "USB-Audio" "USB Mixer" "USB13b2:00a2" "" ""
Hardware is initialized using a generic method
No state is present for card VMini

nope, dmix suddently broke out of nowhere, and I thought alsa-ucm-conf is optional

[cinerea0]

@biopsin Do you think that if you installed alsa-ucm-conf 1.2.5 (my PR for that: #31262) it would fix the issue?

[biopsin]

@cinerea0 I assume so, but I don't think its related to the dmix dropout.
I downgraded to resolve the problem for now, as reloading alsa did not fix it.

[biopsin]

@ericonr try bump to 1.2.5.1 as of alsa-project/alsa-lib@abe805e
it's ready to go and local x86_64-musl build is successfull :)
Hopefully dmix is resolved too

[ericonr]

Will import alsa-project/alsa-lib@f4c061f as well. Thanks.

[cinerea0]

@ericonr Have you tested this since updating to 1.2.5.1?

[ericonr]

@cinerea0 I'm running it locally, yes. Do you think it's good to merge? I haven't looked for further bug reports.

[cinerea0]

@ericonr I was going to test this PR today with my alsa-ucm-conf PR, but I can't seem to get the tarball to download. If you haven't had any more bug reports it should be fine. Actually, this has been a persistent problem for me with packages whose source tarballs come from alsa-project.org. Should we consider switching them to their GitHub sources?

[paper42]

This update breaks pipewire until it's updated to 0.3.31, so we should wait for #31549

[biopsin]

Also I'm experiencing more and frequent underruns in Reaper with this 1.2.5.1.
Downgraded again and issue solved.
Edit: well not quite, the underruns count is much more present now then before,
might be tied to kernel updates..
Edit2: currently building 5.4.132, as there are some alsa:usb-audio fixes..
Edit3: unable to track this down, my only assumtion is fixes in ext4, as I mostly diskstream from a
sata3 10,000 RPM disk. Temporary solution changing buffersize from 128ms to 512ms which is utterly crap for recording, and I will look somewhere else for help.. Im fine for merge.

[cinerea0]

@ericonr Now that the pipewire PR has been merged, should this and the alsa-ucm-conf PRs be merged as well?

[ericonr]

Probably should, yes...

[cinerea0]

Are there any bug reports remaining for this?

[ericonr]

Shouldn't be, thanks for the persistence :)

[dkwo]

This update breaks audio for me: pipewire gives the warning
[W][02053.586348][ policy-node.c: 910 rescan_node()] no node found for 38
while for Card: PipeWire, alsamixer says This sound device does not have any controls.
The issue is solved with xdowngrade /var/cache/xbps/alsa-lib-1.2.4_2.x86_64-musl.xbps

[biopsin]

@dkwo if its relevant, try maybe debug with

Can you killall pipwire-media-session then run:
PIPEWIRE_DEBUG=4 pipewire-media-session 2>log

[dkwo]

@biopsin Your other alsa pr solved my issue, thanks.