Using alsa version 1.0.3, and kernel version 2.6.3-gentoo-r1. (With AND without alsa-driver emerged) I encountered the error alsamixer: function snd_mixer_load failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device, when starting the alsa mixer. I encountered a very similar message when /etc/init.d/alsasound ran to load the modules. I have found reference to the solution on the internet, http://www.mail-archive.com/alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net/msg09999.html and will copy the gist, that this person, with a stock 2.4.22 kernel found: FAULT OCCURS: CFLAGS='-O2 -pipe -march=i686 -fomit-frame-pointer -malign-double' ALSA WORKS FINE: CFLAGS='-O2 -pipe -march=i686' I had also recently changed my CFLAGS, and I found that FAULT OCCURS: CFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O3 -ffast-math -malign-double -funroll-loops -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -msse -mfpmath=sse,387" ALSA WORKS: CFLAGS="-O3 -march=athlon-xp -funroll-loops -pipe" I'm not to up on the inner workings of portage, but perhaps there is some way to lockout the problematic CFLAGS / make them compile properly / warn about them in the ebuild. I believe I also encountered the same problem when I tried alsa-*-0.9.8 with my above dodgy CFLAGS. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Urm, just does it when you run alsamixer or /etc/init.d/alsasound start 2. Would have to use the dodgy CFLAGS when compiling alsa though. Actual Results: See above, sorry not to be more helpful Portage 2.0.50-r3 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.3.2, glibc-2.3.2-r9, 2.6.3-gentoo-r1) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.3-gentoo-r1 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2800+ Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.13 Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.58-r1 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O3 -ffast-math -malign-double -funroll-loops -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -msse -mfpmath=sse,387" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/bind /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O3 -ffast-math -malign-double -funroll-loops -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -msse -mfpmath=sse,387" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.inode.at/ ftp://gentoo.inode.at/source/ http://ftp.gentoo.skynet.be/pub/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.gentoo.skynet.be/pub/gentoo/ http://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo/ http://ftp.linux.ee/pub/gentoo/distfiles/ ftp://ftp.linux.ee/pub/gentoo/distfiles/ http://trumpetti.atm.tut.fi/gentoo/ ftp://trumpetti.atm.tut.fi/gentoo/ http://gentoo.mirror.sdv.fr ftp://ftp.tu-clausthal.de/pub/linux/gentoo/ ftp://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/Linux/gentoo http://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/download/gentoo-mirror/ ftp://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/gentoo-mirror/ http://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo http://ftp.rhnet.is/pub/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.rhnet.is/pub/gentoo/ http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/gentoo/ http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/www.ibiblio.org/gentoo/" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/bmg-gnome-current" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow X alsa apm arts avi berkdb cdr crypt cups dvd encode esd foomaticdb gdbm gif gnome gpm gtk gtk2 imlib java jpeg kde libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx motif mozilla mpeg ncurses nls nntp oggvorbis opengl pam pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline sdl slang spell sse ssl svga tcltk tcpd truetype x86 xml xml2 xmms xv zlib"
ok. I committed an updated ebuild which filters out -fomit-frame-pointer when -malign-double is used. Please try this out.
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