I had checked history and found: There was migration of drivers from snd-powermac to snd-aoa-*. So, there shall be easily added device #38 into snd-aoa-codec-tas. This had put sound card into live.
Patch is included as attachment. ** Attachment added: "PowerBook6,3-tas.patch.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1429594/+attachment/4357832/+files/PowerBook6%2C3-tas.patch.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to alsa-driver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1429594 Title: Sound card in iBook G4 not detected in 14.04 Status in alsa-driver package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Hello, After installing 14.04, sound card PowerMac Snapper (Dev 38) was not detected. I had try to use both combination of drivers (snd-powermac or snd-aoa-codec-tas), but without success. Previous LTS version 12.04 worked with this sound card without any issue. Thanks for support, Peter. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: alsa-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-47.78-powerpc-smp 3.13.11-ckt16 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-47-powerpc-smp ppc ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.7 Architecture: powerpc AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/snd/seq', '/dev/snd/timer'] failed with exit code 1: CurrentDesktop: LXDE Date: Sun Mar 8 16:08:15 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-03-07 (1 days ago) InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release powerpc (20140722.2) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: alsa-driver Symptom: audio UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2015-03-07 (0 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1429594/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp