I don't understand this bug. Here is what i get when i search for it: alsa-firmware-loaders - ALSA software loaders for specific hardware Here is some other info i have on this: apt-cache show: gnomefr...@development:~$ show alsa-firmware-loaders Package: alsa-firmware-loaders Priority: extra Section: multiverse/sound Installed-Size: 240 Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-disc...@lists.ubuntu.com> Original-Maintainer: Debian ALSA Maintainers <pkg-alsa-de...@lists.alioth.debian.org> Architecture: i386 Source: alsa-tools Version: 1.0.22-0ubuntu1 Depends: libasound2 (>> 1.0.22), libc6 (>= 2.4), udev, fxload Filename: pool/multiverse/a/alsa-tools/alsa-firmware-loaders_1.0.22-0ubuntu1_i386.deb Size: 32314 MD5sum: 0fa7ba382bf4f98b5e5689a0b646ef05 SHA1: 6924a83d9b0c17fcce505d9d4db47991891dbd74 SHA256: 19bd5a61a0f4b9ac6862491d3d35e10378688df366bd8203f30b3f6b29b11c20 Description: ALSA software loaders for specific hardware A collection of software loaders for specific hardware: . cspctl - Sound Blaster 16 ASP/CSP control program hdsploader - firmware loader for the RME Hammerfall DSP cards mixartloader - firmware loader for Digigram's miXart board sound drivers pcxhrloader - firmware loader for Digigram pcxhr compatible soundcards sscape_ctl - SoundScape control utility and firmware loader usx2yloader - firmware loader for Tascam USX2Y USB soundcards vxloader - firmware loader for Digigram VX soundcards Homepage: http://www.alsa-project.org/ Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Origin: Ubuntu
apt-cache policy: gnomefr...@development:~$ policy alsa-firmware-loaders alsa-firmware-loaders: Installed: (none) Candidate: 1.0.22-0ubuntu1 Version table: 1.0.22-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/multiverse Packages It is also in Lucid and Karmic. That is as far as I checked. There is also a package named "alsa-firmware" That is a Medibuntu package and includes some things that our package does not. I guess this is all mainly on what you need. On 05/13/2010 07:05 AM, Angus Kerr wrote: > Toine Scholtz? just checking > was > Just hit the same issue after installing a clean 10.04 Ubuntu Studio with an > EMU-1212 card. Grabbed the tarball from the alsa website and installed the > old fashioned way. > > After the initial glitch of the firmware missing, I am very impressed > with the distro. > > Feels very steady, graphics are great with the Nvidia restricted driver. > Would be great if the firmware issue was resolved and distributed with > the base system. > -- Sincerely Yours, John Vivirito https://launchpad.net/~gnomefreak https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JohnVivirito Linux User# 414246 "How can i get lost, if i have no where to go" -- Metallica from Unforgiven III -- Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/26294 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs