[Bug 47706] dapper does not include oss sound module: nm256_audio

[khaj zrlo]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: linux-image-2.6.15-23-686

I have a Japanese Panasonic CFM1 Let's Note laptop with a Neomagic sound
chip.

lspci shows it as:
0000:01:00.1 Multimedia audio controller: Neomagic Corporation NM2200 [MagicMedia 256AV Audio] (rev 20)

The *only* sound driver that I've ever gotten to work on this laptop is
the free oss nm256_audio driver, which is included in Breezy:

% dpkg --listfiles linux-image-2.6.12-10-686|grep nm256
/lib/modules/2.6.12-10-686/kernel/sound/oss/nm256_audio.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.12-10-686/kernel/sound/pci/nm256
/lib/modules/2.6.12-10-686/kernel/sound/pci/nm256/snd-nm256.ko

However, after a system upgrade to Dapper (via apt-get update; apt-get
dist-upgrade), the module no longer is included:

% dpkg --listfiles linux-image-2.6.15-23-686|grep nm256
/lib/modules/2.6.15-23-686/kernel/sound/pci/nm256
/lib/modules/2.6.15-23-686/kernel/sound/pci/nm256/snd-nm256.ko

and sound no longer works. After the upgrade to Dapper, the sound module
that was installed was the Alsa sound module: snd_nm256, however this
module does not work on this laptop.

It would be nice if the free oss sound driver nm256_audio was included
in Dapper, or if someone could fix the snd_nm256 driver for this laptop.

Thanks.

** Affects: linux-source-2.6.15 (Ubuntu)
       Severity: Normal
       Priority: (none set)
         Status: Unconfirmed

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dapper does not include oss sound module: nm256_audio
https://launchpad.net/bugs/47706