audio/alsa-playback always failed with core-dump message

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Bug Description

While running the audio/alsa-playback test, got core-dump info and the DUT was unable to play the sound.

ALSA lib conf.c:4136:(config_file_load) cannot stat file/directory /usr/share/alsa/cards/aliases.conf
ALSA lib control.c:1570:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL cards.ctl.default
Failed to change volume: Failed to attach HCTL to a Mixer
ALSA lib pcm.c:2721:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.default
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'Alsa::AlsaError'
  what():  Failed to open device: default. No such file or directory
/var/tmp/job_command_lrt3fvj3.sh: line 2:  5526 Aborted                 (core dumped) /snap/checkbox24/current/usr/bin/nsenter.static -m/run/snapd/ns/checkbox.mnt -W/var/tmp/cwd-clkh55ij.e7f78f4e45865cc36c8aa7541157c21c45262898d8416f92ecce893b13ab14f0 /snap/checkbox24/current/usr/bin/setpriv --inh-caps=-setgid,-setuid,-sys_chroot,-sys_admin env ALSADEVICE=hw:CARD=bytrt5660,DEV=0 ALSA_CONFIG_PATH=/snap/checkbox/24743/checkbox-runtime/usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf CHECKBOX_OS_IS_UBUNTUCORE=1 CHECKBOX_RUNNING_STRICT_SNAP=1 CHECKBOX_RUNTIME=/snap/checkbox24/current CHECKBOX_SHARE=/snap/checkbox/24743/providers/checkbox-provider-checkbox DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus GI_TYPELIB_PATH=/snap/checkbox/24743/usr/lib/girepository-1.0:/snap/checkbox/24743/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/girepository-1.0:/snap/checkbox/24743/checkbox-runtime/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/girepository-1.0 GST_PLUGIN_PATH=/snap/checkbox/24743/checkbox-runtime/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/gstreamer-1.0 GST_PLUGIN_SCANNER=/snap/checkbox/24743/checkbox-runtime/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/gstreamer1.0/gstreamer-1.0/gst-plugin-scanner GST_PLUGIN_SYSTEM_PATH=/snap/checkbox/24743/checkbox-runtime/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/gstreamer-1.0 HOME=/root/snap/checkbox/24743 INVOCATION_ID=28abc3decd0e4658a14bf9208b5a994d JOURNAL_STREAM=8:30319 LANG=C.UTF-8 LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/var/lib/snapd/lib/gl:/var/lib/snapd/lib/gl32:/snap/checkbox/24743/usr/lib:/snap/checkbox/24743/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu:/snap/checkbox/24743/checkbox-runtime/lib:/snap/checkbox/24743/checkbox-runtime/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu:/snap/checkbox/24743/checkbox-runtime/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu:/snap/checkbox/24743/checkbox-runtime/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/lapack:/snap/checkbox/24743/checkbox-runtime/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/blas:/snap/checkbox/24743/checkbox-runtime/lib/fwts MEMORY_PRESSURE_WATCH=/sys/fs/cgroup/system.slice/snap.checkbox.agent.service/memory.pressure MEMORY_PRESSURE_WRITE=c29tZSAyMDAwMDAgMjAwMDAwMAA= MODEL_GRADE=signed 'NET_DEVICE_INFO=ven_rsi_sdio ven_rsi_91x' OBEX_TARGET=00:02:72:C5:F9:1F OPEN_AC_SSID=ubuntu-cert-ac-open OPEN_AX_SSID=ubuntu-cert-ax-open OPEN_BG_SSID=ubuntu-cert-bg-open OPEN_N_SSID=ubuntu-cert-n-open PATH=/tmp/nest-bzh0s_45.e7f78f4e45865cc36c8aa7541157c21c45262898d8416f92ecce893b13ab14f0:/snap/checkbox/24743/usr/sbin:/snap/checkbox/24743/usr/bin:/snap/checkbox/24743/sbin:/snap/checkbox/24743/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/checkbox/24743/usr/sbin:/snap/checkbox/24743/sbin:/snap/bin:/snap/checkbox/24743/checkbox-runtime/bin:/snap/checkbox/24743/checkbox-runtime/usr/bin:/snap/checkbox/24743/checkbox-runtime/sbin:/snap/checkbox/24743/checkbox-runtime/usr/sbin PERL5LIB=:/snap/checkbox/24743/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/perl/5.38:/snap/checkbox/24743/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/perl5/5.38:/snap/checkbox/24743/usr/share/perl/5.38:/snap/checkbox/24743/usr/share/perl5:/snap/checkbox/24743/checkbox-runtime/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/perl/5.38:/snap/checkbox/24743/checkbox-runtime/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/perl5/5.38:/snap/checkbox/24743/checkbox-runtime/usr/share/perl/5.38:/snap/checkbox/24743/checkbox-runtime/usr/share/perl5 PLAINBOX_PROVIDER_DATA=/snap/checkbox/24743/providers/checkbox-provider-checkbox/data PLAINBOX_PROVIDER_GETTEXT_DOMAIN=checkbox-provider-base PLAINBOX_PROVIDER_UNITS=/snap/checkbox/24743/providers/checkbox-provider-checkbox/units PLAINBOX_SESSION_SHARE=/var/tmp/checkbox-ng/sessions/remote-2026-06-18T02.11.35.269720.session/session-share PWD=/var/snap/checkbox/24743 PYTHONHOME=/snap/checkbox/24743/checkbox-runtime/usr PYTHONPATH=/snap/checkbox/24743/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages::/snap/checkbox/24743/checkbox-runtime/lib/python3.12/site-packages:/snap/checkbox/24743/checkbox-runtime/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages PYTHONUSERBASE=/snap/checkbox/24743/checkbox-runtime RTC_DEVICE_FILE=/dev/rtc0 SHELL=/bin/bash SHLVL=0 SNAP=/snap/checkbox/24743 SNAP_ARCH=arm64 SNAP_COMMON=/var/snap/checkbox/common SNAP_CONTEXT=muJzPf0Tb8WWa-rqSISHwJxEtk6cWE-1ccdNNofplHaFMALuOj3S SNAP_COOKIE=muJzPf0Tb8WWa-rqSISHwJxEtk6cWE-1ccdNNofplHaFMALuOj3S SNAP_DATA=/var/snap/checkbox/24743 SNAP_EUID=0 SNAP_INSTANCE_KEY= SNAP_INSTANCE_NAME=checkbox SNAP_LIBRARY_PATH=/var/lib/snapd/lib/gl:/var/lib/snapd/lib/gl32 SNAP_NAME=checkbox SNAP_REAL_HOME=/root SNAP_REEXEC= SNAP_REVISION=24743 SNAP_SAVE_DATA=/var/lib/snapd/save/snap/checkbox SNAP_UID=0 SNAP_USER_COMMON=/root/snap/checkbox/common SNAP_USER_DATA=/root/snap/checkbox/24743 SNAP_VERSION=7.4.0-dev12 STRESS_BOOT_ITERATIONS=100 STRESS_BOOT_WAIT_DELAY=120 STRESS_BOOT_WAKEUP_DELAY=60 STRESS_S3_ITERATIONS=100 STRESS_S3_SLEEP_DELAY=60 STRESS_S3_WAIT_DELAY=120 STRESS_S4_ITERATIONS=100 STRESS_S4_SLEEP_DELAY=60 STRESS_S4_WAIT_DELAY=120 SYSTEMD_EXEC_PID=3351 TEMPDIR=/tmp TEST_TARGET_IPERF=10.101.47.93 TEXTDOMAIN=checkbox-provider-base TMPDIR=/tmp TPM2TOOLS_DEVICE_FILE=/dev/tpm0 TPM2TOOLS_TCTI_NAME=device USER=root WATCHDOG_KERNEL_MOD=iTCO_wdt WIFI_AP_SETUPTIME=30 WIFI_INTERFACE=mlan0 WPA3_AX_PSK=insecure WPA3_AX_SSID=ubuntu-cert-ax-wpa3 WPA_AC_PSK=insecure WPA_AC_SSID=ubuntu-cert-ac-wpa WPA_AX_PSK=insecure WPA_AX_SSID=ubuntu-cert-ax-wpa WPA_BG_PSK=insecure WPA_BG_SSID=ubuntu-cert-bg-wpa WPA_N_PSK=insecure WPA_N_SSID=ubuntu-cert-n-wpa WWAN_APN=internet WWAN_CONTROL_IF=ttyACM3 WWAN_NET_IF=ppp0 WWAN_SETUPTIME=30 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1000 XDG_SESSION_TYPE=tty SYSTEMD_IGNORE_CHROOT=1 bash -c 'alsa_test playback -d 5'

Cert-blocker Test Case

• cert-blocker

To Reproduce

1. Install checkbox via the following command on DUT

sudo snap install checkbox24 --channel=latest/edge
sudo snap install checkbox --channel="uc24/edge" --devmode

2. Run the com.canonical.certification::client-cert-iot-ubuntucore-24-manual test plan via checkbox24.checkbox control <ip address>
3. Choose audio jobs audio/alsa-playback and after-suspend-audio/alsa-playback

Expected Result

• DUT is able to play sound
• Checkbox job won't throw the #error message

Actual Result

Failed Submission: https://certification.canonical.com/hardware/202307-31859/submission/494870/test-results/?term=audio

All Genio devices have this issue.

• G1200
• G720
• G700
• G520
• G510
• G350

Environment

• OS: UC24
• Checkbox Type: Snap
• Checkbox Version:

ceqa@localhost:/var/tmp$ snap list
Name                   Version                          Rev    Tracking         Publisher            Notes
checkbox               7.4.0-dev12                      24743  uc24/edge        ce-certification-qa  devmode
checkbox24             7.4.0-dev12                      1938   latest/edge      ce-certification-qa  -
console-conf           24.04.1+git45g5f9fae19+g7598200  80     24/stable        canonical✓           -
core24                 20260410                         1644   latest/stable    canonical✓           base
mediatek-genio         24-1~1beta                       20     24/stable        canonical✓           gadget
mediatek-genio-kernel  6.8.0-1005.5                     54     24/stable        canonical✓           kernel
snapd                  2.75.2                           26869  latest/stable/…  canonical✓           snapd

Relevant log output

Additional context

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The internal ticket has been created: https://warthogs.atlassian.net/browse/CHECKBOX-2281.

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