Re: Intel ALSA problem [actuallyALC268]

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2007/10/10, Nigel Henry <cave.dnb2m97pp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
On Wednesday 10 October 2007 18:46, Lars 'Levia' Wesselius wrote:

> 2007/10/10, Nigel Henry < cave.dnb2m97pp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > On Wednesday 10 October 2007 11:34, Lars 'Levia' Wesselius wrote:
> > > 2007/10/9, Nigel Henry <cave.dnb2m97pp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > > > On Tuesday 09 October 2007 16:15, you wrote:
> > > > > Hey,
> > > > >
> > > > > I appreciate your reply. Some things have been changed, since I
> > > >
> > > > reinstalled
> > > >
> > > > > Archlinux. I do not have the other driver you stated anymore. Heres
> >
> > the
> >
> > > > new
> > > >
> > > > > lsmod:
> > > > >
> > > > > snd_seq_oss            32896  0
> > > > > snd_seq_midi_event      7808  1 snd_seq_oss
> > > > > snd_seq                55680  4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
> > > > > snd_seq_device          7956  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
> > > > > snd_hda_intel         359076  0
> > > > > snd_hwdep               8968  1 snd_hda_intel
> > > > > snd_pcm_oss            42144  0
> > > > > snd_pcm                82440  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
> > > > > snd_timer              22664  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
> > > > > snd_page_alloc          9104  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
> > > > > snd_mixer_oss          16896  1 snd_pcm_oss
> > > > > snd                    57448  9
> >
> > snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_hda_intel,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,sn
> >
> > > >d_
> > > >
> > > > >pcm,snd_timer,snd_mixer_oss
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Also, my channels in alsamixer have changed. I now got like 8
> >
> > channels,
> >
> > > > > which of them are Headphones, PCM, Front and some input channels. I
> > > > > have unmuted them all, and set them to 90%.
> > > > >
> > > > > I figured I do not to add that sound card if its not there so this
> >
> > is
> >
> > > > > my modprobe:
> > > > >
> > > > > alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
> > > > > alias sound-slot-0 snd-hda-intel
> > > > > options snd-hda-intel index=0 model=3stack
> > > > >
> > > > > Thats all in modprobe.conf, apart from the comments.
> > > > >
> > > > > As for some more information:
> > > > > cat /proc/asound/cards
> > > > >
> > > > >  0 [Intel          ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
> > > > >                       HDA Intel at 0x98400000 irq 22
> > > > >
> > > > > From alsamixer
> > > > > Card: HDA Intel
> > > > > Chip: Realtek ALC278
> > > > >
> > > > > And this is all running on a Acer Aspire 5720 (notebook,
> > > > > obviously).
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > The sound still isnt working, hope you can help.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks!
> > > > > Lars Wesselius
> > > >
> > > > Hi Lars. Thanks for posting the additional info. I'm not familiar
> > > > with
> > > >
> > > > hda-intel cards, apart from the fact that they are problematic due to
> > > > there
> > > > being so many variations of them. I looked in ALSA-Configuration.txt,
> >
> > and
> >
> > > > the
> > > > ALC278 codec isn't there, but perhaps your notebook is a very new
> >
> > model.
> >
> > > > Hopefully someone on the alsa user list will see this latest info,
> > > > and offer
> > > > some suggestions.
> > > >
> > > > All the best.
> > > >
> > > > Nigel.
> > >
> > > Hey,
> > > Yes, I do have a very new model. I just bought this model last friday.
> > > Thanks for the help, hope someone else can provide feedback.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Lars

<Nigel>
> > Hi Lars. I've done a bit more googling for your model of notebook, and
> > seen a
> > few posts saying it's using ALC268, and by installing the latest alsa
> > driver,
> > at least one person had got sound working.
> >
> > Would you post the output of.
> > cat /proc/asound/card0/codec*
> > Just to verify that yours is using an ALC278. It's possible that as your
> > notebook is very new that Acer have changed the codec on the mobo again.
> >
> > Also the output of.
> > cat /proc/asound/version
> > And the OS you are using, and latest kernel you have.
> >
> > I see that the alsa driver 1.0.15 is just about to be released as stable,
> > but
> > IIRC it is for kernel 2.6.23. I may have misread that though. 1.0.15 does
> > have patches for realtek codecs though.
> >
> > Don't trim any of the previous stuff, as this is a bit of extra info.
> >
> > Nigel.
> >
> > btw. The output of amixer wouldn't do any harm, and will show what mixer
> > controls you have.
<Lars>
> Hello again,
>
> Thank you for your effort.
> I have done cat /proc/asound/card0/codec* but the output was rather large,
> so I have placed it inside a text file.
> http://www.leviaswrath.org/output.txt
>
> so I guess you were right, it uses 268. Whoops, after rechecking, alsamixer
> tells me 268. I am sorry for this inconvenience.
>
> cat /proc/asound/version
> Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.14 (Thu May 31
> 09:03:25 2007 UTC).
>
> uname -r
> 2.6.22-ARCH
>
> cat /proc/version
> Linux version 2.6.22-ARCH (root@T-POWA-LX) (gcc version 4.2.1) #1 SMP
> PREEMPT Wed Sep 26 21:45:47 CEST 2007
>
> My distro is Archlinux, 2007.08, x86_64
>
> alsa:
> alsa-utils 1.0.14-2
> alsa-lib 1.0.14-5
>
> amixer:
> Simple mixer control 'Headphone',0
>   Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
>   Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
>   Limits: Playback 0 - 64
>   Mono:
>   Front Left: Playback 58 [91%] [-6.00dB] [on]
>   Front Right: Playback 58 [91%] [-6.00dB] [on]
> Simple mixer control 'Front',0
>   Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
>   Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
>   Limits: Playback 0 - 64
>   Mono:
>   Front Left: Playback 58 [91%] [-6.00dB] [on]
>   Front Right: Playback 58 [91%] [- 6.00dB] [on]
> Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
>   Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
>   Playback channels: Mono
>   Mono: Playback [off]
> Simple mixer control 'Capture',0
>   Capabilities: cvolume cswitch
>   Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
>   Limits: Capture 0 - 31
>   Front Left: Capture 28 [90%] [25.50dB] [on]
>   Front Right: Capture 28 [90%] [ 25.50dB] [on]
> Simple mixer control 'Input Source',0
>   Capabilities: enum
>   Items: 'Mic' 'Front Mic' 'Line' 'CD'
>   Item0: 'Mic'
>
> Thanks!
> Lars
>
> PS. I am sorry if I'm posting reply's wrong, they do not seem to appear in
> the same post. I think this is because of gmail, I'm not sure.

Ideally it's better to post your reply at the bottom of the previous reply,
for the sake of continuity, and I've shuffled it, so that it's correct now.
You had been doing that before, so I don't know why this post was different.
I use Kmail, so don't know how Gmail does stuff, but whatever you do, don't
post in html.

Back to the plot. I don't know ARCH linux, but if the codec is ALC268 there's
a chance of getting sound working. You either wait until a 2.6.23 kernel is
available for your distro, which should have the 1.0.15 alsa driver, or the
other option is to download the latest development version of the alsa
driver, and build it for your current kernel to use. See link below. The
current version is 1.0.14, but expect this to change to 1.0.15 in the next
few days.
http://alsa-project.org/

I've never had to upgrade the alsa driver manually before, as my 2 soundcards
work without any problems, but I've been trying to get around to having a
practice with this procedure, just for the sake of knowing how to do it,
therefore I'm not the one to ask at the moment.

I might ask on the ARCH linux mailing list/forum, and see if anyone knows when
the 2.6.23 kernel is going to be available. It may be worth the wait, unless
your feeling adventurous. and want to get sound working immediately.

Nigel.


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Gmail automatically starts a reply at the top, I hadn't noticed in some other posts.

I think Ill wait for the new kernel for my distro, as I do not really need sound at the moment. I'll need it later, but I suspect by then the new kernel will be available. Thanks for all your help, and effort!

Lars
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