Sorry, now with attachment On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 6:11 PM, Mark Goldstein <goldstein.mark@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > > I need an advice regarding the problem I'm having with alsa audio. > I have an ASUS desktop that uses VIA VT1708S-based audio subsystem. > > I had a number of issues with this system until I upgraded to 1.0.23 version of > alsa driver and since then everything worked OK. > > But a couple of weeks ago I bumped into the new problem I can't resolve. > > 1) I have the following audio devices: > - speakers, connected to rear "Line out" connector; > - Headset with MIC, connected to front speaker and MIC connectors > - TV card (bt878 Lifeview FlyVideo 98), connected to Line In. > > 2) I have 3 OSes installed on this machine: > - OpenSUSE 11.1, my main system, alsa driver and tools installed > from OpenSUSE build service > "multimedia" repository that provides latest version from git in > the form of binary rpm. > - OpenSUSE 11.3, another working system. Two different kernels (2.6.34 and > 2.6.35) both have alsa 1.0.23. > - Kubuntu 10.4, mostly as reference. Alsa compiled form source. > > I've started seeing the problem on 11.1 presumably after alsa update (but I'm > not sure it really happens after update). > I could not hear audio from my TV card anymore. > Booted into 11.3 and it seems working. > I thought it might be temporary problem with specific version of alsa driver and > waited for next update. There were at least 4 updates since then and the problem > still persists. > In the meantime I noticed that there is also a problem with MIC in 11.3. > MIC worked (I hear the voice in the speakers) but audio recording indicates zero > level of audio and there is no MIC audio in Skype. > > Switched back to 11.1, unmuted Front MIC, and suddenly I started > hearing audio from > TV card. MIC is totally dead (no audio at all). > > I then switched to Kubuntu and to my surprise everything worked fine there > (except the issue I had before with 1.0.22 - TV audio is only heard in > Headphones but not in speakers). > > I'm attaching 4 results of alsa-info.sh - from 11.3, Kubuntu and 2 from 11.1. > The earlier one on 11.1 has been received when everything was working, and the > later one is recent, with Front MIC/Line In issue. > > I'd appreciate any advice on how to investigate this situation. > > TIA. > -- > Mark Goldstein > -- Mark Goldstein
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