Hi all, > Could you also submit a couple more pieces of information? > > > 1. System/Motherboard make and model. Gigabyte S-Series; GA-M57SLI-S4 chipset nVidia nForce 570-SLI, onboard audio Realtek ALC883 CODEC chip (supports High Definition Audio; 2/4/6/8 channel audio; SPDIF In/Out connection (coaxial & optical) - however, i'm using analog output (6-jack)) > 2. output from > http://bulletproof.servebeer.com/alsa/scripts/alsa-info.sh (this http://pastebin.ca/446793 > > You said that you are currently loading the driver with > "model=6stack-dig". Could you rebuild the driver with "./configure > --with-cards=hda-intel --with-debug=detect" then post the dmesg output > from loading the driver, both with "model=6stack-dig" and without? with model=6stack-dig: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:06.1[B] -> Link [LAZA] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11 PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:06.1 to 64 ALSA /home/cdome/tmp/alsa-driver-hg20070418/pci/hda/../../alsa-kernel/pci/hda/hda_intel.c:696: codec_mask = 0x1 ALSA /home/cdome/tmp/alsa-driver-hg20070418/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:1794: hda_codec: model '6stack-dig' is selected without model=6stack-dig: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:06.1[B] -> Link [LAZA] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11 PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:06.1 to 64 ALSA /home/cdome/tmp/alsa-driver-hg20070418/pci/hda/../../alsa-kernel/pci/hda/hda_intel.c:696: codec_mask = 0x1 hda_codec: Unknown model for ALC883, trying auto-probe from BIOS... ALSA /home/cdome/tmp/alsa-driver-hg20070418/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:2274: autoconfig: line_outs=4 (0x14/0x17/0x16/0x15/0x0) ALSA /home/cdome/tmp/alsa-driver-hg20070418/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:2278: speaker_outs=0 (0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0) ALSA /home/cdome/tmp/alsa-driver-hg20070418/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:2282: hp_outs=1 (0x1b/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0) ALSA /home/cdome/tmp/alsa-driver-hg20070418/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:2290: inputs: mic=0x18, fmic=0x19, line=0x1a, fline=0x0, cd=0x1c, aux=0x0 > > Thanks, > > Tobin Davis > > On Wed, 2007-04-18 at 19:21 +0200, Pavel Patz wrote: > > Dne st 18. dubna 2007 Takashi Iwai napsal(a): > > > At Tue, 17 Apr 2007 19:42:42 +0200, > > > > > > Pavel Patz wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > I have problems with chip Realtek ALC883 (lspci: 00:06.1 Audio > > > > device: nVidia Corporation MCP55 High Definition Audio (rev a2)) and > > > > surround sound. > > > > > > > > Stereo sound is working (games, music) fine - all 6 speaker are > > > > playing. > > > > > > > > But when I tried to run "aplay chan-id.wav", i've heard only "front > > > > left" (front & rear left + center were playing) and "front right" > > > > (right front & rear were playing), then was silence until the end of > > > > the file. > > > > > > > > Running "aplay -Dsurround51 chan-id.wav" causes that aplay hangs-up > > > > without any output. Running it with -v parameter produces this > > > > output: > > > > > > > > Playing WAVE 'Desktop/Surround-SDL-testfiles/chan-id.wav' : Signed 16 > > > > bit Little Endian, Rate 44100 Hz, Channels 6 > > > > Soft volume PCM > > > > Control: PCM Playback Volume > > > > min_dB: -51 > > > > resolution: 256 > > > > Its setup is: > > > > stream : PLAYBACK > > > > access : RW_INTERLEAVED > > > > format : S16_LE > > > > subformat : STD > > > > channels : 6 > > > > rate : 44100 > > > > exact rate : 44100 (44100/1) > > > > msbits : 16 > > > > buffer_size : 5460 > > > > period_size : 1365 > > > > period_time : 30952 > > > > tick_time : 1000 > > > > tstamp_mode : NONE > > > > period_step : 1 > > > > sleep_min : 0 > > > > avail_min : 1365 > > > > xfer_align : 1365 > > > > start_threshold : 5460 > > > > stop_threshold : 5460 > > > > silence_threshold: 0 > > > > silence_size : 0 > > > > boundary : 6147413491360727040 > > > > Slave: Hardware PCM card 0 'HDA NVidia' device 0 subdevice 0 > > > > Its setup is: > > > > stream : PLAYBACK > > > > access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED > > > > format : S16_LE > > > > subformat : STD > > > > channels : 6 > > > > rate : 44100 > > > > exact rate : 44100 (44100/1) > > > > msbits : 16 > > > > buffer_size : 5460 > > > > period_size : 1365 > > > > period_time : 30952 > > > > tick_time : 1000 > > > > tstamp_mode : NONE > > > > period_step : 1 > > > > sleep_min : 0 > > > > avail_min : 1365 > > > > xfer_align : 1365 > > > > start_threshold : 5460 > > > > stop_threshold : 5460 > > > > silence_threshold: 0 > > > > silence_size : 0 > > > > boundary : 6147413491360727040 > > > > > > > > > > > > and then hang up until i press ctrl+c. > > > > Same results i get with speaker-test. > > > > > > Looks like the stream setup doesn't match with your device. > > > > > > > I'm using alsa-lib-1.0.14-0.4.rc3.fc7 > > > > > > The more important thing is the version of ALSA driver you're using. > > > Try the latest ALSA version (not released one), HG version, at first. > > > If you don't want / have HG, try the daily snapshot tarball below: > > > ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/alsa/snapshot/ > > > > > > Then check whether it's a supported device or not. If yours is an > > > unsupported one, you'll see a kernel messages like "unknown model, > > > using BIOS..." > > > Anyway, you can try different model option value for snd-hda-intel > > > module, as listed in Documentation/ALSA-Configuration.txt. > > > > > > > > > Takashi > > > > Hi, > > > > thanks a lot, it is working now!!! > > > > 1) upgrade to last (today's) snaphot helped - there were no hang-ups when > > using -Dsurround51 > > > > 2) Auto-detection is not working (i got "hda_codec: Unknown model for > > ALC883, trying auto-probe from BIOS...") - just must use model=6stack-dig > > > > [cdome@andromeda ~]$ /sbin/lspci | grep Audio > > 00:06.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP55 High Definition Audio (rev > > a2) > > > > 3) When starting alsa i usualy get one of these messages: > > > > [root@andromeda Audition]# /etc/init.d/alsasound start > > Starting sound driver: snd-hda-intel done > > /usr/sbin/alsactl: load_state:1326: No soundcards found... > > > > or > > > > [root@andromeda Audition]# /etc/init.d/alsasound start > > Starting sound driver: snd-hda-intel done > > XXX write TLV... > > > > however sound is working properly. From my view is hard to say under > > which conditions i get which one - just sometimes first one and sometimes > > second one. > > > > 4) It seems there are Center+LFE and Rear Left+Right jacks swapped - i > > had to connect Center to Rear output and vice versa. But controls in > > alsamixer are not swapped so i have to use Surround slider to adjust > > Center and LFE speakers; LFE slider to adjust Rear right speaker and > > finally Center slider to adjust Rear left speaker. > > > > 5) As my soundcard is 7.1, current driver is incapable to use it: > > [cdome@andromeda Surround-SDL-testfiles]$ speaker-test -Dsurround71 -c8 > > > > speaker-test 1.0.14rc1 > > > > Playback device is surround71 > > Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 8 channels > > Using 16 octaves of pink noise > > Channels count (8) not available for playbacks: Invalid argument > > Setting of hwparams failed: Invalid argument > > > > (uhm, i get that "Invalid argument" message in czech language as > > "Nepristupny argument", i hope that is proper translation) > > > > > > But as I said, it is working now (even with those minor problems)! I hope > > my message will help you make alsa better. > > > > Thanks again for your great work. > > > > Pavel > > _______________________________________________ > > Alsa-devel mailing list > > Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel
