On Saturday 24 November 2007 05:16:38 am you wrote: > At Fri, 23 Nov 2007 20:31:03 -0500, > Tim wrote: > > A final 'note': > > The envy24control app's Master Clock - Signal/No Signal > > seems broken again. > > I know the cards are locked, but it still says 'No signal' > > when S/PDIF is selected. > Hm, could you check whether it's a driver bug or a bug of > envy24control? This control can be basically also get/set via > alsactl. For example, just run "alsactl -f somefile store", edit the > file, and "alsactl -f somefile restore". Also, you can set the value > via amixer, too. Pardon my previous enthusiasm. So many months debugging! I've straightened my tie and regained my composure now. I tried creating a new asound.state with alsactl. The resulting asound.state was smaller, but did not fix the problem. I also tried manually turning the 'IEC958 CS8427 Error Status', and the other related controls, on/off with a mixer, no luck. I know the two cards are locked because if I disconnect the S/PDIF cable, the ice1712 card goes silent or makes noises. This is normal behaviour. Also, I have run this setup for hours without an xrun or 'un-synced drifting'. You know, the 'locked/no signal' indicator never has worked right. In ALSA 1.0.9b it always just says 'locked' (see below). In ALSA 1.0.15 it says 'locked' only when on a fixed internal rate. ** Here is some info below which I think will help. It seems to me, looking at the 'IEC958 CS8427 Error Status' results below, that envy24control should perhaps be using it, instead of 'Word Clock Status', as a 'locked' indicator. Thanks again. Tim. ---------------------------------------------------------- ALSA 1.0.15 + new distro: ---------------------------------------------------------- Master Clock says 'No signal'. Master Clock: S/PDIF. S/PDIF cable is connected. $ amixer -c1 contents ... numid=65,iface=MIXER,name='Word Clock Status' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=r-------,values=1 : values=on numid=64,iface=MIXER,name='Word Clock Sync' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1 : values=off numid=2,iface=PCM,name='IEC958 CS8427 Error Status' ; type=INTEGER,access=r-------,values=1,min=0,max=255,step=0 : values=32 numid=1,iface=PCM,name='IEC958 CS8427 Input Status' ; type=INTEGER,access=r-------,values=1,min=0,max=255,step=0 : values=15 Master Clock says 'No signal'. Master Clock: S/PDIF. S/PDIF cable is NOT connected. $ amixer -c1 contents ... numid=65,iface=MIXER,name='Word Clock Status' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=r-------,values=1 : values=on numid=64,iface=MIXER,name='Word Clock Sync' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1 : values=off numid=2,iface=PCM,name='IEC958 CS8427 Error Status' ; type=INTEGER,access=r-------,values=1,min=0,max=255,step=0 : values=54 numid=1,iface=PCM,name='IEC958 CS8427 Input Status' ; type=INTEGER,access=r-------,values=1,min=0,max=255,step=0 : values=15 Master Clock says 'No signal'. Master Clock: Word Clock. S/PDIF cable is connected. $ amixer -c1 contents ... numid=65,iface=MIXER,name='Word Clock Status' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=r-------,values=1 : values=on numid=64,iface=MIXER,name='Word Clock Sync' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1 : values=on numid=2,iface=PCM,name='IEC958 CS8427 Error Status' ; type=INTEGER,access=r-------,values=1,min=0,max=255,step=0 : values=32 numid=1,iface=PCM,name='IEC958 CS8427 Input Status' ; type=INTEGER,access=r-------,values=1,min=0,max=255,step=0 : values=15 Master Clock says 'No signal'. Master Clock: Word Clock. S/PDIF cable is NOT connected. $ amixer -c1 contents ... numid=65,iface=MIXER,name='Word Clock Status' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=r-------,values=1 : values=on numid=64,iface=MIXER,name='Word Clock Sync' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1 : values=on numid=2,iface=PCM,name='IEC958 CS8427 Error Status' ; type=INTEGER,access=r-------,values=1,min=0,max=255,step=0 : values=54 numid=1,iface=PCM,name='IEC958 CS8427 Input Status' ; type=INTEGER,access=r-------,values=1,min=0,max=255,step=0 : values=15 Master Clock says 'Locked'. Master Clock: 48000 Internal. S/PDIF cable is connected. $ amixer -c1 contents ... numid=65,iface=MIXER,name='Word Clock Status' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=r-------,values=1 : values=off numid=64,iface=MIXER,name='Word Clock Sync' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1 : values=off numid=2,iface=PCM,name='IEC958 CS8427 Error Status' ; type=INTEGER,access=r-------,values=1,min=0,max=255,step=0 : values=0 numid=1,iface=PCM,name='IEC958 CS8427 Input Status' ; type=INTEGER,access=r-------,values=1,min=0,max=255,step=0 : values=67 Master Clock says 'Locked'. Master Clock: 48000 Internal. S/PDIF cable is NOT connected. $ amixer -c1 contents ... numid=65,iface=MIXER,name='Word Clock Status' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=r-------,values=1 : values=off numid=64,iface=MIXER,name='Word Clock Sync' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1 : values=off numid=2,iface=PCM,name='IEC958 CS8427 Error Status' ; type=INTEGER,access=r-------,values=1,min=0,max=255,step=0 : values=0 numid=1,iface=PCM,name='IEC958 CS8427 Input Status' ; type=INTEGER,access=r-------,values=1,min=0,max=255,step=0 : values=67 ---------------------------------------------------------- ALSA 1.0.9b + older distro: ---------------------------------------------------------- Master Clock says 'Locked' in all cases below... Note: I could not find a 'Word Clock Status' item. Perhaps that's why it never worked at all under ALSA 1.0.9b ? Master Clock: S/PDIF. S/PDIF cable is connected. $ amixer -c1 contents ... numid=2,iface=PCM,name='IEC958 CS8427 Error Status' ; type=INTEGER,access=r----,values=1,min=0,max=255,step=0 : values=0 numid=1,iface=PCM,name='IEC958 CS8427 Input Status' ; type=INTEGER,access=r----,values=1,min=0,max=255,step=0 : values=67 numid=64,iface=PCM,name='Word Clock Sync' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw---,values=1 : values=off Master Clock: S/PDIF. S/PDIF cable is NOT connected. $ amixer -c1 contents ... numid=2,iface=PCM,name='IEC958 CS8427 Error Status' ; type=INTEGER,access=r----,values=1,min=0,max=255,step=0 : values=63 numid=1,iface=PCM,name='IEC958 CS8427 Input Status' ; type=INTEGER,access=r----,values=1,min=0,max=255,step=0 : values=67 numid=64,iface=PCM,name='Word Clock Sync' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw---,values=1 : values=off Master Clock: Word Clock. S/PDIF cable is connected. $ amixer -c1 contents ... numid=2,iface=PCM,name='IEC958 CS8427 Error Status' ; type=INTEGER,access=r----,values=1,min=0,max=255,step=0 : values=0 numid=1,iface=PCM,name='IEC958 CS8427 Input Status' ; type=INTEGER,access=r----,values=1,min=0,max=255,step=0 : values=67 numid=64,iface=PCM,name='Word Clock Sync' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw---,values=1 : values=on Master Clock: Word Clock. S/PDIF cable is NOT connected. $ amixer -c1 contents ... numid=2,iface=PCM,name='IEC958 CS8427 Error Status' ; type=INTEGER,access=r----,values=1,min=0,max=255,step=0 : values=23 numid=1,iface=PCM,name='IEC958 CS8427 Input Status' ; type=INTEGER,access=r----,values=1,min=0,max=255,step=0 : values=67 numid=64,iface=PCM,name='Word Clock Sync' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw---,values=1 : values=on Master Clock: 48000 Internal. S/PDIF cable is connected. $ amixer -c1 contents ... numid=2,iface=PCM,name='IEC958 CS8427 Error Status' ; type=INTEGER,access=r----,values=1,min=0,max=255,step=0 : values=31 numid=1,iface=PCM,name='IEC958 CS8427 Input Status' ; type=INTEGER,access=r----,values=1,min=0,max=255,step=0 : values=67 numid=64,iface=PCM,name='Word Clock Sync' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw---,values=1 : values=off Master Clock: 48000 Internal. S/PDIF cable is NOT connected. $ amixer -c1 contents ... numid=2,iface=PCM,name='IEC958 CS8427 Error Status' ; type=INTEGER,access=r----,values=1,min=0,max=255,step=0 : values=22 numid=1,iface=PCM,name='IEC958 CS8427 Input Status' ; type=INTEGER,access=r----,values=1,min=0,max=255,step=0 : values=67 numid=64,iface=PCM,name='Word Clock Sync' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw---,values=1 : values=off _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel
