At Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:08:23 -0500, Forest Bond wrote: > > Hi, > > On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 12:59:10PM +0100, Takashi Iwai wrote: > > At Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:04:09 -0500, > > Forest Bond wrote: > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> I'm using snd-via82xx on an Ubuntu 8.04 system. alsa-info.sh output is here: > >> > >> http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=1c3d5570e7b57d4d2f79b964a323dd7b4efd7e78 > >> > >> Here are the symptoms: > >> > >> Audio goes away after a semi-random interval. Sometimes it returns after > >> `modprobe -r snd-via82xx' followed by `modprobe snd-via82xx', but sometimes it > >> seems to take a full reboot. > >> > >> This looks similar to: > >> > >> https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/view.php?id=3D3194 > >> > >> Some folks think that this kind of issue is triggered by audio volume being > >> above a certain level. I'm not entirely sure if this is true, but I think it > >> is. One time, I apparently triggered the issue by unplugging and replugging the > >> audio cable from the mainboard during playback. > >> > >> Audio can be heard even when the PCM volume level is 0 (as told by alsamixer). > >> The volume does get louder when I turn up that mixer control, but it never goes > >> away entirely when I turn the volume to zero. Mute works as expected. > > > > The volume 0 doesn't always mean the mute on several hardwares. > > So this can be irrelevant if it happens always. > > > > I vaguely remember about the low-power mode of some codec chips. > > Which codec chip does your system have? Please run alsa-info.sh with > > --no-upload option, and attach the output file. > > The output would be the same as what was already uploaded, right? I've attached > that output here for your convenience. Thanks, it's always better to post the content than a URL. Any chance to try the later version of alsa-driver? Yours looks pretty old. Takashi _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel