Any idea then on what's going on? I can live with having to mute the speakers manually (the headphones seem to be controllable with 'Subwoofer'), but having to carry an external mic when I have an integrated one is not very good :/ I've read on forums and blogs that, for other acer versions, to make the mic work they use position_fix=0, enable_dma=1 or things like that, but I tried them and no luck :( can you suggest anything else? 2009/3/3 Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> > At Tue, 3 Mar 2009 15:18:13 -0200, > Emilio López wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > 'Side' is the subwoofer on my laptop (my laptop has an integrated > subwoofer, > > believe it or not. > > Hmm, then it's a wrong assignment. "Side" shouldn't be LFE. > > > Acer calls it "Tuba cinebass" or something like that). > > Apart from that, the PC has a headphones/SPDIF jack, so I believe it > supports > > 7.1? > > No, it's totally irrelevant. > (SPDIF is 2-channel only, BTW. Multi-channel is done via compressed > formats, but the physical channels are only two.) > > > Takashi > > > > > 2009/3/3 Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> > > > > At Mon, 2 Mar 2009 21:46:04 -0200, > > Emilio López wrote: > > > > > > 2009/3/2 Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> > > > > > > At Sat, 28 Feb 2009 14:38:10 -0200, > > > Emilio López wrote: > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > This is my first mail to the list, I hope you can help me. I > have > > been > > > > talking with people on #alsa, but they couldn't help me, so > that's > > why > > > > I'm writing to you. > > > > > > > > Well, as lspci says, my Acer Aspire 6930 laptop has an "Intel > > > > Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev > 03)". > > With > > > > this card, and without adding any mode=... to > > > > /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base, playback works perfectly, but when > I > > plug > > > > in headphones, the integrated speakers do not mute. I can > mute the > > > > speakers muting "front" and "side" and use the headphones, > but it > > > > should be automatic. > > > > > > > > Setting mode=auto makes the headphones, when plugged, mute > the > > > > speakers. But the problem with this is, that when using the > > speakers, > > > > I only get sound from the speaker that was "front" in the > other > > mode. > > > > The microphone does not work in this mode either. > > > > > > > > I also tried other modes, including (but not limited to) > acer, > > > > acer-aspire. I ran alsa-info.sh, here is the URL: > > > > http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f= > > > 7910da439e8e190a8c2a6f18167d4879c74881c9 > > > > > > > > And before I forget, regarding the microphone, if I plug an > > external > > > > one on the microphone plug, I can record. And I tried the > internal > > one > > > > on windows, and it works, so I believe it's an alsa problem. > > > > > > > > Looking forward to hearing from you! > > > > > > Could you check the very latest sound git tree or alsa-driver > > snapshot > > > below, first without model option? > > > git:// > git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound-2.6.git > > > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/tiwai/snapshot/ > > > alsa-driver-snapshot.tar.gz > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I tried with the alsa-driver snapshot without any model option, and > now > > the > > > headphones mute the speakers. But the internal microphone doesn't > still > > work, > > > and 'Side' doesn't output sound like it did before, even if it's > unmuted > > and > > > with volume at 100% (with the old version and without any model > option, > > it > > > worked) > > > > What "Side" volume would do exactly? It's for 7.1 output. > > Does the machine have 7.1 output? > > > > Takashi > > > > > _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel
