On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 7:57 AM, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> wrote:> At Mon, 23 Mar 2009 07:42:25 -0700,> Russ Dill wrote:>>>> [1 <text/plain; UTF-8 (quoted-printable)>]>> On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 6:40 AM, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> wrote:>> > At Mon, 23 Mar 2009 06:36:06 -0700,>> > Russ Dill wrote:>> >>>> >> On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 5:51 AM, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> wrote:>> >> > At Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:54:34 -0700,>> >> > Russ Dill wrote:>> >> >>>> >> >> On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 3:54 AM, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> wrote:>> >> >> > At Sat, 21 Mar 2009 22:23:15 -0700,>> >> >> > Russ Dill wrote:>> >> >> >>>> >> >> >> GIven the recent changes in gnome land (pulseaudio), I'd like to be>> >> >> >> able to get alsa support for my hardware fixed up. My biggest>> >> >> >> annoyance right now is that when I plug headphones in, it doesn't mute>> >> >> >> the speakers. Another issue I have is that I'd like to have support>> >> >> >> for audio out on HDMI (which is supported by Vista). On with the show.>> >> >> >>> >> >> > Try the later version of alsa-driver or kernel, and pass model=auto.>> >> >> > As default model=acer is chosen for ALC883 with Acer vendor SSID,>> >> >> > and it's known that it doesn't match with the recent Acer laptops>> >> >> > at all. The BIOS auto-parsing mode would work better recently.>> >> >>>> >> >> I still get dmesg errors (audio does play though):>> >> >>>> >> >> [229513.339812] hda-intel: Invalid position buffer, using LPIB read>> >> >> method instead.>> >> >> [229513.436583] hda-intel: IRQ timing workaround is activated for card>> >> >> #0. Suggest a bigger bdl_pos_adj.>> >> >>> >> > These are no errors. You can ignore for now.>> >>>> >> ok, but the "azx_get_response timeout" ones seem to be as audio>> >> glitches when the occur.>> >>> > Does it happen with model=auto? The driver doesn't work without that>> > option, as I mentioned.>> >>> >> > Which alsa-driver are you using now? At best, try the latest>> >> > alsa-driver snapshot from>> >> > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/tiwai/snapshot/alsa-driver-snapshot.tar.gz>> >> > or the sound git tree at>> >> > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound-2.6.git>> >>>> >> I'm currently using whatever comes in 2.6.28 with ubuntu. I'll try out>> >> the git tree.>> >>> > Bah, that's way too old to debug...>> >>> >> >> The Center mixer control now controls my left laptop speaker and the>> >> >> LFE mixer control controls the right speaker. The Surround control>> >> >> that used to control the laptop speakers now does nothing.>> >> >>>> >> >> Attempting to MUTE the LFE channel, the audio skipped a bit and I got:>> >> >>>> >> >> [229698.556044] hda_intel: azx_get_response timeout, switching to>> >> >> polling mode: last cmd=0x10db0001>> >> >> [229699.561017] hda_intel: azx_get_response timeout, switching to>> >> >> single_cmd mode: last cmd=0x10db0001>> >> >>>> >> >> My system just hung (likely due to wireless drivers) and I rebooted>> >> >> and with model=auto again, the mixer controls are different. There is>> >> >> no LFE or Center controls, but there is an added Headphone volume>> >> >> control (which does nothing). Front controls the headphone volume,>> >> >> nothing controls the speaker volume.>> >> >>>> >> >> I've been unable to hear digital output (mplayer -ao alsa:device=iec958).>> >> >>> >> > The device is likely not "iec958" but "hdmi".>> >>>> >> no such device exists with model=auto (or without setting model).>> >>> > Yes, too old version :)>> >>> >> >> My laptop has an internal microphone, two internal speakers, a>> >> >> headphone jack, a mic in jack, a line in jack, and digital audio out>> >> >> via hdmi.>> >> >>> >> > And alsa-info output? Use model=auto from now on.>> >> > The default model (acer) doesn't work obviously for your laptop.>> >>>> >> It was attached to the previous email>> >>> > Ah, overlooked. Thanks.>> >>> > But better the one from the latest driver...>> >>> >>> > Takashi>> >>>>> OK, I've bolted your master branch in your git tree onto my kernel:>>>> [10580.958816] HDA Intel 0000:00:14.2: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level,>> low) -> IRQ 16>> [10581.101270] input: HDA Digital PCBeep as>> /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.2/input/input8>>>> My mixer controls are very similar to what I got before, except now>> Front controls both the front speakers, and the headphones. Plugging>> in and unplugging the headphone jack still has no effect.>> See below.>>> There is also a "Beep" control now.>> It's a new feature in the new version.>>> There is still no PCM device labled hdmi, and outputting to iec958>> device doesn't get me any audio output via HDMI.>> Right, it's apparently not set by BIOS, so the driver can't detect> it.>> How is the HDMI connected? Is it from the graphic chip/board> or any other route? In the latter case, an HDMI transmitter (codec)> is connected to the main audio controller, typically in the 4th slot> (codec#3). In the former case, it usually appears as an individual> PCI device. There are no other sound related PCI devices, and my graphics chip isan R500 which doesn't support audio, so it must be coming from adigital interface of SB450. > If the SPDIF digital device is supposed to be HDMI, then it's a bug of> BIOS. In that case, using "iec958" is the right choice. But I haven't been able to get it working under Linux. > Anyway, you could build the driver with --with-debug=verbose configure> option and try to pass probe_mask=0x1ff. This will force to probe> all codec slots. See kernel messages. I must be building differently, I'll translate that toCONFIG_SND_DEBUG=y and CONFIG_SND_DEBUG_VEBOSE=y. Where is theconfigure script? [13329.546638] HDA Intel 0000:00:14.2: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level,low) -> IRQ 16[13329.546650] hda_intel: codec_mask forced to 0xff[13330.581024] hda_intel: azx_get_response timeout, switching topolling mode: last cmd=0x200f0000[13331.585015] hda_intel: Codec #2 probe error; disabling it...[13332.620024] hda_intel: Codec #3 probe error; disabling it...[13332.756133] input: HDA Digital PCBeep as/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.2/input/input9 >> I can still get:>>>>>> [11025.533020] hda_intel: azx_get_response timeout, switching to>> polling mode: last cmd=0x106f000a>> [11026.537063] hda_intel: azx_get_response timeout, switching to>> single_cmd mode: last cmd=0x106f000a>> Hm. Judging from alsa-info output, the verb looks correct, it's PCM> parameter inquiry against the widget 0x06. So, your hardware is> really flaky. What happens if you add> codec->bus->needs_damn_long_delay = 1;> in patch_realtek.c:patch_alc883() ? Doesn't seem to have an effect, its easy to reproduce my switching acontrol while music is playing. [13932.100052] hda_intel: azx_get_response timeout, switching tosingle_cmd mode: last cmd=0x10db2001 >> [11027.813799] hda-intel: IRQ timing workaround is activated for card>> #0. Suggest a bigger bdl_pos_adj.>> This should be the side-effect of the codec communication error above.>>> while playing audio.>>> I've attached the associated alsa-info.txt> ...>> control.4 {>> comment.access 'read write'>> comment.type BOOLEAN>> comment.count 2>> iface MIXER>> name 'Headphone Playback Switch'>> value.0 false>> value.1 false>> Unmute "Headphone" switch. I've tried, hotplugging the headphones has no effect whether or notthis switch is on or off._______________________________________________Alsa-devel mailing listAlsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel
