On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 8:45 AM, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> wrote:> At Mon, 23 Mar 2009 08:24:45 -0700,> Russ Dill wrote:>>>> 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 is>> an R500 which doesn't support audio, so it must be coming from a>> digital 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.>> Then something is still missing... Is there any information I could obtain by booting into Vista? >> > 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 to>> CONFIG_SND_DEBUG=y and CONFIG_SND_DEBUG_VEBOSE=y. Where is the>> configure script?>> It was about alsa-driver tarball. If you build directly from> sound.git tree (I suppose right?), these two kconfigs correspond.>>>> [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 to>> polling 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>> So, it's not in the codec slot#3, too.>>>> >> 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 a>> control while music is playing.>>>> [13932.100052] hda_intel: azx_get_response timeout, switching to>> single_cmd mode: last cmd=0x10db2001>> Hmm. What about setting enable_msi=1?>>>> >> [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 not>> this switch is on or off.>> I guess the communication with the codec gets already screwed up, thus> it couldn't be handled properly any more. I'm testing with the acer-aspire quirk set, and things seem to beworking rather well. The headphone plug/unplug detection and speakermuting actually work :) However, I'm still not getting HDMI audioworking. I'm not that familiar with IEC958, how should I have theswitches set? I currently have both IEC958 and IEC958 Default PCM on.I've tried with mplayer -ao alsa:device=iec958 <mp3 file> > I'm not sure what is the reason, but what I can say is that ATI> controller is pretty unstable regarding HD-audio.>>> Takashi>_______________________________________________Alsa-devel mailing listAlsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel
