On November 5, 2009 04:09:23 am Shawn Starr wrote: > On November 5, 2009 03:48:37 am Shawn Starr wrote: > > On November 5, 2009 02:47:19 am Takashi Iwai wrote: > > > At Tue, 3 Nov 2009 14:30:15 -0500, > > > > > > Shawn Starr wrote: > > > > On November 3, 2009 05:55:07 am Takashi Iwai wrote: > > > > > At Mon, 2 Nov 2009 11:36:21 -0500, > > > > > > > > > > Shawn Starr wrote: > > > > > > On November 2, 2009 08:05:37 am Takashi Iwai wrote: > > > > > > > At Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:59:40 -0400, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Shawn Starr wrote: > > > > > > > > Hello ALSA developers, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I am having problems with the microphone on the following > > > > > > > > hardware this is on a Lenovo W500 laptop. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Card: HDA Intel > > > > > > > > Chip: Conexant CX20561 (Hermosa) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Here is the problems im noticing: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 1) If I use ALSA 'default' with the microphone I get noise > > > > > > > > interference on output [high/low/high/low]. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If I switch this to use the "ALSA Capture on HDA Intel > > > > > > > > [CONEXANT Analog] I get interference except it is the > > > > > > > > standard 60Hz electrical noise [steady noise] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 2) Using the internal/external microphones gives an > > > > > > > > inconsistent volume. It also does not seem to work with the > > > > > > > > microphone cutting out so much. I need to adjust Digital + > > > > > > > > another microphone but it still drops capturing. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Alsamixer shows: Digital/Docking Microphone/External > > > > > > > > Microphone/Internal Microphone > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Here is the module options I give to the sound driver: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > options snd-intel-hda enable_msi=1 power_save=10 > > > > > > > > power_save_controller=true model=laptop index=0 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Assuming power saving/controller causes the microphone to cut > > > > > > > > out or not. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 3) I'm now aware that this card has no pinouts for PCM > > > > > > > > capture https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=502293 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Could you give alsa-info.sh output? Run with --no-upload > > > > > > > option, and attach the generated file. > > > > > > > > > > > > Here's the attached output, > > > > > > > > > > Judging from the pin config, in your case, "Docking" seems > > > > > controlling the external-mic volume. The "External Mic Volume" > > > > > should be zero. > > > > > > > > There is still problems with the volume sensitivity, but I will > > > > adjust to set ext mic to zero. Do we need a quirk for the Lenovo W500 > > > > then? > > > > > > Looks so. Though, the SSID is identical with X200. > > > I'm wondering whether X200 works fine as is or not... > > > > > > > Or that's a bug wrt to volume sensitivity and static interferences? > > > > > > The mic boost volumes are missing in these quirks. > > > You can adjust manually via hda-verb, e.g. > > > > > > hda-verb /dev/snd/hwC0D0 0x1d SET_AMP 0x7003 > > > > > > for the built-in mic, and > > > > > > hda-verb /dev/snd/hwC0D0 0x18 SET_AMP 0x7003 > > > > > > for the mic jack. Change the value between 0x7000 and 0x7004. > > > > > > > > > Takashi > > > > Will try to adjust those. I tried the X200, but it didn't make any > > difference. > > I set the mic boost volume quirk, that did adjust the loudness, so it > doesn't seem to be cutting out anymore. So it looks like that problem is > fixed with the quirk. > > Would you like me to provide you a sound recording indicating the > interference I hear when using the microphone? > The interference is coming from: ALSA Capture on default (seems to be the digital device), yet HDA Intel [CONEXANT Analog] has no such interference. I suppose I could make an .asoundrc and force default to use the Analog device vs the digital one. > Thanks, > Shawn. > > > Thanks, > > Shawn. > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > > Alsa-devel mailing list > > > Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Alsa-devel mailing list > > Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel > > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-devel mailing list > Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel > _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel