On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 8:55 AM, Takashi Iwai<tiwai at suse.de> wrote: > At Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:07:29 +0200, > Wael Nasreddine (a.k.a eMxyzptlk) wrote: >> >> On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 3:15 PM, Takashi Iwai <tiwai at suse.de> wrote: >> >> At Sat, 25 Jul 2009 21:44:46 +0200, >> Wael Nasreddine (a.k.a eMxyzptlk) wrote: >> > >> > I still got no solution for this problem, >> >> Which problem? >> It'd be helpful if you give a problem summary and what you've done >> until now (and don't do top-posting)... >> >> thanks, >> >> Takashi >> >> Hi Takashi, >> >> I'm sorry I didn't notice that the problem wasn't quoted in my last message, >> anyway the whole topic is included in the forwarded message below, I tried >> using hda-verb and hda-analyzer, like you suggested in one of your emails, but >> since I don't even know what I'm looking for nor what to try, I did not got >> too far! >> >> What else do you suggest? Are you aware of anyone having a similar issue I can >> query to help me figure it out ? > > First off, try the very latest alsa-driver snapshot. > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/tiwai/snapshot/alsa-driver-snapshot.tar.gz > > The problem is that BIOS sets only one stereo speaker in the pin > configuration, so the driver cannot know what to do with another > speaker. In short, it's a BIOS bug. > > To overcome that, you need to figure out which pin corresponds to the > speaker. The rest available (analog) output pins are 0x0f and 0x14. > Set these as output pins, and connect to DAC. For example, > > # hda-verb /dev/snd/hwC0D0 0x0f SET_PIN_WID 0x40 > # hda-verb /dev/snd/hwC0D0 0x0f SET_CONN 0 > > which enables the output of the pin 0x0f, then connects to the first > DAC (= 0x10). Similarly, > > # hda-verb /dev/snd/hwC0D0 0x14 SET_PIN_WID 0x40 > # hda-verb /dev/snd/hwC0D0 0x15 SET_CONN 0 > > which enables the output of the pin 0x14, then changes the connection > of its mux (0x15) to the first DAC (0x10). > > If these don't help, it's possible that some GPIO bits play any role. > Play with GPIO bits, which can be also changed via hda-verb. > > > Takashi > Hey Takashi, I tried what you have suggested above, and I also tried to upgrade the BIOS (it's F.2C now) but I still have the same problem with my sound, here's an updated alsa-info output http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=2cdfc5aa67bc0baf98d38c13806739afb6f5163f I also tried to play a bit with GPIO bits but I don't know much about that topic either, I tried hda-verb /dev/snd/hwC0D0 0x01 SET_GPIO_MASK 0x0f hda-verb /dev/snd/hwC0D0 0x01 SET_GPIO_DATA 0x0f and hda-verb /dev/snd/hwC0D0 0x01 SET_GPIO_DIR 0x0f hda-verb /dev/snd/hwC0D0 0x01 SET_GPIO_DATA 0x0f But that did not affect anything, the output is only from one speaker (left one), what do you suggest? Thanks -- Wael Nasreddine Weem Chief-Development Officer - http://www.weem.com Blog : http://wael.nasreddine.com E-mail : wael.nasreddine@xxxxxxxx gTalk : wael.nasreddine@xxxxxxxxx Tel : +33.6.32.94.70.13 Skype : eMxyzptlk Twitter : @eMxyzptlk PGP: 1024D/C8DD18A2 06F6 1622 4BC8 4CEB D724 DE12 5565 3945 C8DD 18A2 .: An infinite number of monkeys typing into GNU emacs, would never make a good program. (L. Torvalds 1995) :. _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel
