On 27.11.2010 06:53, John Ettedgui wrote: > On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 7:30 AM, Anssi Hannula <anssi.hannula@xxxxxx> wrote: >> On 26.11.2010 08:00, John Ettedgui wrote: >>> On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 9:56 PM, John Ettedgui <john.ettedgui@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 6:21 PM, John Ettedgui <john.ettedgui@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>> On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 6:16 PM, Anssi Hannula <anssi.hannula@xxxxxx> wrote: >>>>>> On 26.11.2010 04:02, John Ettedgui wrote: >>>>>>> On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 5:08 PM, John Ettedgui <john.ettedgui@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>>>>> On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 4:59 PM, Anssi Hannula <anssi.hannula@xxxxxx> wrote: >>>>>>>>> On 26.11.2010 02:53, John Ettedgui wrote: >>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 3:34 PM, John Ettedgui <john.ettedgui@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 3:15 PM, Anssi Hannula <anssi.hannula@xxxxxx> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> On 26.11.2010 01:11, John Ettedgui wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 2:58 PM, Anssi Hannula <anssi.hannula@xxxxxx> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 26.11.2010 00:42, John Ettedgui wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Anssi Hannula <anssi.hannula@xxxxxx> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Looking again at the the alsa info output you provided, I don't think I >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> have any great ideas. It looks like the chip simply reports that it >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> supports a maximum of 2 channels. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> One option could be hardcoding "chans = 8;" in generic_hdmi_build_pcms() >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> in sound/pci/hda/patch_hdmi.c (assuming you have the above patch and 2 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> channel audio works with it). However, I find it rather unlikely that it >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> would make any difference. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Anssi Hannula >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Anssi, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the patch fails on my kernel, I cannot find the hda_codec_preset >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> manually in there either. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Did you want me to try that against a 2.6.37 rc instead of a 2.6.36? >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> For 2.6.36 I think you can just use your earlier patch. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Note that on that kernel generic_hdmi_build_pcms() is >>>>>>>>>>>>>> intel_hdmi_build_pcms() in patch_intelhdmi.c. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> ok >>>>>>>>>>>>>> BTW, I've just been informed by another ATI user that his card was >>>>>>>>>>>>>> actually stereo-only, while he thought earlier it was multichannel >>>>>>>>>>>>>> capable. So, are you sure your card is a multichannel one? >>>>>>>>>>>>>> (if not, it would explain why the card says it is not) >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Anssi Hannula >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, it works fine in Window so I believe the hardware part is good. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> And you are sure it is multichannel PCM, and not e.g. multichannel DTS >>>>>>>>>>>> or multichannel AC-3 with on-the-fly compression, which are possible >>>>>>>>>>>> with stereo hdmi as well? >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Just making sure :) >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>>>> Anssi Hannula >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Well, I have not super tested it, but the reason I believe it is is >>>>>>>>>>> simple, when I use passthrough my receiver says Dolby digital or >>>>>>>>>>> something like that, but in Windows just going around or playing games >>>>>>>>>>> it says Multichannel. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Sounds ok then. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> I'll get the patch applied in a few minutes, I was running out of >>>>>>>>>>> memory and my system was getting really slow... :) >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I am not sure if I did it right but now I don't even get hdmi sound >>>>>>>>>> working anymore. >>>>>>>>>> It is not listed in aplay-l, and dmesg gives me this: >>>>>>>>>> [drm:radeon_dvi_detect] *ERROR* HDMI Type A-1: probed a monitor but >>>>>>>>>> no|invalid EDID >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I've attached the patch I used, since I could not used the previous >>>>>>>>>> one I had to hack it, maybe I broke something? >>>>>>>>>> (I have not set channels to 8 yet, just changed the parser) >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> The patch looks ok. The above error message is weird, as it comes from >>>>>>>>> the display driver which should not be affected by the patch at all. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I'll look at the code later (tomorrow maybe). Until then I'd advise you >>>>>>>>> to retry without the patch and with the patch again, just to make sure >>>>>>>>> this is not some unrelated issue... >>>>>>>>> Also, post the whole dmesg when it works (2 channel, without patch), and >>>>>>>>> when it doesn't (with patch). >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> Anssi Hannula >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Following your message I restarted my computer and that error was >>>>>>>> gone, yet there is still nothing display in aplay -l / aplay -L about >>>>>>>> hdmi anymore. >>>>>>>> I'll go back to my non patched kernel and see what it does. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> With the non-patched kernel I get back my hdmi in aplay -l, so it >>>>>>> looks like the patch messed up something. >>>>>> >>>>>> Indeed. >>>>>> >>>>>>> I really think that when I tried it before it did not do that, but it >>>>>>> was so long ago that I could be wrong... >>>>>> >>>>>> Well, the driver has changed since then, it could be more strict now :) >>>>>> >>>>>>> Anyway here are the 2 dmesgs (not sure if they'll help though). >>>>>> >>>>>> Indeed, there doesn't seem to be any difference. Maybe try with >>>>>> CONFIG_SND_DEBUG_VERBOSE? >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Anssi Hannula >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Sure I'll get that. >>>>> >>>> >>>> There you go. >> >>> ALSA sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c:2531: chipset global capabilities = 0x1001 >>> ALSA sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c:913: codec_mask = 0x1 >>> ALSA sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c:1354: codec #0 probed OK >>> ALSA sound/pci/hda/hda_generic.c:683: hda_generic: no proper input path found >> >> Hm, for some reason it doesn't try to use the intelhdmi module. Is it >> getting loaded? Have you run "depmod"? >> Does "modinfo snd-hda-codec-intelhdmi" show the alias you added? >> >> -- >> Anssi Hannula >> > > I'm sorry it's my fault. > I did not realize my patch was buggy, I had a white line and because > of it the last part of the patch did not get applied. > > Now aplay -l is fine, and I can use the hdmi again, but still it > defaults to stereo. > With a "default" asound.conf speaker-test won't allow for more than -c2. > I tried to add channels 6 in the conf file, but it made no difference... > > I will try your other suggestion. Did you have a chance to try that? There's no hurry, just making sure I didn't miss any message from you or something :) -- Anssi Hannula _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel
