2013/12/1 Raymond Yau <superquad.vortex2 at gmail.com>: >>> >> >> >> Before retasking: >> >> >> >> >> >> http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=fd97b8194e205b4f91127bca74ad7c9b2cd93ab9 >> >> >> >> After retasking blue line in, pin ID 0x1a as Line out (Side): >> >> >> >> >> >> http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=d56f9a6d0692c9a8d5c88f43100a6cb78407c163 >> >> >> >> Note that retasking did not work: attempting to play a 8-channel wav >> >> file through hw:1,0 resulted in an "Invalid argument" error. >> >> >> >> FWIW, here is what hdajackretask printed to the console: >> >> >> >> 0x11 0x99430130 >> >> 0x12 0x4037c540 >> >> 0x14 0x01014010 >> >> 0x15 0x01011012 >> >> 0x16 0x01016011 >> >> 0x17 0x411111f0 >> >> 0x18 0x01a19050 >> >> 0x19 0x02a19060 >> >> 0x1a 0x01014413 >> >> 0x1b 0x02214020 >> >> 0x1c 0x411111f0 >> >> 0x1d 0x4045e601 >> >> 0x1e 0x01452140 >> >> 0x1f 0x411111f0 >> >> 1 >> >> >> > >> > you need root privilege for hdajackretask to write the firmware file to >> > /lib/firmware and modify /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-lbase.conf to use the >> > firmware >> > file >> > >> > can you try the patch which add "channel mode" control which allow you >> > to >> > switch from 6ch to 8ch >> >> I have tested the patch. In 8ch mode, it works without any overrides >> in the sense that the side channels go to the blue jack if I choose >> 8ch mode. In the 6ch mode, the line input also works (tested by using >> headphones as a very bad microphone-like source). >> >> Here is alsa-info in the 6ch mode: >> >> http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=d152698d4b2d9589d4c5f14e0c8e6d4978c8fbd0 >> >> And in 8ch mode: >> >> http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=4d5d14fbb559819fd82e7731e656be7efcfab439 >> >> Pulseaudio is not smart enough to decide by itself that it can toggle >> the control and add 7.1 profiles. If I toggle the control manually and >> restart pulseaudio, they appear. >> >> If the role of the "Line jack" control is still unclear, just say so >> and tell me what to do to figure it out. >> I will test everything later today, when I return home. However, I have questions about the tests. > In 8ch mode, do the "Line jack" return true when you plugged "Side Speaker" > ? Do I understand correctly that I need to look at "amixer -c1 contents" output? > Should changes in "channel mode" , "Headphone Mic jack mode" or "Mic Jack > Mode" trigger an event so that pulseaudio server probe the sound card again > ? How can I verify this? Is it enough to look at pulseaudio -vvv output? -- Alexander E. Patrakov
