[alsa-devel] Acer Ferrari 5000

[Russ Dill]

On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 8:45 AM, Takashi Iwai <tiwai at suse.de> 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 at suse.de> 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 at suse.de> 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 at suse.de> 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 at suse.de> 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 be
working rather well. The headphone plug/unplug detection and speaker
muting actually work :) However, I'm still not getting HDMI audio
working. I'm not that familiar with IEC958, how should I have the
switches 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
>