[alsa-devel] Enable docking station speaker jack for new Lenovo Thinkpads

[Philipp Mohrenweiser]

Hi Mario,
this doesnt work for my T430s.
How did you find out the correct values and parameters?
Thanks a lot,
Cheers Phil


2012/7/31 Mario <anyc at hadiko.de>:
> Hi Phil,
>
> I've managed to get it working with hda-verb only, so just execute the
> following commands:
>
> ./hda-verb /dev/snd/hwC0D0 0x1b SET_PIN_WIDGET_CONTROL 0x40
> ./hda-verb /dev/snd/hwC0D0 0x1b SET_AMP_GAIN_MUTE 0xb000
>
> Although the sound is better when choosing the second Audio Mixer. I
> will take a closer lock at this.
>
> I wrote a "little" blog entry and pushed a script on github. Both can
> be found here:
>
> https://kicherer.org/joomla/index.php/de/blog/liste/27-gentoo-on-thinkpad-t530
> https://github.com/anyc/toolsnstuff/blob/master/gentoo_thinkpad_t530/enable_docking_hp_jack.sh
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> Best regards,
> Mario
>
> On 31.07.2012 00:13, Mario wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> for new Lenovo Thinkpads (mine T530, will probably affect all new
>> [TXW][45]30 models), the model=thinkpad module option does not enable
>> the speaker jack of the docking station. Sound works perfectly with the
>> laptop, only the docking station needs extra work. I managed to get it
>> work using hda-analyzer. It produced the following diff:
>>
>> Diff for codec 0/0 (0x10ec0269):
>> ---
>> +++
>> @@ -210,28 +210,28 @@
>> Unsolicited: tag=0x00, enabled=0
>> Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
>> Connection: 2
>> 0x0c* 0x0d
>> Node 0x1b [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x40058f: Stereo Amp-In Amp-Out
>> Amp-In caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x03, stepsize=0x27, mute=0
>> Amp-In vals: [0x00 0x00]
>> Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
>> - Amp-Out vals: [0x80 0x80]
>> + Amp-Out vals: [0x00 0x00]
>> Pincap 0x00003734: IN OUT Detect
>> Vref caps: HIZ 50 GRD 80 100
>> Pin Default 0x411111f0: [N/A] Speaker at Ext Rear
>> Conn = 1/8, Color = Black
>> DefAssociation = 0xf, Sequence = 0x0
>> Misc = NO_PRESENCE
>> - Pin-ctls: 0x20: IN VREF_HIZ
>> - Unsolicited: tag=0x00, enabled=0
>> - Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
>> - Connection: 2
>> - 0x0c* 0x0d
>> + Pin-ctls: 0x40: OUT VREF_HIZ
>> + Unsolicited: tag=0x00, enabled=0
>> + Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
>> + Connection: 2
>> + 0x0c 0x0d*
>> Node 0x1c [Vendor Defined Widget] wcaps 0xf00000: Mono
>> Node 0x1d [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400400: Mono
>> Pincap 0x00000020: IN
>> Pin Default 0x40138205: [N/A] Speaker at Ext N/A
>> Conn = ATAPI, Color = Purple
>> DefAssociation = 0x0, Sequence = 0x5
>> Pin-ctls: 0x20: IN
>> Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
>>
>> Relevent lspci entry:
>>
>> 00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series
>> Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller [8086:1e20] (rev 04)
>>
>> Chip: Realtek ALC269VC
>>
>> Further alsa-info:
>> http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=e297bdda4fd099425516c7c831e28a2c7d8ae6b6
>>
>> Unfortunately, I failed to create a working hda-verb script. I can
>> change the out-pin with:
>>
>> hda-verb /dev/snd/hwC0D0 0x1b SET_PIN_WIDGET_CONTROL 0x40
>>
>> but I did not find the command to unmute the channel. Can anyone tell me
>> which options are necessary and can this easily be fixed in the kernel?
>>
>> Also, hda-analyzer showed me two mixer devices, they produce a slightly
>> different sound. I don't know if this is important.
>>
>> Thank you very much!
>> Mario
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