Re: [alsa-devel] intel-hd on an intel G33 motherboard

27 Dec 2007


      Thank you for taking interest in my problem.
I tried alsamixer -D hw:1.0 and similar combinations, but the card doesn't speak to me:
#alsamixer -D hw:1.0
alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for hw:1.0: No such device
It is a pity that Intel hasn't made the choice of a unvarying unified APIs. Unhappy collaborations such as those between Microsoft and Intel usually bring trouble and pain to developers.
It's quite infuriating to only get sound out the card via headphones which means that the card is working to a certain degree.  It looks like it's taunting me ;-)
Patrick
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From: tdavis@dsl-only.net
To: fuuss@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 16:47:27 -0800
CC: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org
Subject: Re: [alsa-devel] intel-hd on an intel G33 motherboard
Ok, the second codec is the HDMI port. For some reason, it is getting
assigned to be primary sound device. Try "alsamixer -D hw:1.0" to see
if it can control the realtek device.
Oddly enough, I used to work at Intel as a contractor, developing audio
drivers for their boards. They stopped supporting Linux when my
contract ended.
I'll see what I can do over the next couple of weeks.
Tobin
On Thu, 2007-12-27 at 00:33 +0000, De Fuuss wrote:
...
Hi Tobin,
Thanks for you quick reply.
I tried both 3stack-6ch and 3stack-6ch-dig (the card has a spdif out). I found out that when putting on headphones on a separate headphone jack I get some sound with both settings. Hoever, the front out l/r, center/bass sourround back l/r and side sourround l/r port remain silent.
I set all channels to 80-100% in alsamixer.
A few more details from my setup:
Shuttle XPC SG33G5M
Intel G33 Express + ICH9DH
Interestingly, when I run alsamixer, it identifies the Chip as "Generic 1095 ID 1392", in other words in points to codec#1. I thought it should point to codec#0, e.g. RealTek ALC888
I have the strong impression that the channels are not truly set by alsamixer as they point to the wrong codec. I'm only a layman in ALSA, and I have no idea how to tell alsamixer to consider codec#0 instead codec#1.
Do you have any idea on how to crack this nut?
Below is the output of both codecs:
Thank you.
Best regards,
Patrick

#cat /proc/asound/cards
0 [Intel ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
HDA Intel at 0xfdff8000 irq 22
# cat /proc/asound/Intel/codec#0
Codec: Realtek ALC888
Address: 0
Vendor Id: 0x10ec0888
Subsystem Id: 0x12970888
Revision Id: 0x100001
No Modem Function Group found
Default PCM:
rates [0x560]: 44100 48000 96000 192000
bits [0xe]: 16 20 24
formats [0x1]: PCM
Default Amp-In caps: N/A
Default Amp-Out caps: N/A
Node 0x02 [Audio Output] wcaps 0x11: Stereo
PCM:
rates [0x560]: 44100 48000 96000 192000
bits [0xe]: 16 20 24
formats [0x1]: PCM
Node 0x03 [Audio Output] wcaps 0x11: Stereo
PCM:
rates [0x560]: 44100 48000 96000 192000
bits [0xe]: 16 20 24
formats [0x1]: PCM
Node 0x04 [Audio Output] wcaps 0x11: Stereo
PCM:
rates [0x560]: 44100 48000 96000 192000
bits [0xe]: 16 20 24
formats [0x1]: PCM
Node 0x05 [Audio Output] wcaps 0x11: Stereo
PCM:
rates [0x560]: 44100 48000 96000 192000
bits [0xe]: 16 20 24
formats [0x1]: PCM
Node 0x06 [Audio Output] wcaps 0x211: Stereo Digital
PCM:
rates [0x5e0]: 44100 48000 88200 96000 192000
bits [0x1e]: 16 20 24 32
formats [0x1]: PCM
Node 0x07 [Vendor Defined Widget] wcaps 0xf00000: Mono
Node 0x08 [Audio Input] wcaps 0x10011b: Stereo Amp-In
Amp-In caps: ofs=0x0b, nsteps=0x1f, stepsize=0x05, mute=1
Amp-In vals: [0x9f 0x9f]
PCM:
rates [0x160]: 44100 48000 96000
bits [0x6]: 16 20
formats [0x1]: PCM
Connection: 1
0x23
Node 0x09 [Audio Input] wcaps 0x10011b: Stereo Amp-In
Amp-In caps: ofs=0x0b, nsteps=0x1f, stepsize=0x05, mute=1
Amp-In vals: [0x9f 0x9f]
PCM:
rates [0x160]: 44100 48000 96000
bits [0x6]: 16 20
formats [0x1]: PCM
Connection: 1
0x22
Node 0x0a [Audio Input] wcaps 0x100391: Stereo Digital
PCM:
rates [0x560]: 44100 48000 96000 192000
bits [0x1e]: 16 20 24 32
formats [0x1]: PCM
Connection: 1
0x1f
Node 0x0b [Audio Mixer] wcaps 0x20010b: Stereo Amp-In
Amp-In caps: ofs=0x17, nsteps=0x1f, stepsize=0x05, mute=1
Amp-In vals: [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80] [0x9d 0x9d] [0x80 0x80] [0x9f 0x9f] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80]
Connection: 10
0x18 0x19 0x1a 0x1b 0x1c 0x1d 0x14 0x15 0x16 0x17
Node 0x0c [Audio Mixer] wcaps 0x20010f: Stereo Amp-In Amp-Out
Amp-In caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
Amp-In vals: [0x00 0x00] [0x00 0x00]
Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x1f, nsteps=0x1f, stepsize=0x05, mute=0
Amp-Out vals: [0x1d 0x1d]
Connection: 2
0x02 0x0b
Node 0x0d [Audio Mixer] wcaps 0x20010f: Stereo Amp-In Amp-Out
Amp-In caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
Amp-In vals: [0x00 0x00] [0x00 0x00]
Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x1f, nsteps=0x1f, stepsize=0x05, mute=0
Amp-Out vals: [0x1f 0x1f]
Connection: 2
0x03 0x0b
Node 0x0e [Audio Mixer] wcaps 0x20010f: Stereo Amp-In Amp-Out
Amp-In caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
Amp-In vals: [0x00 0x00] [0x00 0x00]
Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x1f, nsteps=0x1f, stepsize=0x05, mute=0
Amp-Out vals: [0x1f 0x1f]
Connection: 2
0x04 0x0b
Node 0x0f [Audio Mixer] wcaps 0x20010f: Stereo Amp-In Amp-Out
Amp-In caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
Amp-In vals: [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80]
Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x1f, nsteps=0x1f, stepsize=0x05, mute=0
Amp-Out vals: [0x00 0x00]
Connection: 2
0x05 0x0b
Node 0x10 [Vendor Defined Widget] wcaps 0xf00000: Mono
Node 0x11 [Vendor Defined Widget] wcaps 0xf00000: Mono
Node 0x12 [Vendor Defined Widget] wcaps 0xf00000: Mono
Node 0x13 [Vendor Defined Widget] wcaps 0xf00000: Mono
Node 0x14 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x40018f: Stereo Amp-In Amp-Out
Amp-In caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x03, stepsize=0x27, mute=0
Amp-In vals: [0x00 0x00] [0x00 0x00] [0x00 0x00] [0x00 0x00] [0x00 0x00]
Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
Amp-Out vals: [0x00 0x00]
Pincap 0x083e: IN OUT HP Detect
Pin Default 0x01014010: [Jack] Line Out at Ext Rear
Conn = 1/8, Color = Green
Pin-ctls: 0x40: OUT
Connection: 5
0x0c* 0x0d 0x0e 0x0f 0x26
Node 0x15 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x40018f: Stereo Amp-In Amp-Out
Amp-In caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x03, stepsize=0x27, mute=0
Amp-In vals: [0x00 0x00] [0x00 0x00] [0x00 0x00] [0x00 0x00] [0x00 0x00]
Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
Amp-Out vals: [0x00 0x00]
Pincap 0x083e: IN OUT HP Detect
Pin Default 0x01011012: [Jack] Line Out at Ext Rear
Conn = 1/8, Color = Black
Pin-ctls: 0x40: OUT
Connection: 5
0x0c 0x0d* 0x0e 0x0f 0x26
Node 0x16 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x40018f: Stereo Amp-In Amp-Out
Amp-In caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x03, stepsize=0x27, mute=0
Amp-In vals: [0x00 0x00] [0x00 0x00] [0x00 0x00] [0x00 0x00] [0x00 0x00]
Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
Amp-Out vals: [0x00 0x00]
Pincap 0x0836: IN OUT Detect
Pin Default 0x01016011: [Jack] Line Out at Ext Rear
Conn = 1/8, Color = Orange
Pin-ctls: 0x40: OUT
Connection: 5
0x0c 0x0d 0x0e* 0x0f 0x26
Node 0x17 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x40018f: Stereo Amp-In Amp-Out
Amp-In caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x03, stepsize=0x27, mute=0
Amp-In vals: [0x00 0x00] [0x00 0x00] [0x00 0x00] [0x00 0x00] [0x00 0x00]
Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
Amp-Out vals: [0x00 0x00]
Pincap 0x0836: IN OUT Detect
Pin Default 0x01012014: [Jack] Line Out at Ext Rear
Conn = 1/8, Color = Grey
Pin-ctls: 0x40: OUT
Connection: 5
0x0c 0x0d 0x0e 0x0f* 0x26
Node 0x18 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x40018f: Stereo Amp-In Amp-Out
Amp-In caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x03, stepsize=0x27, mute=0
Amp-In vals: [0x00 0x00] [0x00 0x00] [0x00 0x00] [0x00 0x00] [0x00 0x00]
Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
Amp-Out vals: [0x00 0x00]
Pincap 0x08373e: IN OUT HP Detect
Pin Default 0x01813040: [Jack] Line In at Ext Rear
Conn = 1/8, Color = Blue
Pin-ctls: 0x40: OUT
Connection: 5
0x0c 0x0d 0x0e* 0x0f 0x26
Node 0x19 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x40018f: Stereo Amp-In Amp-Out
Amp-In caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x03, stepsize=0x27, mute=0
Amp-In vals: [0x00 0x00] [0x00 0x00] [0x00 0x00] [0x00 0x00] [0x00 0x00]
Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
Amp-Out vals: [0x80 0x80]
Pincap 0x08373e: IN OUT HP Detect
Pin Default 0x02a19850: [Jack] Mic at Ext Front
Conn = 1/8, Color = Pink
Pin-ctls: 0x24: IN
Connection: 5
0x0c* 0x0d 0x0e 0x0f 0x26
Node 0x1a [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x40018f: Stereo Amp-In Amp-Out
Amp-In caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x03, stepsize=0x27, mute=0
Amp-In vals: [0x00 0x00] [0x00 0x00] [0x00 0x00] [0x00 0x00] [0x00 0x00]
Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
Amp-Out vals: [0x00 0x00]
Pincap 0x08373e: IN OUT HP Detect
Pin Default 0x9993014f: [Fixed] Aux at Int ATAPI
Conn = ATAPI, Color = Unknown
Pin-ctls: 0x40: OUT
Connection: 5
0x0c 0x0d* 0x0e 0x0f 0x26
Node 0x1b [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x40018f: Stereo Amp-In Amp-Out
Amp-In caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x03, stepsize=0x27, mute=0
Amp-In vals: [0x00 0x00] [0x00 0x00] [0x00 0x00] [0x00 0x00] [0x00 0x00]
Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
Amp-Out vals: [0x00 0x00]
Pincap 0x08373e: IN OUT HP Detect
Pin Default 0x02214020: [Jack] HP Out at Ext Front
Conn = 1/8, Color = Green
Pin-ctls: 0xc0: OUT HP
Connection: 5
0x0c* 0x0d 0x0e 0x0f 0x26
Node 0x1c [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400001: Stereo
Pincap 0x0820: IN
Pin Default 0x411111f0: [N/A] Speaker at Ext Rear
Conn = 1/8, Color = Black
Pin-ctls: 0x20: IN
Node 0x1d [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400000: Mono
Pincap 0x0820: IN
Pin Default 0x4005a603: [N/A] Line Out at Ext N/A
Conn = Optical, Color = UNKNOWN
Pin-ctls: 0x20: IN
Node 0x1e [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400300: Mono Digital
Pincap 0x0810: OUT
Pin Default 0x01451130: [Jack] SPDIF Out at Ext Rear
Conn = Optical, Color = Black
Pin-ctls: 0x40: OUT
Connection: 1
0x06
Node 0x1f [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400200: Mono Digital
Pincap 0x0820: IN
Pin Default 0x01c59160: [Jack] SPDIF In at Ext Rear
Conn = Optical, Color = Pink
Pin-ctls: 0x20: IN
Node 0x20 [Vendor Defined Widget] wcaps 0xf00040: Mono
Node 0x21 [Vendor Defined Widget] wcaps 0xf00000: Mono
Node 0x22 [Audio Mixer] wcaps 0x20010b: Stereo Amp-In
Amp-In caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
Amp-In vals: [0x00 0x00] [0x00 0x00] [0x00 0x00] [0x80 0x80] [0x00 0x00] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80]
Connection: 11
0x18 0x19 0x1a 0x1b 0x1c 0x1d 0x14 0x15 0x16 0x17 0x0b
Node 0x23 [Audio Mixer] wcaps 0x20010b: Stereo Amp-In
Amp-In caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
Amp-In vals: [0x00 0x00] [0x00 0x00] [0x00 0x00] [0x80 0x80] [0x00 0x00] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80]
Connection: 11
0x18 0x19 0x1a 0x1b 0x1c 0x1d 0x14 0x15 0x16 0x17 0x0b
Node 0x24 [Vendor Defined Widget] wcaps 0xf00000: Mono
Node 0x25 [Audio Output] wcaps 0x11: Stereo
PCM:
rates [0x560]: 44100 48000 96000 192000
bits [0xe]: 16 20 24
formats [0x1]: PCM
Node 0x26 [Audio Mixer] wcaps 0x20010f: Stereo Amp-In Amp-Out
Amp-In caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
Amp-In vals: [0x00 0x00] [0x80 0x80]
Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x1f, nsteps=0x1f, stepsize=0x05, mute=0
Amp-Out vals: [0x00 0x00]
Connection: 2
0x25 0x0b
A second codec sits at /proc/asound/Intel/codec#0. A cat results in:
Codec: Generic 1095 ID 1392
Address: 1
Vendor Id: 0x10951392
Subsystem Id: 0xffffffff
Revision Id: 0x100000
No Modem Function Group found
Default PCM:
rates [0x0]:
bits [0x0]:
formats [0x0]:
Default Amp-In caps: N/A
Default Amp-Out caps: N/A
Node 0x02 [Audio Output] wcaps 0x6211: Stereo Digital
PCM:
rates [0x7f0]: 32000 44100 48000 88200 96000 176400 192000
bits [0x1e]: 16 20 24 32
formats [0x5]: PCM AC3
Node 0x03 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x40738d: Stereo Digital Amp-Out
Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
Amp-Out vals: [0x80 0x80]
Pincap 0x0894: OUT Detect
Pin Default 0x18560010: [Jack] Digital Out at Int HDMI
Conn = Digital, Color = Unknown
Pin-ctls: 0x00:
Connection: 1
0x02
...
From: tdavis@dsl-only.net
To: fuuss@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 11:30:28 -0800
CC: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org
Subject: Re: [alsa-devel] intel-hd on an intel G33 motherboard
Try "model=3stack-6ch". Also, if you look in the
alsa-driver-1.0.15/alsa-kernel/Documentation/Alsa-Configuration.txt
file, there are other models you can select for the alc883/888 codec.
Let me know if this works and I'll add your system to the driver.
Tobin
On Wed, 2007-12-26 at 18:42 +0000, De Fuuss wrote:
...
Hi,
Maybe I'm missing something, but I've failed to get even the slightest
noise out of the onboard sound card from a Intel G33 motherboard. I
tried the alsa drivers from the alsa-driver-1.0.15 package as well as
the the alsa drivers provided by kernel 2.6.23 (built as modules), to
no avail.
The sound chip is identified as a Intel HDA / Realtek ALC888 on the Intel G33 ICH9 motherboard.
After reading some of the documentation from the ALSA site and googling through half the internet I haven't found out yet if this specific sound card is supported by ALSA and if some module options must be passed (such as options snd-intel-hda model=.....).
Could somebody be so kind as to point me into the right direction?
Thank you.
Best regards,
Patrick

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