Soeren D. Schulze wrote:
Please, even if the solution with the DXS controls in alsamixer didn't comply with the ALSA policies, *it did work*! The current one *does not*. Maybe make the maximum (or default?) DXS volume available as a mixer control or as a module option or something -- whatever you consider the best solution.
Please try this patch:
--- a/sound/pci/via82xx.c +++ b/sound/pci/via82xx.c @@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ static int joystick; static int ac97_clock = 48000; static char *ac97_quirk; static int dxs_support; +static int dxs_init_volume = 31; static int nodelay;
module_param(index, int, 0444); @@ -103,6 +104,8 @@ module_param(ac97_quirk, charp, 0444); MODULE_PARM_DESC(ac97_quirk, "AC'97 workaround for strange hardware."); module_param(dxs_support, int, 0444); MODULE_PARM_DESC(dxs_support, "Support for DXS channels (0 = auto, 1 = enable, 2 = disable, 3 = 48k only, 4 = no VRA, 5 = enable any sample rate)"); +module_param(dxs_init_volume, int, 0644); +MODULE_PARM_DESC(dxs_init_volume, "initial DXS volume (0-31)"); module_param(nodelay, int, 0444); MODULE_PARM_DESC(nodelay, "Disable 500ms init delay");
@@ -1245,8 +1248,10 @@ static int snd_via8233_playback_open(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream) return err; stream = viadev->reg_offset / 0x10; if (chip->dxs_controls[stream]) { - chip->playback_volume[stream][0] = 0; + chip->playback_volume[stream][0] = + VIA_DXS_MAX_VOLUME - (dxs_init_volume & 31); - chip->playback_volume[stream][1] = 0; + chip->playback_volume[stream][1] = + VIA_DXS_MAX_VOLUME - (dxs_init_volume & 31); chip->dxs_controls[stream]->vd[0].access &= ~SNDRV_CTL_ELEM_ACCESS_INACTIVE; snd_ctl_notify(chip->card, SNDRV_CTL_EVENT_MASK_VALUE |