[alsa-devel] ALSA bug 0002948
Hi,
I'll apologize up front if this post seems a little incoherent, I've been trying to find a solution to this bug for a few months now and this is sort of a collection of observations that I've made and I'm hoping someone might read this and a light will go on...
The problem is no sound from a stac9200 on various gateway models, although it's possible to get sound from the mic port, never from the hp or internal stereo speakers. I recently used a windows utility called "regmon" to log the registry events that occurred during a jack cycle on the hp port. I expected to see something like this:
... stsystra.exe:2380 SetValue HKLM\Software\Sigmatel\GlobalState\STSysTray\1.0\JackPresenced SUCCESS 0x0 ...
indicating an event on port D, but instead got:
... SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Compressor\CompRatio SUCCESS 0xC8 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Compressor\CompAttack SUCCESS 0x26B6 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Compressor\CompRelease SUCCESS 0x26B6 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Compressor\CompThreshDb SUCCESS 0xFFFFFDA8 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Compressor\MakeupGainDB SUCCESS 0xC8 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Compressor\GateRatio SUCCESS 0x258 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Compressor\GateAttack SUCCESS 0x2706 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Compressor\GateRelease SUCCESS 0x2706 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Compressor\GateThreshDb SUCCESS 0xFFFFDCD8 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Compressor\Flags SUCCESS 0x9 ... SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Limiter\CompRatio SUCCESS 0xE74 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Limiter\CompAttack SUCCESS 0x26AC SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Limiter\CompRelease SUCCESS 0x26AC SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Limiter\CompThreshDb SUCCESS 0x0 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Limiter\MakeupGainDB SUCCESS 0x0 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Limiter\GateRatio SUCCESS 0x64 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Limiter\GateAttack SUCCESS 0x2328 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Limiter\GateRelease SUCCESS 0x2328 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Limiter\GateThreshDb SUCCESS 0xFFFFDCD8 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Limiter\Flags SUCCESS 0xB ...
and upon removal:
... SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Compressor\CompRatio SUCCESS 0xC8 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Compressor\CompAttack SUCCESS 0x26B6 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Compressor\CompRelease SUCCESS 0x26B6 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Compressor\CompThreshDb SUCCESS 0xFFFFFDA8 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Compressor\MakeupGainDB SUCCESS 0xC8 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Compressor\GateRatio SUCCESS 0x258 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Compressor\GateAttack SUCCESS 0x2706 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Compressor\GateRelease SUCCESS 0x2706 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Compressor\GateThreshDb SUCCESS 0xFFFFDCD8 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Compressor\Flags SUCCESS 0x8 ... SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Limiter\CompRatio SUCCESS 0xE74 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Limiter\CompAttack SUCCESS 0x26AC SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Limiter\CompRelease SUCCESS 0x26AC SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Limiter\CompThreshDb SUCCESS 0x0 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Limiter\MakeupGainDB SUCCESS 0x0 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Limiter\GateRatio SUCCESS 0x64 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Limiter\GateAttack SUCCESS 0x2328 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Limiter\GateRelease SUCCESS 0x2328 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Limiter\GateThreshDb SUCCESS 0xFFFFDCD8 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Limiter\Flags SUCCESS 0xA ...
Notice how the "Flags" key changes? I don't understand much of this, but it seems like the output is being manipulated via digital post-processing rather than re-tasking of the analog pin widgets. I had also been trying to make sense of the following line in the windows driver file:
InitVerbs: 03, a0, 45, 01;
which I'd guessed earlier could be interpreted as verb 0x3a0 and payload of 0x4501, (amplifier gain/mute, set input amp, port B(?), unmute, gain step 1) which actually makes some sense in this context, since if the flags key is referencing pin widgets the input mux should be unmuted if it's to be used as the limiter.
So if I'm actually on the right track here, how would something like this be implemented in ALSA? Via /etc/asoundrc? I tried setting the digital mixer as the default pcm device and now the gnome-volume-applet shows the device as being muted, and is unable to unmute it. Nothing is muted in alsamixer though, so I'm guessing that I didn't do this correctly in any event.
Another potentially interesting observation is that in the windows sound control options there is both a master volume control and a "Wave" volume control which seem to be bound together somehow even though they are independent controls. ie: the wave control appears to have the exact same function as the master volume.
Lastly, the system beep (which for what it's worth "sounds digital" to my untrained ears), works prior to the snd-hda-intel module being loaded, but not afterwards, even when unloaded. Is there any debugging code aready in alsa that would produce a copy of /proc/asound/card0/codec#0 prior to any codec initialization?
If anyone can make some suggestions I'd be quite grateful. Also, if there is any specific debugging results you'd like to see let me know and I'll append them to the bug report.
Thanks, -brian
Well, to start, which version of the driver are you running? (cat /proc./asound/version).
Also, what model Gateway? What is the output from http://bulletproof.servebeer.com/alsa/scripts/alsa-info.sh
These tidbits will help to get your system supported. What Windows does during use and what Alsa does can be completely different due to numerous factors. But for the Sigmatel codecs, the key is the initialization settings for the pins. Once these are set properly, the sound will work almost the same (well, alsa doesn't have the bloat that Windows has).
Tobin
On Mon, 2007-09-03 at 17:31 -0400, Brian Hinz wrote:
Hi,
I'll apologize up front if this post seems a little incoherent, I've been trying to find a solution to this bug for a few months now and this is sort of a collection of observations that I've made and I'm hoping someone might read this and a light will go on...
The problem is no sound from a stac9200 on various gateway models, although it's possible to get sound from the mic port, never from the hp or internal stereo speakers. I recently used a windows utility called "regmon" to log the registry events that occurred during a jack cycle on the hp port. I expected to see something like this:
... stsystra.exe:2380 SetValue HKLM\Software\Sigmatel\GlobalState\STSysTray\1.0\JackPresenced SUCCESS 0x0 ...
indicating an event on port D, but instead got:
... SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Compressor\CompRatio SUCCESS 0xC8 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Compressor\CompAttack SUCCESS 0x26B6 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Compressor\CompRelease SUCCESS 0x26B6 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Compressor\CompThreshDb SUCCESS 0xFFFFFDA8 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Compressor\MakeupGainDB SUCCESS 0xC8 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Compressor\GateRatio SUCCESS 0x258 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Compressor\GateAttack SUCCESS 0x2706 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Compressor\GateRelease SUCCESS 0x2706 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Compressor\GateThreshDb SUCCESS 0xFFFFDCD8 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Compressor\Flags SUCCESS 0x9 ... SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Limiter\CompRatio SUCCESS 0xE74 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Limiter\CompAttack SUCCESS 0x26AC SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Limiter\CompRelease SUCCESS 0x26AC SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Limiter\CompThreshDb SUCCESS 0x0 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Limiter\MakeupGainDB SUCCESS 0x0 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Limiter\GateRatio SUCCESS 0x64 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Limiter\GateAttack SUCCESS 0x2328 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Limiter\GateRelease SUCCESS 0x2328 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Limiter\GateThreshDb SUCCESS 0xFFFFDCD8 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Limiter\Flags SUCCESS 0xB ...
and upon removal:
... SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Compressor\CompRatio SUCCESS 0xC8 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Compressor\CompAttack SUCCESS 0x26B6 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Compressor\CompRelease SUCCESS 0x26B6 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Compressor\CompThreshDb SUCCESS 0xFFFFFDA8 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Compressor\MakeupGainDB SUCCESS 0xC8 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Compressor\GateRatio SUCCESS 0x258 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Compressor\GateAttack SUCCESS 0x2706 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Compressor\GateRelease SUCCESS 0x2706 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Compressor\GateThreshDb SUCCESS 0xFFFFDCD8 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Compressor\Flags SUCCESS 0x8 ... SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Limiter\CompRatio SUCCESS 0xE74 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Limiter\CompAttack SUCCESS 0x26AC SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Limiter\CompRelease SUCCESS 0x26AC SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Limiter\CompThreshDb SUCCESS 0x0 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Limiter\MakeupGainDB SUCCESS 0x0 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Limiter\GateRatio SUCCESS 0x64 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Limiter\GateAttack SUCCESS 0x2328 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Limiter\GateRelease SUCCESS 0x2328 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Limiter\GateThreshDb SUCCESS 0xFFFFDCD8 SetValue HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Limiter\Flags SUCCESS 0xA ...
Notice how the "Flags" key changes? I don't understand much of this, but it seems like the output is being manipulated via digital post-processing rather than re-tasking of the analog pin widgets. I had also been trying to make sense of the following line in the windows driver file:
InitVerbs: 03, a0, 45, 01;
which I'd guessed earlier could be interpreted as verb 0x3a0 and payload of 0x4501, (amplifier gain/mute, set input amp, port B(?), unmute, gain step 1) which actually makes some sense in this context, since if the flags key is referencing pin widgets the input mux should be unmuted if it's to be used as the limiter.
So if I'm actually on the right track here, how would something like this be implemented in ALSA? Via /etc/asoundrc? I tried setting the digital mixer as the default pcm device and now the gnome-volume-applet shows the device as being muted, and is unable to unmute it. Nothing is muted in alsamixer though, so I'm guessing that I didn't do this correctly in any event.
Another potentially interesting observation is that in the windows sound control options there is both a master volume control and a "Wave" volume control which seem to be bound together somehow even though they are independent controls. ie: the wave control appears to have the exact same function as the master volume.
Lastly, the system beep (which for what it's worth "sounds digital" to my untrained ears), works prior to the snd-hda-intel module being loaded, but not afterwards, even when unloaded. Is there any debugging code aready in alsa that would produce a copy of /proc/asound/card0/codec#0 prior to any codec initialization?
If anyone can make some suggestions I'd be quite grateful. Also, if there is any specific debugging results you'd like to see let me know and I'll append them to the bug report.
Thanks, -brian
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Hi Tobin,
Thanks for responding. I've added the output of the alsa-info.sh as an attachment to the issue report page:
https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/file_download.php?file_id=2210&am...
The model I'm struggling with is an NX100X, the bug was initially opened in regards to an MX3414 and others have reported the same trouble with an ML3109. The only reason that I mention this is that they all use the same ini file and windows driver, can't say with any real certainty if the hardware is identical, but they are all using stac9200 and agere softmodem codecs (the one that was reported recently as being claimed by the patch_si3054 erroneously, so I've removed that id from patch_si3054.c and also used probe_mask=1). I'm currently using an hg build from about two days ago.
As for the pin configs, I've read the datasheet front to back several times and as near as I can tell they are correct. What is shipped with the gateway driver seems like a very generic set of values - very similar to what the codec datasheet specifies as the defaults. These values are also what the windows registry reports, but those reported by microsoft's "uaatest" utility (from the MS hardware compatibility testsuite) seem to make a lot more sense, and since they are from a direct probe of the codec I've stuck with these. I've tried every variant that makes sense to me, but so far the only port that produces sound is the mic.
I also removed the motherboard from the laptop and probed around a bit with a continuity meter. The only notable thing that I could get from this was that I did not have continuity from any of the pins in the speaker connector to any of the pins on the codec - so I assume that there is an external amp somewhere, though I couldn't locate it. Is it possible that the modem is somehow involved? I've tried setting the EAPD bit but nothing there either... (however GPIO3 doubles as the SPDIF in and also controls EAPD, and the windows driver does have a "GPIO: "3": hex:85" line - I emailed IDT and asked what the significance of this was but never got a response).
Thanks, -brian
From: Tobin Davis tdavis@dsl-only.net To: Brian Hinz bphinz@hotmail.com CC: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org Subject: Re: [alsa-devel] ALSA bug 0002948 Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2007 15:44:00 -0700
Well, to start, which version of the driver are you running? (cat /proc./asound/version).
Also, what model Gateway? What is the output from http://bulletproof.servebeer.com/alsa/scripts/alsa-info.sh
These tidbits will help to get your system supported. What Windows does during use and what Alsa does can be completely different due to numerous factors. But for the Sigmatel codecs, the key is the initialization settings for the pins. Once these are set properly, the sound will work almost the same (well, alsa doesn't have the bloat that Windows has).
Tobin
On Mon, 2007-09-03 at 17:31 -0400, Brian Hinz wrote:
Hi,
I'll apologize up front if this post seems a little incoherent, I've
been
trying to find a solution to this bug for a few months now and this is
sort
of a collection of observations that I've made and I'm hoping someone
might
read this and a light will go on...
The problem is no sound from a stac9200 on various gateway models,
although
it's possible to get sound from the mic port, never from the hp or
internal
stereo speakers. I recently used a windows utility called "regmon" to
log
the registry events that occurred during a jack cycle on the hp port. I expected to see something like this:
... stsystra.exe:2380 SetValue HKLM\Software\Sigmatel\GlobalState\STSysTray\1.0\JackPresenced SUCCESS
0x0
...
indicating an event on port D, but instead got:
... SetValue
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Compressor\CompRatio
SUCCESS 0xC8 SetValue
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Compressor\CompAttack
SUCCESS 0x26B6 SetValue
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Compressor\CompRelease
SUCCESS 0x26B6 SetValue
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Compressor\CompThreshDb
SUCCESS 0xFFFFFDA8 SetValue
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Compressor\MakeupGainDB
SUCCESS 0xC8 SetValue
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Compressor\GateRatio
SUCCESS 0x258 SetValue
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Compressor\GateAttack
SUCCESS 0x2706 SetValue
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Compressor\GateRelease
SUCCESS 0x2706 SetValue
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Compressor\GateThreshDb
SUCCESS 0xFFFFDCD8 SetValue
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Compressor\Flags
SUCCESS 0x9 ... SetValue
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Limiter\CompRatio
SUCCESS 0xE74 SetValue
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Limiter\CompAttack
SUCCESS 0x26AC SetValue
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Limiter\CompRelease
SUCCESS 0x26AC SetValue
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Limiter\CompThreshDb
SUCCESS 0x0 SetValue
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Limiter\MakeupGainDB
SUCCESS 0x0 SetValue
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Limiter\GateRatio
SUCCESS 0x64 SetValue
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Limiter\GateAttack
SUCCESS 0x2328 SetValue
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Limiter\GateRelease
SUCCESS 0x2328 SetValue
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Limiter\GateThreshDb
SUCCESS 0xFFFFDCD8 SetValue
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Limiter\Flags
SUCCESS 0xB ...
and upon removal:
... SetValue
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Compressor\CompRatio
SUCCESS 0xC8 SetValue
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Compressor\CompAttack
SUCCESS 0x26B6 SetValue
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Compressor\CompRelease
SUCCESS 0x26B6 SetValue
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Compressor\CompThreshDb
SUCCESS 0xFFFFFDA8 SetValue
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Compressor\MakeupGainDB
SUCCESS 0xC8 SetValue
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Compressor\GateRatio
SUCCESS 0x258 SetValue
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Compressor\GateAttack
SUCCESS 0x2706 SetValue
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Compressor\GateRelease
SUCCESS 0x2706 SetValue
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Compressor\GateThreshDb
SUCCESS 0xFFFFDCD8 SetValue
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Compressor\Flags
SUCCESS 0x8 ... SetValue
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Limiter\CompRatio
SUCCESS 0xE74 SetValue
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Limiter\CompAttack
SUCCESS 0x26AC SetValue
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Limiter\CompRelease
SUCCESS 0x26AC SetValue
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Limiter\CompThreshDb
SUCCESS 0x0 SetValue
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Limiter\MakeupGainDB
SUCCESS 0x0 SetValue
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Limiter\GateRatio
SUCCESS 0x64 SetValue
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Limiter\GateAttack
SUCCESS 0x2328 SetValue
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Limiter\GateRelease
SUCCESS 0x2328 SetValue
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Limiter\GateThreshDb
SUCCESS 0xFFFFDCD8 SetValue
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\Settings\filter\Rear\Presets_Initial\Render\Limiter\Flags
SUCCESS 0xA ...
Notice how the "Flags" key changes? I don't understand much of this,
but it
seems like the output is being manipulated via digital post-processing rather than re-tasking of the analog pin widgets. I had also been
trying to
make sense of the following line in the windows driver file:
InitVerbs: 03, a0, 45, 01;
which I'd guessed earlier could be interpreted as verb 0x3a0 and payload
of
0x4501, (amplifier gain/mute, set input amp, port B(?), unmute, gain
step 1)
which actually makes some sense in this context, since if the flags key
is
referencing pin widgets the input mux should be unmuted if it's to be
used
as the limiter.
So if I'm actually on the right track here, how would something like
this be
implemented in ALSA? Via /etc/asoundrc? I tried setting the digital
mixer
as the default pcm device and now the gnome-volume-applet shows the
device
as being muted, and is unable to unmute it. Nothing is muted in
alsamixer
though, so I'm guessing that I didn't do this correctly in any event.
Another potentially interesting observation is that in the windows sound control options there is both a master volume control and a "Wave"
volume
control which seem to be bound together somehow even though they are independent controls. ie: the wave control appears to have the exact
same
function as the master volume.
Lastly, the system beep (which for what it's worth "sounds digital" to
my
untrained ears), works prior to the snd-hda-intel module being loaded,
but
not afterwards, even when unloaded. Is there any debugging code aready
in
alsa that would produce a copy of /proc/asound/card0/codec#0 prior to
any
codec initialization?
If anyone can make some suggestions I'd be quite grateful. Also, if
there
is any specific debugging results you'd like to see let me know and I'll append them to the bug report.
Thanks, -brian
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