[alsa-devel] ECS K7VTA3: Mixer channels reversed

[Takashi Iwai]

At Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:08:02 -0700,
walt wrote:
> 
> Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > At Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:15:05 -0700,
> > walt wrote:
> >> Hi list,
> >>
> >> I just replaced a mobo with an ECS K7VTA3 and I find that the
> >> Headphones control is now controlling the master channel and the
> >> Master control does nothing.
> >>
> >> I tried 'modprobe via82xx ac97_quirk=hp_only' but that makes the
> >> audio device unusable (although alsamixer still seems happy to set
> >> the individual channels).
> >
> > You mean that you don't hear any outputs?  Which I/O (HP out,
> > line-out, etc) are you testing?
> 
> Sorry, I forgot to mention that RealAudio player complains that it
> "cannot open the audio device. Another application may be using it."
> 
> However, I just tried mplayer, which *does* work normally and the
> master channel also works properly again.
> 
> So it seems that hp_only works, but only partly.  Any idea why
> RealPlayer is complaining?

Hard to believe that the error of RealPlayer comes from ac97_quirk
option.  It's likely a coincidence.  Please double-check.


Takashi