[alsa-devel] Benq S32 headphones detection

[Takashi Iwai]

At Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:32:31 +0300,
Aleh wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:05:42 +0300, Takashi Iwai <tiwai at suse.de> wrote:
> 
> > At Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:51:12 +0300,
> > Aleh wrote:
> >>
> >> On Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:40:22 +0300, Takashi Iwai <tiwai at suse.de> wrote:
> >>
> >> > At Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:38:05 +0300,
> >> > Aleh wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> On Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:29:30 +0300, Takashi Iwai <tiwai at suse.de>  
> >> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> > At Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:25:18 +0300,
> >> >> > Aleh wrote:
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> On Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:13:17 +0300, Takashi Iwai <tiwai at suse.de>
> >> >> wrote:
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> > At Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:50:32 +0300,
> >> >> >> > Aleh wrote:
> >> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >> On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:04:12 +0300, Takashi Iwai  
> >> <tiwai at suse.de>
> >> >> >> wrote:
> >> >> >> >> > At Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:58:58 +0300
> >> >> >> >> > Aleh wrote:
> >> >> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >> >> Hi,
> >> >> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >> >> I had a problem with muting speakers when headphones are
> >> >> >> plugged-in
> >> >> >> >> on
> >> >> >> >> >> my
> >> >> >> >> >> Benq S32B. So I added proper board configuration to
> >> >> >> >> >> sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c and now it works.
> >> >> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >> >> I wonder if anyone has similar hardware (S-series Benq  
> >> laptop)
> >> >> to
> >> >> >> >> test
> >> >> >> >> >> the
> >> >> >> >> >> patch (attached) if you find it useful.
> >> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> > Thanks for the patch.
> >> >> >> >> > The lack of headphone mute is likely because of codec SSID
> >> >> value.
> >> >> >> >> > The realtek codec is supposed to have some special SSID
> >> >> indicating
> >> >> >> >> > the assembly information, but many vendors don't follow it.
> >> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> > Could you try the patch below and try model=auto?  It's  
> >> found in
> >> >> >> >> > sound-unstable tree, too...
> >> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >> Downloaded and installed
> >> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >>  
> >> http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/tiwai/alsa/alsa-driver/alsa-driver-unstable-snapshot.tar.bz2
> >> >> >> >> in accordance with those instructions:
> >> >> >> >>
> >> >> http://alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Matrix:Module-hda-intel
> >> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >> loaded it with option 'model=auto' as you suggested, launched
> >> >> mplayer
> >> >> >> >> and
> >> >> >> >> plugged/unplugged headphones several times.
> >> >> >> >> Unfortunately, those actions weren't recognized and  
> >> laudspeakers
> >> >> >> >> continued
> >> >> >> >> playing without any interruption.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > OK, I found a problem.  The hook wasn't activated for ALC262.
> >> >> >> > I fixed the patch now.  Could you retry the unstable snapshot
> >> >> again?
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Gave a try to today's snapshot - the problem still exists as
> >> >> headphones
> >> >> >> haven't been detected.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > With alsa-driver-unstable snapshot tarball?
> >> >> > What is the first line of alsa-driver*/alsa-kernel/HEAD file?
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Takashi
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> 31d2caf87f5dc5700897ff820c08e84ca35fcffb Merge commit 'stable/master'
> >> >
> >> > OK, this is the latest version.
> >> >
> >> > Could you run alsa-info.sh at HP plugged and unplugged states, and
> >> > attach both files?
> >>
> >> Done
> >
> > Thanks.  Found out a bug in the patch there.
> > Now I fixed it and updated the snapshot tarball again.
> > Could you give it a try later?  It must contain alsa-kernel/HEAD
> >    3db06e963fc5d6199373d988d72f9eaeb745acc7 Merge branch  
> > 'topic/hda-realtek-amp'
> >
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > Takashi
> 
> It works fine, thank you!

Good to hear.  I'll merge the patch later to the main sound tree.


thanks,

Takashi