[alsa-devel] additional problem

[Takashi Iwai]

At Wed, 13 Jul 2011 10:25:31 -0400,
David Henderson wrote:
> 
> On 07/13/2011 10:08 AM, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > At Wed, 13 Jul 2011 09:14:55 -0400,
> > David Henderson wrote:
> >>> Thanks again for the help Takashi.  Ok, I've created the
> >>> /etc/asound.conf file with the appropriate group and now I'm trying to
> >>> run the aplay binary and I'm not getting any error messages, but I'm
> >>> also not hearing any sounds from the speakers.
> >>>
> >>> # aplay freq10-30000-10s.wav
> >>> Playing WAVE 'freq10-30000-10s.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian,
> >>> Rate 44100 Hz, Mono
> >>>
> >>> # speaker-test -w ./freq10-30000-10s.wav
> >>>
> >>> speaker-test 1.0.23
> >>>
> >>> Playback device is default
> >>> Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 1 channels
> >>> Using 16 octaves of pink noise
> >>> Rate set to 48000Hz (requested 48000Hz)
> >>> Buffer size range from 2048 to 8192
> >>> Period size range from 1024 to 1024
> >>> Using max buffer size 8192
> >>> Periods = 4
> >>> was set period_size = 1024
> >>> was set buffer_size = 8192
> >>>   0 - Front Left
> >>> Time per period = 2.835792
> >>>   0 - Front Left
> >>> Time per period = 2.986653
> >>>   0 - Front Left
> >>> Time per period = 2.986654
> >>>   0 - Front Left
> >>> ...snip...
> >>>
> >>> I've made sure nothing is muted with the audio hardware by using
> >>> alsamixer and changed the permissions on the files within the /etc/snd
> >>> directory.  Any other thoughts?
> >>>
> >>> Dave
> >> bump for help
> > You didn't give any useful information about the hardware itself, so
> > no one can answer.  Did it ever sound correctly with any other distro
> > at all?
> >
> > Please don't mix up the custom-build problem and the driver problem.
> > The problem with silent output is more likely a driver issue (or a
> > configuration issue).
> >
> >
> > Takashi
> 
> The hardware is an integrated HDA Intel audio sound card.  The 
> /proc/asound/pcm file has this listed:
> 
> 00-00: STAC92xx Analog : STAC92xx Analog : playback 1 : capture 2
> 00-01: STAC92xx Digital : STAC92xx Digital : playback 1
> 00-03: INTEL HDMI 0 : INTEL HDMI 0 : playback 1

That's not enough.  Which kernel / ALSA version, which model option?
Could you alsa-info.sh output (run with --no-upload option)?
This will give most of needed information.

> Yes, this audio works just fine within Kubuntu.

Do both run the same kernel version?

At next, try to run "alsactl -f somefile store" on both systems, and
compare the files.  You may see some difference in mixer setup.


Takashi