[alsa-devel] additional problem

[Takashi Iwai]

At Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:23:07 -0400,
David Henderson wrote:
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> On 07/13/2011 10:31 AM, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > 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
> 
> I've searched the local fs for the alsa-info.sh script as well as 
> looking through the package contents on debian.org without any results.  

See Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio.txt.


Takashi