[alsa-devel] CA0110 analog mic capture flatline

[Takashi Iwai]

At Wed, 10 Jul 2013 12:45:35 -0400,
Ki'Sak wrote:
> 
> Having received no response in 30 days and with the bug tracker down, I do
> not know how to proceed with troubleshooting this issue.
> 
> I would like to send out the original email for posterity:
> 
> I have recently acquired a ca0110 card and discovered to my dismay that the
> analog capture feed does not work. Upon further research, there has been a
> regression somewhere between September 2009 and June 2012. The most recent
> report I could find of analog capture working is at
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/63352/comments/93 .
> 
> I am a Gentoo Linux user running 3.8.13 / alsa 1.0.26. The device works
> fine for playback. While ugly, here is my alsa-info:
> http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=cccb2d835cbbe90aaca143e6518c93d17109f720.
> The overall layout is JACK + alsa loopback device with an independent
> voice chat. The ca0110 is not touched by JACK.
> 
> This issue has been reported to the wrong people at
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1093498 and
> http://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/multimedia/477002-problem-microphone-opensuse-11-3-a.html,
> so it is not limited to my system.

Does any other input jack work with this card, i.e. the problem is
only the mic jack?  And how doesn't it work?  It results in the
complete static, getting any noise, or DMA stuck (thus no data)?


Takashi

> 
> 
> On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 1:11 PM, Ki'Sak <kisak42 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Good day alsa-devel,
> >
> > I have a "Creative Labs [SB X-Fi Xtreme Audio] CA0110-IBG" which I have
> > been unable to capture any content from the analog mic jack. I am a Gentoo
> > Linux user with the 3.8.13 kernel / alsa 1.0.26. This issue has been filed
> > with the wrong devs over at ubuntu's bugtracker and opensuse's forum. Also,
> > I found a report that analog capture was working on this card as recently
> > as September 2009.
> >
> > Thank you for your time,
> > Ki'Sak
> >
> > Note: I have already tried to report this issue, this is a resend without
> > urls due to 2 weeks without a response or it reaching the mailing list.
> >
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