From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeremy Nickurak Subject: Re: Altec Lansing FX5051 mixer Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 22:36:09 -0600 Message-ID: <20070901043609.GA13584@rifetech.com> References: <20070827152359.GA22496@rifetech.com> <1188231535.15509.1207493335@webmail.messagingengine.com> <46D2FD9C.5030807@atrus.rifetech.com> <1188283800.25549.1207609489@webmail.messagingengine.com> <20070828074351.GA26261@rifetech.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============7016025222377535676==" Return-path: Received: from spunkymail-a8.g.dreamhost.com (sd-green-bigip-66.dreamhost.com [208.97.132.66]) by alsa0.perex.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 761E42439A for ; Sat, 1 Sep 2007 06:36:14 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <20070828074351.GA26261@rifetech.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: alsa-devel-bounces@alsa-project.org Errors-To: alsa-devel-bounces@alsa-project.org To: Clemens Ladisch Cc: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org --===============7016025222377535676== Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="RnlQjJ0d97Da+TV1" Content-Disposition: inline --RnlQjJ0d97Da+TV1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Precisely the same problems with alsa 1.0.15rc1. On Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 01:43:51AM -0600, Jeremy Nickurak wrote: > On Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 08:50:00AM +0200, Clemens Ladisch wrote: > > > bmaControls( 0) 0x15 > > > Mute > > > Bass > > > Treble > > > bmaControls( 1) 0x02 > > > Volume > > > bmaControls( 2) 0x02 > > > Volume > > > bmaControls( 3) 0x00 > > > bmaControls( 4) 0x00 > > > bmaControls( 5) 0x00 > > > bmaControls( 6) 0x00 > >=20 > > These descriptors say that there is a two-channel volume control that > > applies to the front channels, but I guess it really affects all > > channels. > >=20 > > Please show the output of "amixer contents" for this card. >=20 > numid=3D3,iface=3DMIXER,name=3D'Tone Control - Bass' > ; type=3DINTEGER,access=3Drw------,values=3D1,min=3D0,max=3D10,step=3D0 > : values=3D5 > numid=3D4,iface=3DMIXER,name=3D'Tone Control - Treble' > ; type=3DINTEGER,access=3Drw------,values=3D1,min=3D0,max=3D10,step=3D0 > : values=3D5 > numid=3D1,iface=3DMIXER,name=3D'PCM Playback Switch' > ; type=3DBOOLEAN,access=3Drw------,values=3D1 > : values=3Don > numid=3D2,iface=3DMIXER,name=3D'PCM Playback Volume' > ; type=3DINTEGER,access=3Drw---R--,values=3D2,min=3D0,max=3D49,step=3D0 > : values=3D48,48 > | dBscale-min=3D-49.00dB,step=3D1.00dB,mute=3D0 >=20 >=20 > >=20 > > > ... > > > HID Device Descriptor: > > > bLength 9 > > > bDescriptorType 33 > > > bcdHID 1.00 > > > bCountryCode 0 Not supported > > > bNumDescriptors 1 > > > bDescriptorType 34 Report > > > wDescriptorLength 172 > > > Report Descriptor: (length is 172) > > > Item(Global): Usage Page, data=3D [ 0x0c ] 12 > > > Consumer > > > Item(Local ): Usage, data=3D [ 0x01 ] 1 > > > Consumer Control > > > Item(Main ): Collection, data=3D [ 0x01 ] 1 > > > Application > > > Item(Global): Usage Page, data=3D [ 0x0c ] 12 > > > Consumer > > > Item(Local ): Usage, data=3D [ 0xe2 ] 226 > > > Mute > > > Item(Local ): Usage, data=3D [ 0xe9 ] 233 > > > Volume Increment > > > ... > >=20 > > This describes an input device that reports 'key' presses to the > > computer. I guess the control panel and remote control don't have a > > direct effect but expect the computer to explicitly change mixer > > controls when a key is pressed. >=20 > Since it works fine in Windows without any non-ms software, would this=20 > imply that this is somewhat standard behavior? >=20 > >=20 > > However, this shouldn't prevent alsamixer from working. > >=20 > > It might be possible that the mixer controls don't have many steps and > > that the step size used by alsamixer is so small that the device rounds > > the setting back to the old position. Please try PageUp/Down or Home/ > > End instead of Up/Down keys. >=20 > PgUp/PgDown don't do any better on any controls. I seem to be able to=20 > drop the PCM volume to nothing in practice with End, but Home won't=20 > restore it. Up/Down immediately brings it back up to 100%. The LED's on= =20 > the control reflect this btw, but alsamixer still reports 98%. The control pad wouldn't be an especially big deal, if only alsamixer did w= ork right. --=20 Jeremy Nickurak -=3D Email/Jabber: atrus@rifetech.com =3D- --RnlQjJ0d97Da+TV1 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFG2Ow5tjFmtbiy5uYRApE0AJ0byqBGycBFB4A237/4hq8GfF0hZwCdGF/f /uVWSmwHiZ4s9M7QJ6HcMNk= =Pgtp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --RnlQjJ0d97Da+TV1-- --===============7016025222377535676== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@alsa-project.org http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel --===============7016025222377535676==--