From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ross Kendall Axe Subject: Re: [ALSA - driver 0000628]: Can't record audio Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 15:05:32 +0000 Message-ID: <41F11A3C.1060500@blueyonder.co.uk> References: <4ca0e9985d5a7a7378d1370dcaa3754e@bugtrack.alsa-project.org> <41F01BE2.5020808@blueyonder.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigE69B099D497BF887AC77E565" Return-path: Received: from smtp-out5.blueyonder.co.uk (smtp-out5.blueyonder.co.uk [195.188.213.8]) by alsa.alsa-project.org (ALSA's E-mail Delivery System) with ESMTP id 28C63206 for ; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 16:05:39 +0100 (MET) In-Reply-To: Sender: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: Takashi Iwai Cc: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigE69B099D497BF887AC77E565 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------000009080008090303000900" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------000009080008090303000900 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Takashi Iwai wrote: > At Thu, 20 Jan 2005 21:00:18 +0000, > Ross Kendall Axe wrote: > >>| ====================================================================== >>| Summary: Can't record audio >>| Description: >>| I'm not able to record any audio. Reading from /dev/dsp results in an >>| "Input/Output Error". >>| The hardware I'm using is Soltek 75DRV5 with built-in soundcard. >>| ====================================================================== >>| >>| ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>| rossaxe - 01-16-05 17:09 >>| ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>| What is this particular knob supposed to do? So far as I can tell, it just >>| offers a choice betweens 'works' and 'breaks' >>| >>| ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>| tiwai - 01-17-05 15:07 >>| ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>| This defines the connection of which input pin is selected for the certain >>| input path. So, whether it works or not strongly depends on the hardware. >> >>Wouldn't it make sense to disable it on hardware for which it does not work? > > > Yep. Patches are welcome :) > Hmm. Probably best save that until I'm at least a *half* decent kernel coder :-) Meanwhile, a note in the docs probably wouldn't go amiss. Patch attached. Ross --------------000009080008090303000900 Content-Type: text/x-patch; name="via-mixer-doc.patch" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="via-mixer-doc.patch" diff -urN alsa-driver-1.0.8.orig/alsa-kernel/Documentation/VIA82xx-mixer.txt alsa-driver-1.0.8/alsa-kernel/Documentation/VIA82xx-mixer.txt --- alsa-driver-1.0.8.orig/alsa-kernel/Documentation/VIA82xx-mixer.txt 1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100 +++ alsa-driver-1.0.8/alsa-kernel/Documentation/VIA82xx-mixer.txt 2005-01-21 14:58:41.000000000 +0000 @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ + + VIA82xx mixer + ============= + +On many VIA82xx boards, the 'Input Source Select' mixer control does not work. +Setting it to 'Input2' on such boards will cause recording to hang, or fail +with EIO (input/output error) via OSS emulation. This control should be left +at 'Input1' for such cards. diff -urN alsa-driver-1.0.8.orig/sound/Documentation/VIA82xx-mixer.txt alsa-driver-1.0.8/sound/Documentation/VIA82xx-mixer.txt --- alsa-driver-1.0.8.orig/sound/Documentation/VIA82xx-mixer.txt 1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100 +++ alsa-driver-1.0.8/sound/Documentation/VIA82xx-mixer.txt 2005-01-21 14:58:41.000000000 +0000 @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ + + VIA82xx mixer + ============= + +On many VIA82xx boards, the 'Input Source Select' mixer control does not work. +Setting it to 'Input2' on such boards will cause recording to hang, or fail +with EIO (input/output error) via OSS emulation. 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