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 15:15:07 +0000 Message-ID: <41F11C7B.7010307@blueyonder.co.uk> References: <4ca0e9985d5a7a7378d1370dcaa3754e@bugtrack.alsa-project.org> <41F01BE2.5020808@blueyonder.co.uk> <41F11A3C.1060500@blueyonder.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig6E5F8977FCD3F2F45A9E6C3F" 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 55600247 for ; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 16:15:11 +0100 (MET) In-Reply-To: <41F11A3C.1060500@blueyonder.co.uk> 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: Ross Kendall Axe Cc: Takashi Iwai , alsa-devel@alsa-project.org List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig6E5F8977FCD3F2F45A9E6C3F Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------090804030407080309020306" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------090804030407080309020306 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Ross Kendall Axe wrote: > 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 > And here's an unbroken patch, with a signed-off-by line as well :-) Ross Add warning about the consequences of adjusting the 'Input Source Select' of VIA82xx. Signed-off-by: Ross Kendall Axe --------------090804030407080309020306 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. --------------090804030407080309020306-- --------------enig6E5F8977FCD3F2F45A9E6C3F Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFB8Rx99bR4xmappRARAnTSAJ4i+54RcY3MBLOvVbXeThv4aJBQAgCcCBgF YhZ3mCU3lfA3Qk7qHgQipRE= =Zeo6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig6E5F8977FCD3F2F45A9E6C3F-- ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl