Problem with DELL XPS M1530

Problem with DELL XPS M1530

[Travis Place]

Hi all,

Been helping a user on #alsa for a day or two now, with issues regarding 
recording from Mic on his Dell XPS M1530 laptop. He originally had 
alsa-driver 1.0.14, so i had him upgrade to 1.0.16. Now, his Mic works for 
recording, but he has lost playback on one of his HP jacks (the right one), 
and Internal laptop speakers. I had a brief look at the code in 
patch_sigmatel.c, to see what was going on.. But since im no code guru, i 
wasnt much help..

The output of alsa-info.sh is located at http://pastebin.ca/908579

I did notice some comments in the code about correcting HP and Mic jacks for 
certain models (atleast thats what I read it as).

Any ideas would be appreciated.

Travis (wishie).



-- 
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feel its warmth 

Re: Problem with DELL XPS M1530

[Takashi Iwai]

At Tue, 19 Feb 2008 02:42:07 +1000,
Travis Place wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Been helping a user on #alsa for a day or two now, with issues regarding 
> recording from Mic on his Dell XPS M1530 laptop. He originally had 
> alsa-driver 1.0.14, so i had him upgrade to 1.0.16. Now, his Mic works for 
> recording, but he has lost playback on one of his HP jacks (the right one), 
> and Internal laptop speakers. I had a brief look at the code in 
> patch_sigmatel.c, to see what was going on.. But since im no code guru, i 
> wasnt much help..
> 
> The output of alsa-info.sh is located at http://pastebin.ca/908579
> 
> I did notice some comments in the code about correcting HP and Mic jacks for 
> certain models (atleast thats what I read it as).
> 
> Any ideas would be appreciated.

First of all, how about the latest HG version?  For lazy people who
don't want to install mercurial, try the daily snapshot tarball.

Let's start debugging after confirming that the bug still exists with
the very latest code.


thanks,

Takashi

Re: Problem with DELL XPS M1530

[Travis Place]

On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 2:48:38 am Takashi Iwai wrote:
> At Tue, 19 Feb 2008 02:42:07 +1000,
>
> Travis Place wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Been helping a user on #alsa for a day or two now, with issues regarding
> > recording from Mic on his Dell XPS M1530 laptop. He originally had
> > alsa-driver 1.0.14, so i had him upgrade to 1.0.16. Now, his Mic works
> > for recording, but he has lost playback on one of his HP jacks (the right
> > one), and Internal laptop speakers. I had a brief look at the code in
> > patch_sigmatel.c, to see what was going on.. But since im no code guru, i
> > wasnt much help..
> >
> > The output of alsa-info.sh is located at http://pastebin.ca/908579
> >
> > I did notice some comments in the code about correcting HP and Mic jacks
> > for certain models (atleast thats what I read it as).
> >
> > Any ideas would be appreciated.
>
> First of all, how about the latest HG version?  For lazy people who
> don't want to install mercurial, try the daily snapshot tarball.
>
> Let's start debugging after confirming that the bug still exists with
> the very latest code.
>
>
> thanks,
>
> Takashi
> _______________________________________________
> Alsa-devel mailing list
> Alsa-devel@alsa-project.org
> http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel

User has installed the HG daily snapshot from the 17th, still has the same 
issues.

Just incase, their new alsa-info.sh output is at http://pastebin.ca/908695

Thanks in advance.


-- 
Happiness is like peeing your pants. Everyone can see it, but only you can 
feel its warmth 

Re: Problem with DELL XPS M1530

[Anders Rønningen]

Hi. I am the mentioned user with this problem. Just thought I'd give you 
a little more info on this problem.

What wishie described was correct, except it's the internal speakers and 
the /left/ hp-jack that stopped working, while the right one is still 
ok. Like he wrote, the reason we started this debugging was to get mic 
sound on my system. The thing I think is worth mentioning is that with 
alsa 1.0.14 on an out-of-the box Ubuntu Gutsy, both hp-jacks and the 
internal speakers worked for me. People in #alsa told me that the module 
was not loaded correctly, but whatever was loaded _almost_ worked well :-)

- Anders

Re: Problem with DELL XPS M1530

[Takashi Iwai]

At Tue, 19 Feb 2008 17:24:04 +0100,
Anders Rønningen wrote:
> 
> Hi. I am the mentioned user with this problem. Just thought I'd give you 
> a little more info on this problem.
> 
> What wishie described was correct, except it's the internal speakers and 
> the /left/ hp-jack that stopped working, while the right one is still 
> ok. Like he wrote, the reason we started this debugging was to get mic 
> sound on my system. The thing I think is worth mentioning is that with 
> alsa 1.0.14 on an out-of-the box Ubuntu Gutsy, both hp-jacks and the 
> internal speakers worked for me. People in #alsa told me that the module 
> was not loaded correctly, but whatever was loaded _almost_ worked well :-)

OK, please build the driver with --with-debug=full option and show the
kernel messages such as "autoconfig: ..."  and "dac_nids...", etc.
This contains the information that the pin configuration parser uses.

Also, unmute and adjust "Surround" volume.


Takashi

Re: Problem with DELL XPS M1530

[Anders Rønningen]

Hi Takashi.

Some dmesg output:

[   14.192000] ALSA 
/mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-hg20080217/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:2994: 
autoconfig: line_outs=1 (0xf/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
[   14.192000] ALSA 
/mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-hg20080217/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:2998:    
speaker_outs=1 (0xd/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
[   14.192000] ALSA 
/mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-hg20080217/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:3002:    
hp_outs=1 (0xa/0xf/0x0/0x0/0x0)
[   14.192000] ALSA 
/mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-hg20080217/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:3003:    
mono: mono_out=0x0
[   14.192000] ALSA 
/mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-hg20080217/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:3011:    
inputs: mic=0xe, fmic=0x0, line=0x0, fline=0x0, cd=0x0, aux=0x0
[   14.196000] ALSA 
/mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-hg20080217/pci/hda/../../alsa-kernel/pci/hda/patch_sigmatel.c:2224: 
dac_nids=2 (0x5/0x4/0x0/0x0/0x0)

Unmuted and adjusted Surround volume, but it made no difference.

- Anders


Takashi Iwai wrote:
> At Tue, 19 Feb 2008 17:24:04 +0100,
> Anders Rønningen wrote:
>   
>> Hi. I am the mentioned user with this problem. Just thought I'd give you 
>> a little more info on this problem.
>>
>> What wishie described was correct, except it's the internal speakers and 
>> the /left/ hp-jack that stopped working, while the right one is still 
>> ok. Like he wrote, the reason we started this debugging was to get mic 
>> sound on my system. The thing I think is worth mentioning is that with 
>> alsa 1.0.14 on an out-of-the box Ubuntu Gutsy, both hp-jacks and the 
>> internal speakers worked for me. People in #alsa told me that the module 
>> was not loaded correctly, but whatever was loaded _almost_ worked well :-)
>>     
>
> OK, please build the driver with --with-debug=full option and show the
> kernel messages such as "autoconfig: ..."  and "dac_nids...", etc.
> This contains the information that the pin configuration parser uses.
>
> Also, unmute and adjust "Surround" volume.
>
>
> Takashi
>   

Re: Problem with DELL XPS M1530

[Jiang zhe]

On Wed, 2008-02-20 at 02:25 +0800, Anders Rønningen wrote:
> Hi Takashi.
> 
> Some dmesg output:
> 
> [   14.192000] ALSA
> /mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-hg20080217/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:2994:
> autoconfig: line_outs=1 (0xf/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
> [   14.192000] ALSA
> /mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-hg20080217/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:2998:   
> speaker_outs=1 (0xd/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
> [   14.192000] ALSA
> /mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-hg20080217/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:3002:   
> hp_outs=1 (0xa/0xf/0x0/0x0/0x0)
> [   14.192000] ALSA
> /mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-hg20080217/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:3003:   
> mono: mono_out=0x0
> [   14.192000] ALSA
> /mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-hg20080217/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:3011:   
> inputs: mic=0xe, fmic=0x0, line=0x0, fline=0x0, cd=0x0, aux=0x0
> [   14.196000] ALSA
> /mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-hg20080217/pci/hda/../../alsa-kernel/pci/hda/patch_sigmatel.c:2224:
> dac_nids=2 (0x5/0x4/0x0/0x0/0x0)
> 
> Unmuted and adjusted Surround volume, but it made no difference.
> 
> - Anders
> 
It's weird that 0xf is in both the line_outs and hp_outs.
And the hp_outs=1 when there are two items.

What is the original configuration of pin 0xf?
Please try to get rid of this line from the
alsa-kernel/pci/hda/patch_sigmatel.c.

SND_PCI_QUIRK(PCI_VENDOR_ID_DELL,  0x022e, "Dell     ", STAC_DELL_BIOS),

Rebuild and install the driver. 
Please give the output of "cat /proc/asound/card0/codec#0".

Thanks!

> Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > At Tue, 19 Feb 2008 17:24:04 +0100,
> > Anders Rønningen wrote:
> >  
> >> Hi. I am the mentioned user with this problem. Just thought I'd
> give you
> >> a little more info on this problem.
> >>
> >> What wishie described was correct, except it's the internal
> speakers and
> >> the /left/ hp-jack that stopped working, while the right one is
> still
> >> ok. Like he wrote, the reason we started this debugging was to get
> mic
> >> sound on my system. The thing I think is worth mentioning is that
> with
> >> alsa 1.0.14 on an out-of-the box Ubuntu Gutsy, both hp-jacks and
> the
> >> internal speakers worked for me. People in #alsa told me that the
> module
> >> was not loaded correctly, but whatever was loaded _almost_ worked
> well :-)
> >>    
> >
> > OK, please build the driver with --with-debug=full option and show
> the
> > kernel messages such as "autoconfig: ..."  and "dac_nids...", etc.
> > This contains the information that the pin configuration parser
> uses.
> >
> > Also, unmute and adjust "Surround" volume.
> >
> >
> > Takashi
> >  
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> 

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Re: Problem with DELL XPS M1530

[Takashi Iwai]

At Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:49:00 +0800,
Jiang zhe wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 2008-02-20 at 02:25 +0800, Anders Rønningen wrote:
> > Hi Takashi.
> > 
> > Some dmesg output:
> > 
> > [   14.192000] ALSA
> > /mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-hg20080217/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:2994:
> > autoconfig: line_outs=1 (0xf/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
> > [   14.192000] ALSA
> > /mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-hg20080217/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:2998:   
> > speaker_outs=1 (0xd/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
> > [   14.192000] ALSA
> > /mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-hg20080217/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:3002:   
> > hp_outs=1 (0xa/0xf/0x0/0x0/0x0)
> > [   14.192000] ALSA
> > /mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-hg20080217/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:3003:   
> > mono: mono_out=0x0
> > [   14.192000] ALSA
> > /mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-hg20080217/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:3011:   
> > inputs: mic=0xe, fmic=0x0, line=0x0, fline=0x0, cd=0x0, aux=0x0
> > [   14.196000] ALSA
> > /mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-hg20080217/pci/hda/../../alsa-kernel/pci/hda/patch_sigmatel.c:2224:
> > dac_nids=2 (0x5/0x4/0x0/0x0/0x0)
> > 
> > Unmuted and adjusted Surround volume, but it made no difference.
> > 
> > - Anders
> > 
> It's weird that 0xf is in both the line_outs and hp_outs.
> And the hp_outs=1 when there are two items.

It's due to a fix for an ALC268 laptop that has also two HPs but one
is actually a line-out.  Note that hp_outs=1 in the print above.  The
0x0f in hp_outs is simply a garbage.  Maybe that patch broke the
double HPs with STAC9228...


Takashi

Re: Problem with DELL XPS M1530

[Takashi Iwai]

At Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:25:24 +0100,
Anders Rønningen wrote:
> 
> Hi Takashi.
> 
> Some dmesg output:
> 
> [   14.192000] ALSA 
> /mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-hg20080217/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:2994: 
> autoconfig: line_outs=1 (0xf/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
> [   14.192000] ALSA 
> /mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-hg20080217/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:2998:    
> speaker_outs=1 (0xd/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
> [   14.192000] ALSA 
> /mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-hg20080217/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:3002:    
> hp_outs=1 (0xa/0xf/0x0/0x0/0x0)
> [   14.192000] ALSA 
> /mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-hg20080217/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:3003:    
> mono: mono_out=0x0
> [   14.192000] ALSA 
> /mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-hg20080217/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:3011:    
> inputs: mic=0xe, fmic=0x0, line=0x0, fline=0x0, cd=0x0, aux=0x0
> [   14.196000] ALSA 
> /mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-hg20080217/pci/hda/../../alsa-kernel/pci/hda/patch_sigmatel.c:2224: 
> dac_nids=2 (0x5/0x4/0x0/0x0/0x0)
> 
> Unmuted and adjusted Surround volume, but it made no difference.

Please upload the alsa-info.sh output again.  No difference in the
output but there must be a difference in the codec setting.

Also, just to make the situation clear:
the problem is that the speaker and the rear HP don't give sound
output even if you *don't* plug in the front HP, right?


Takashi

Re: Alsa-devel Digest, Vol 12, Issue 70

[Anders Rønningen]

I'll do the tests when I get home from work. Just wanted to check that I
understood the instructions.

The problem is like you said. The left HP and the internal speakers never
give any sound, regardless of whether the right HP is connected.

You want me to:
1. remove the mentioned line from alsa-kernel/pci/hda/patch_sigmatel.c.
2. configure and build the driver with full debug
3. reboot, run alsa-info.sh and upload the output

Is that right?

> No difference in the output but there must be a difference in the codec
setting.
You mean before and after I remove the line from patch_sigmatel.c?

>What is the original configuration of pin 0xf?
How can I know/find out this?

- Anders






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> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:49:00 +0800
> From: Jiang zhe <zhe.jiang@intel.com>
> Subject: Re: [alsa-devel] Problem with DELL XPS M1530
> To: Anders R?nningen <andersronningen@gmail.com>
> Cc: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>, alsa-devel@alsa-project.org
> Message-ID: <1203500940.3006.4.camel@localhost.localdomain>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
>
> On Wed, 2008-02-20 at 02:25 +0800, Anders R?nningen wrote:
> > Hi Takashi.
> >
> > Some dmesg output:
> >
> > [   14.192000] ALSA
> >
> /mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-hg20080217/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:2994:
> > autoconfig: line_outs=1 (0xf/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
> > [   14.192000] ALSA
> >
> /mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-hg20080217/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:2998:
> > speaker_outs=1 (0xd/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
> > [   14.192000] ALSA
> >
> /mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-hg20080217/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:3002:
> > hp_outs=1 (0xa/0xf/0x0/0x0/0x0)
> > [   14.192000] ALSA
> >
> /mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-hg20080217/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:3003:
> > mono: mono_out=0x0
> > [   14.192000] ALSA
> >
> /mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-hg20080217/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:3011:
> > inputs: mic=0xe, fmic=0x0, line=0x0, fline=0x0, cd=0x0, aux=0x0
> > [   14.196000] ALSA
> >
> /mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-hg20080217/pci/hda/../../alsa-kernel/pci/hda/patch_sigmatel.c:2224:
> > dac_nids=2 (0x5/0x4/0x0/0x0/0x0)
> >
> > Unmuted and adjusted Surround volume, but it made no difference.
> >
> > - Anders
> >
> It's weird that 0xf is in both the line_outs and hp_outs.
> And the hp_outs=1 when there are two items.
>
> What is the original configuration of pin 0xf?
> Please try to get rid of this line from the
> alsa-kernel/pci/hda/patch_sigmatel.c.
>
> SND_PCI_QUIRK(PCI_VENDOR_ID_DELL,  0x022e, "Dell     ", STAC_DELL_BIOS),
>
> Rebuild and install the driver.
> Please give the output of "cat /proc/asound/card0/codec#0".
>
> Thanks!
>
> > Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > > At Tue, 19 Feb 2008 17:24:04 +0100,
> > > Anders R?nningen wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hi. I am the mentioned user with this problem. Just thought I'd
> > give you
> > >> a little more info on this problem.
> > >>
> > >> What wishie described was correct, except it's the internal
> > speakers and
> > >> the /left/ hp-jack that stopped working, while the right one is
> > still
> > >> ok. Like he wrote, the reason we started this debugging was to get
> > mic
> > >> sound on my system. The thing I think is worth mentioning is that
> > with
> > >> alsa 1.0.14 on an out-of-the box Ubuntu Gutsy, both hp-jacks and
> > the
> > >> internal speakers worked for me. People in #alsa told me that the
> > module
> > >> was not loaded correctly, but whatever was loaded _almost_ worked
> > well :-)
> > >>
> > >
> > > OK, please build the driver with --with-debug=full option and show
> > the
> > > kernel messages such as "autoconfig: ..."  and "dac_nids...", etc.
> > > This contains the information that the pin configuration parser
> > uses.
> > >
> > > Also, unmute and adjust "Surround" volume.
> > >
> > >
> > > Takashi
> > >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Alsa-devel mailing list
> > Alsa-devel@alsa-project.org
> > http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel
> >
> >
>
>
>
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>
> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:50:44 +0100
> From: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
> Subject: Re: [alsa-devel] Problem with DELL XPS M1530
> To: Jiang zhe <zhe.jiang@intel.com>
> Cc: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org, Anders R?nningen
>        <andersronningen@gmail.com>
> Message-ID: <s5hy79fsxyz.wl%tiwai@suse.de>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>
> At Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:49:00 +0800,
> Jiang zhe wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 2008-02-20 at 02:25 +0800, Anders R?nningen wrote:
> > > Hi Takashi.
> > >
> > > Some dmesg output:
> > >
> > > [   14.192000] ALSA
> > >
> /mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-hg20080217/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:2994:
> > > autoconfig: line_outs=1 (0xf/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
> > > [   14.192000] ALSA
> > >
> /mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-hg20080217/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:2998:
> > > speaker_outs=1 (0xd/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
> > > [   14.192000] ALSA
> > >
> /mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-hg20080217/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:3002:
> > > hp_outs=1 (0xa/0xf/0x0/0x0/0x0)
> > > [   14.192000] ALSA
> > >
> /mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-hg20080217/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:3003:
> > > mono: mono_out=0x0
> > > [   14.192000] ALSA
> > >
> /mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-hg20080217/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:3011:
> > > inputs: mic=0xe, fmic=0x0, line=0x0, fline=0x0, cd=0x0, aux=0x0
> > > [   14.196000] ALSA
> > >
> /mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-hg20080217/pci/hda/../../alsa-kernel/pci/hda/patch_sigmatel.c:2224:
> > > dac_nids=2 (0x5/0x4/0x0/0x0/0x0)
> > >
> > > Unmuted and adjusted Surround volume, but it made no difference.
> > >
> > > - Anders
> > >
> > It's weird that 0xf is in both the line_outs and hp_outs.
> > And the hp_outs=1 when there are two items.
>
> It's due to a fix for an ALC268 laptop that has also two HPs but one
> is actually a line-out.  Note that hp_outs=1 in the print above.  The
> 0x0f in hp_outs is simply a garbage.  Maybe that patch broke the
> double HPs with STAC9228...
>
>
> Takashi
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:52:43 +0100
> From: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
> Subject: Re: [alsa-devel] Problem with DELL XPS M1530
> To: Anders R?nningen <andersronningen@gmail.com>
> Cc: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org
> Message-ID: <s5hwsozsxvo.wl%tiwai@suse.de>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>
> At Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:25:24 +0100,
> Anders R?nningen wrote:
> >
> > Hi Takashi.
> >
> > Some dmesg output:
> >
> > [   14.192000] ALSA
> >
> /mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-hg20080217/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:2994:
> > autoconfig: line_outs=1 (0xf/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
> > [   14.192000] ALSA
> >
> /mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-hg20080217/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:2998:
> > speaker_outs=1 (0xd/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
> > [   14.192000] ALSA
> >
> /mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-hg20080217/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:3002:
> > hp_outs=1 (0xa/0xf/0x0/0x0/0x0)
> > [   14.192000] ALSA
> >
> /mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-hg20080217/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:3003:
> > mono: mono_out=0x0
> > [   14.192000] ALSA
> >
> /mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-hg20080217/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:3011:
> > inputs: mic=0xe, fmic=0x0, line=0x0, fline=0x0, cd=0x0, aux=0x0
> > [   14.196000] ALSA
> >
> /mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-hg20080217/pci/hda/../../alsa-kernel/pci/hda/patch_sigmatel.c:2224:
> > dac_nids=2 (0x5/0x4/0x0/0x0/0x0)
> >
> > Unmuted and adjusted Surround volume, but it made no difference.
>
> Please upload the alsa-info.sh output again.  No difference in the
> output but there must be a difference in the codec setting.
>
> Also, just to make the situation clear:
> the problem is that the speaker and the rear HP don't give sound
> output even if you *don't* plug in the front HP, right?
>
>
> Takashi
>
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Anders

Re: Problem with DELL XPS M1530

[Takashi Iwai]

At Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:30:06 +0100,
=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Anders_R=F8nningen?= wrote:
> 
> I'll do the tests when I get home from work. Just wanted to check that I
> understood the instructions.
> 
> The problem is like you said. The left HP and the internal speakers never
> give any sound, regardless of whether the right HP is connected.
> 
> You want me to:
> 1. remove the mentioned line from alsa-kernel/pci/hda/patch_sigmatel.c.
> 2. configure and build the driver with full debug
> 3. reboot, run alsa-info.sh and upload the output
> 
> Is that right?

Yes.

> > No difference in the output but there must be a difference in the codec
> setting.
> You mean before and after I remove the line from patch_sigmatel.c?

In each case whatever you change something.  I have to check the codec
state whether the surround volume really does the right job as
expected. 
Also, we need to check the state with and without the code in
patch_sigmatel.c, with and without HP plugged.

Also, try the original 1.0.16 and get alsa-info.sh as well.

Yeah, there are lots of required tests.  That's why it's so nasty to
debug this kind of problem...

> >What is the original configuration of pin 0xf?
> How can I know/find out this?

This can be found from alsa-info.sh.


thanks,

Takashi

Re: Problem with DELL XPS M1530

[Anders Rønningen]

Hi again. Here's the results of the testing.

1. alsa-driver-hg20080217, --with-debug=full and the 
"SND_PCI_QUIRK(PCI_VENDOR_ID_DELL,  0x022e, "Dell     ", 
STAC_DELL_BIOS)," line in patch_sigmatel.c commented out.

dmesg output:

[   13.844000] ALSA 
/mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-hg20080217/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:2994: 
autoconfig: line_outs=1 (0xf/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
[   13.844000] ALSA 
/mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-hg20080217/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:2998:    
speaker_outs=1 (0xd/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
[   13.844000] ALSA 
/mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-hg20080217/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:3002:    
hp_outs=1 (0xa/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
[   13.844000] ALSA 
/mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-hg20080217/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:3003:    
mono: mono_out=0x0
[   13.844000] ALSA 
/mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-hg20080217/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:3011:    
inputs: mic=0x13, fmic=0x0, line=0xe, fline=0x0, cd=0x0, aux=0x0
[   13.844000] ALSA 
/mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-hg20080217/pci/hda/../../alsa-kernel/pci/hda/patch_sigmatel.c:2224: 
dac_nids=2 (0x5/0x4/0x0/0x0/0x0)

alsa-info.sh

http://pastebin.ca/911134

2. alsa-driver 1.0.16, --with-debug=full, but else unmodified.

dmesg output:

[   14.452000] ALSA 
/mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-1.0.16/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:2894: 
autoconfig: line_outs=1 (0xd/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
[   14.452000] ALSA 
/mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-1.0.16/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:2898:    
speaker_outs=0 (0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
[   14.452000] ALSA 
/mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-1.0.16/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:2902:    
hp_outs=2 (0xf/0xa/0x0/0x0/0x0)
[   14.452000] ALSA 
/mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-1.0.16/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:2903:    
mono: mono_out=0x0
[   14.452000] ALSA 
/mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-1.0.16/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:2911:    
inputs: mic=0xe, fmic=0x0, line=0x0, fline=0x0, cd=0x0, aux=0x0
[   14.456000] ALSA 
/mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-1.0.16/pci/hda/../../alsa-kernel/pci/hda/patch_sigmatel.c:2212: 
dac_nids=3 (0x5/0x2/0x4/0x0/0x0)

alsa-info.sh

http://pastebin.ca/911147

Now the odd thing is that after the last compile of alsa-driver 1.0.16 
... stuff works! Both HP jacks, the internal speakers and the mic work 
just fine. I don't really know what to make of it, since all I have done 
is compile like I did earlier and reboot...


- Anders

Takashi Iwai wrote:
> At Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:30:06 +0100,
> =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Anders_R=F8nningen?= wrote:
>   
>> I'll do the tests when I get home from work. Just wanted to check that I
>> understood the instructions.
>>
>> The problem is like you said. The left HP and the internal speakers never
>> give any sound, regardless of whether the right HP is connected.
>>
>> You want me to:
>> 1. remove the mentioned line from alsa-kernel/pci/hda/patch_sigmatel.c.
>> 2. configure and build the driver with full debug
>> 3. reboot, run alsa-info.sh and upload the output
>>
>> Is that right?
>>     
>
> Yes.
>
>   
>>> No difference in the output but there must be a difference in the codec
>>>       
>> setting.
>> You mean before and after I remove the line from patch_sigmatel.c?
>>     
>
> In each case whatever you change something.  I have to check the codec
> state whether the surround volume really does the right job as
> expected. 
> Also, we need to check the state with and without the code in
> patch_sigmatel.c, with and without HP plugged.
>
> Also, try the original 1.0.16 and get alsa-info.sh as well.
>
> Yeah, there are lots of required tests.  That's why it's so nasty to
> debug this kind of problem...
>
>   
>>> What is the original configuration of pin 0xf?
>>>       
>> How can I know/find out this?
>>     
>
> This can be found from alsa-info.sh.
>
>
> thanks,
>
> Takashi
>   

Re: Problem with DELL XPS M1530

[Takashi Iwai]

At Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:14:43 +0100,
Anders Rønningen wrote:
> 
> Hi again. Here's the results of the testing.
> 
> 1. alsa-driver-hg20080217, --with-debug=full and the 
> "SND_PCI_QUIRK(PCI_VENDOR_ID_DELL,  0x022e, "Dell     ", 
> STAC_DELL_BIOS)," line in patch_sigmatel.c commented out.
> 
> dmesg output:
> 
> [   13.844000] ALSA 
> /mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-hg20080217/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:2994: 
> autoconfig: line_outs=1 (0xf/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
> [   13.844000] ALSA 
> /mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-hg20080217/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:2998:    
> speaker_outs=1 (0xd/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
> [   13.844000] ALSA 
> /mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-hg20080217/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:3002:    
> hp_outs=1 (0xa/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
> [   13.844000] ALSA 
> /mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-hg20080217/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:3003:    
> mono: mono_out=0x0
> [   13.844000] ALSA 
> /mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-hg20080217/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:3011:    
> inputs: mic=0x13, fmic=0x0, line=0xe, fline=0x0, cd=0x0, aux=0x0
> [   13.844000] ALSA 
> /mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-hg20080217/pci/hda/../../alsa-kernel/pci/hda/patch_sigmatel.c:2224: 
> dac_nids=2 (0x5/0x4/0x0/0x0/0x0)
> 
> alsa-info.sh
> 
> http://pastebin.ca/911134
> 
> 2. alsa-driver 1.0.16, --with-debug=full, but else unmodified.
> 
> dmesg output:
> 
> [   14.452000] ALSA 
> /mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-1.0.16/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:2894: 
> autoconfig: line_outs=1 (0xd/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
> [   14.452000] ALSA 
> /mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-1.0.16/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:2898:    
> speaker_outs=0 (0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
> [   14.452000] ALSA 
> /mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-1.0.16/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:2902:    
> hp_outs=2 (0xf/0xa/0x0/0x0/0x0)
> [   14.452000] ALSA 
> /mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-1.0.16/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:2903:    
> mono: mono_out=0x0
> [   14.452000] ALSA 
> /mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-1.0.16/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:2911:    
> inputs: mic=0xe, fmic=0x0, line=0x0, fline=0x0, cd=0x0, aux=0x0
> [   14.456000] ALSA 
> /mnt/storage/source/alsa/alsa-driver-1.0.16/pci/hda/../../alsa-kernel/pci/hda/patch_sigmatel.c:2212: 
> dac_nids=3 (0x5/0x2/0x4/0x0/0x0)
> 
> alsa-info.sh
> 
> http://pastebin.ca/911147
> 
> Now the odd thing is that after the last compile of alsa-driver 1.0.16 
> ... stuff works! Both HP jacks, the internal speakers and the mic work 
> just fine. I don't really know what to make of it, since all I have done 
> is compile like I did earlier and reboot...

Thanks.  It's not that odd.  As I mentioned, the fix after 1.0.16
might break the dual headphone configuration of Dell laptops.

Need to investigate a bit further...


Takashi

Re: Problem with DELL XPS M1530

[Jiang zhe]

> >
> > http://pastebin.ca/911147
> >
> > Now the odd thing is that after the last compile of alsa-driver
> 1.0.16
> > ... stuff works! Both HP jacks, the internal speakers and the mic
> work
> > just fine. I don't really know what to make of it, since all I have
> done
> > is compile like I did earlier and reboot...
> 
> Thanks.  It's not that odd.  As I mentioned, the fix after 1.0.16
> might break the dual headphone configuration of Dell laptops.
> 
> Need to investigate a bit further...
> 
Hi,

The reason should be the following code of hda_codec.c :
	/* FIX-UP:
	 * If no line-out is defined but multiple HPs are found,
	 * some of them might be the real line-outs.
	 */
	if (!cfg->line_outs && cfg->hp_outs > 1) {
		int i = 0;
		while (i < cfg->hp_outs) {
			/* The real HPs should have the sequence 0x0f */
			if ((sequences_hp[i] & 0x0f) == 0x0f) {
				i++;
				continue;
			}
			/* Move it to the line-out table */
			cfg->line_out_pins[cfg->line_outs] = cfg->hp_pins[i];
			sequences_line_out[cfg->line_outs] = sequences_hp[i];
			cfg->line_outs++;
			cfg->hp_outs--;
			memmove(cfg->hp_pins + i, cfg->hp_pins + i + 1,
				sizeof(cfg->hp_pins[0]) * (cfg->hp_outs - i));
			memmove(sequences_hp + i - 1, sequences_hp + i,
				sizeof(sequences_hp[0]) * (cfg->hp_outs - i));
		}
	}


For dell machine which has two HP jacks, it will do some special process
in stac***_parse_auto_config().Please refer to the code of
patch_sigmatel.c, search the "hp_speaker_swap".
But the code in the hda_codec.c break the logic. So it failed.

Anders:
May you try latest alsa-driver and get rid of the above code from
snd_hda_parse_pin_def_config() in hda_codec.c?
I think that it will work.


Thanks!
> 
> Takashi
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Re: Problem with DELL XPS M1530

[Jiang zhe]

Hi, Takashi:

Maybe we can try handling the ALC268 laptop HP issue in the
patch_realtek.c.
The patch for the hda_codec.c seems to conflict with the code of
patch_sigmatel.c.

The patch_sigmatel.c depends on  line_out_type == AUTO_PIN_SPEAKER_OUT
and hp_outs > 1 in order to handle the 2 HP jacks issue.

/* If we have no real line-out pin and multiple hp-outs, HPs should
	 * be set up as multi-channel outputs.
	 */
	if (spec->autocfg.line_out_type == AUTO_PIN_SPEAKER_OUT &&
	    spec->autocfg.hp_outs > 1) {
		/* Copy hp_outs to line_outs, backup line_outs in
		 * speaker_outs so that the following routines can handle
		 * HP pins as primary outputs.
		 */
		memcpy(spec->autocfg.speaker_pins, spec->autocfg.line_out_pins,
		       sizeof(spec->autocfg.line_out_pins));
		spec->autocfg.speaker_outs = spec->autocfg.line_outs;
		memcpy(spec->autocfg.line_out_pins, spec->autocfg.hp_pins,
		       sizeof(spec->autocfg.hp_pins));
		spec->autocfg.line_outs = spec->autocfg.hp_outs;
		hp_speaker_swap = 1;
	}
 
Thanks!

> > It's weird that 0xf is in both the line_outs and hp_outs.
> > And the hp_outs=1 when there are two items.
> 
> It's due to a fix for an ALC268 laptop that has also two HPs but one
> is actually a line-out.  Note that hp_outs=1 in the print above.  The
> 0x0f in hp_outs is simply a garbage.  Maybe that patch broke the
> double HPs with STAC9228...
> 
> 
> Takashi

Re: Problem with DELL XPS M1530

[Takashi Iwai]

At Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:06:15 +0800,
Jiang zhe wrote:
> 
> Hi, Takashi:
> 
> Maybe we can try handling the ALC268 laptop HP issue in the
> patch_realtek.c.
> The patch for the hda_codec.c seems to conflict with the code of
> patch_sigmatel.c.

Yes, I overlooked this at the time I fixed ALC codec issues.
Moving the fix-up to alc-specific part is one solution.

But, I guess this is fixed by the recent patches by Matthew, which I
committed to HG tree right now.  It fixes the wrong association number
of the widget 0x0f -- the headphone jacks should have the association
number 0x0f.

If this still doesn't work, let's move the fix-up code from the common
place.


thanks,

Takashi

Re: Problem with DELL XPS M1530

[Takashi Iwai]

At Thu, 21 Feb 2008 10:58:48 +0800,
Jiang zhe wrote:
> 
> 
> > >
> > > http://pastebin.ca/911147
> > >
> > > Now the odd thing is that after the last compile of alsa-driver
> > 1.0.16
> > > ... stuff works! Both HP jacks, the internal speakers and the mic
> > work
> > > just fine. I don't really know what to make of it, since all I have
> > done
> > > is compile like I did earlier and reboot...
> > 
> > Thanks.  It's not that odd.  As I mentioned, the fix after 1.0.16
> > might break the dual headphone configuration of Dell laptops.
> > 
> > Need to investigate a bit further...
> > 
> Hi,
> 
> The reason should be the following code of hda_codec.c :
> 	/* FIX-UP:
> 	 * If no line-out is defined but multiple HPs are found,
> 	 * some of them might be the real line-outs.
> 	 */
> 	if (!cfg->line_outs && cfg->hp_outs > 1) {
> 		int i = 0;
> 		while (i < cfg->hp_outs) {
> 			/* The real HPs should have the sequence 0x0f */
> 			if ((sequences_hp[i] & 0x0f) == 0x0f) {
> 				i++;
> 				continue;
> 			}
> 			/* Move it to the line-out table */
> 			cfg->line_out_pins[cfg->line_outs] = cfg->hp_pins[i];
> 			sequences_line_out[cfg->line_outs] = sequences_hp[i];
> 			cfg->line_outs++;
> 			cfg->hp_outs--;
> 			memmove(cfg->hp_pins + i, cfg->hp_pins + i + 1,
> 				sizeof(cfg->hp_pins[0]) * (cfg->hp_outs - i));
> 			memmove(sequences_hp + i - 1, sequences_hp + i,
> 				sizeof(sequences_hp[0]) * (cfg->hp_outs - i));
> 		}
> 	}
> 
> 
> For dell machine which has two HP jacks, it will do some special process
> in stac***_parse_auto_config().Please refer to the code of
> patch_sigmatel.c, search the "hp_speaker_swap".
> But the code in the hda_codec.c break the logic. So it failed.
> 
> Anders:
> May you try latest alsa-driver and get rid of the above code from
> snd_hda_parse_pin_def_config() in hda_codec.c?
> I think that it will work.

I applied patches that may fix this issue (fixing the wrong
association number of NID 0x0f) for MODEL_DELL_BIOS to HG tree.
Please try the very latest HG version, take from hg.alsa-project.org.
This should (I hope) work without changes...


Takashi