From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Kristoffer Janke Subject: Re: No sound/mixer with new laptops on board sound - hda_intel ALC883 Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 03:12:42 +0200 Message-ID: <4813D30A.4040101@conceptT.com> References: <4811F915.60208@conceptT.com> <48132869.9080203@conceptT.com> <48136925.1080900@cox.net> <48137116.5000205@conceptT.com> <481387F0.7010800@cox.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mail.conceptT.com (unknown [84.200.19.22]) by alsa0.perex.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5C1824687 for ; Sun, 27 Apr 2008 03:14:08 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [192.168.1.210] (dslb-084-063-112-095.pools.arcor-ip.net [84.63.112.95]) by mail.conceptT.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00AA8642DD3 for ; Sun, 27 Apr 2008 03:13:44 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <481387F0.7010800@cox.net> 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: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org stan schrieb: > Kristoffer Janke wrote: > >> I have alsa-utils installed, but alsamixer does not run, instead it >> gives this: >> ALSA lib simple_none.c:1491:(simple_add1) helem (MIXER,'Headphone >> Playback Switch',0,2,0) appears twice or more >> alsamixer: function snd_mixer_load failed: Invalid argument >> >> So i cant modify the volumes... >> >> > Two things. > > This looks like a bug in alsa lib. You can get the latest alsa lib hg > snapshot at ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/alsa/snapshot/, compile it, > and install it. The bug might be gone as things move very fast in > alsa. If it isn't, it would be good to post this problem on alsa-devel. > With the newest hg alsa-lib it still does not work, same output. > You can edit /etc/asound.state directly. This file resides in /etc or > /etc/alsa/ depending on your distro. Here is a representative entry > from mine. > > control.18 { > comment.access 'read write' > comment.type INTEGER > comment.count 2 > comment.range '0 - 127' > iface MIXER > name 'PCM Playback Volume' > value.0 103 > value.1 103 > } > > What you want is to look for the same name (if you are using PCM), and > then set the value.0 and value.1 to be something greater than 0. Try > half at first (of the range) so you won't blow anything out if it is > very sensitive. This at least gets you sound, though it isn't as > convenient as using the mixer. You will have to be root to edit this > and if you aren't familiar with unix editors (vim or emacs) you should > probably use something like pico. Or Knotes or Text Editor in the gui. > The problem here is, that alsactl cant save the values, too with the same error than alsamixer: alsactl: set_control:1269: failed to obtain info for control #3 (No such file or directory) alsactl: set_control:1269: failed to obtain info for control #4 (No such file or directory) alsactl: set_control:1269: failed to obtain info for control #15 (No such file or directory) alsactl: set_control:1269: failed to obtain info for control #16 (No such file or directory) alsactl: set_control:1269: failed to obtain info for control #18 (No such file or directory) alsactl: set_control:1269: failed to obtain info for control #27 (No such file or directory) alsactl: set_control:1269: failed to obtain info for control #35 (No such file or directory) alsactl: set_control:1269: failed to obtain info for control #36 (No such file or directory) alsactl: set_control:1269: failed to obtain info for control #37 (No such file or directory) alsactl: set_control:1269: failed to obtain info for control #38 (No such file or directory) > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-devel mailing list > Alsa-devel@alsa-project.org > http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel >