From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Julian Sikorski Subject: Re: model needed for Clevo P150HM (Realtek ALC892) Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2011 13:18:00 +0200 Message-ID: <4E0DACE8.1000409@gmail.com> References: <4E036C8F.3080709@gmail.com> <4E047441.4010003@gmail.com> <4E05C1B1.50302@gmail.com> <4E05C704.4080806@gmail.com> <4E05CE02.1070801@gmail.com> <4E082166.5060902@gmail.com> <4E08E33D.3060608@gmail.com> <4E0B62B6.6000007@gmail.com> <4E0B6BE0.1010003@gmail.com> <4E0B7D22.3040009@gmail.com> <4E0C17F2.5070704@gmail.com> <4E0CABBC.3070801@gmail.com> <4E0CBBED.9050501@gmail.com> <4E0CD984.9050408@gmail.com> <4E0D65C2.7070106@gmail.com> <4E0D68EB.5020909@gmail.com> <4E0D7243.7030202@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mail-fx0-f50.google.com (mail-fx0-f50.google.com [209.85.161.50]) by alsa0.perex.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2507A103800 for ; Fri, 1 Jul 2011 13:18:07 +0200 (CEST) Received: by fxh2 with SMTP id 2so3491150fxh.9 for ; Fri, 01 Jul 2011 04:18:04 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: 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: Takashi Iwai Cc: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org On 01/07/2011 09:14, Takashi Iwai wrote: > At Fri, 01 Jul 2011 09:07:47 +0200, > Julian Sikorski wrote: >> >>>>>>> So it seems that the only things remaining are the SPDIF/rear channel >>>>>>> jack and the coupled muting issue. >>>>>> >>>>>> It's a BIOS bug. It doesn't tell SPDIF is available. >>>>>> Ditto for the 4th stereo out. No pin is exposed by BIOS. >>>>> >>>>> I see. I can try updating the BIOS and see if it changes anything. If it >>>>> doesn't, is there a way to work the problem around in the driver? >>>> >>>> You need to figure out pins manually by yourself, then change the >>>> driver code. I leave it as a homework :) >>> >>> :) I cannot write code, so I would not count on myself doing that. I >>> will have a look into updating the BIOS though. >>> >>>> thanks, >>>> >>>> Takashi >>> >>> Once again thanks for all the work you have done, >>> >>> Julian >> Hmm, I googled a bit and it seems the way to find the pins is to write >> values to user_pin_configs. So no coding knowledge seems needed, could >> you give me some pointers on where to start? > > First off, read the HD-audio specification to understand what the values > represent. Then, use hda-analyzer or manually via hda-verb, figure out > which widget corresponds to which I/O jack. Compose the corresponding > pin-config value, and put it to the sysfs file. A brief description > is found in Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio.txt. > > > Takashi I was reading a bit more and it is all very confusing, but luckily I have holidays coming to try and figure it out. In the meantime, should I also try to find the pin for the internal subwoofer? WRT the alsa-info.sh output I'll send it once I get home later today. Julian