Alsa support for conexant

Alsa support for conexant

[Sql Sql]

I have a Lenovo Thinkpad T400 with a mini dock which has SPDIF output. It is running Debian Squeeze.


When I run alsamixer, I can see the soundcard detected is:
Conexant CX20561

When I run aplay -l:

**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: CONEXANT Analog [CONEXANT Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 1: Conexant Digital [Conexant Digital]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

However, I can't get it to output through SPDIF. 
I tried:
aplay -Dplug:iec958 /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav  = no sound


I tried:                                                    
pcm.!default {
type plug
slave {
pcm "front:CARD=Intel"
}
}

(restarted alsautils), it still doesn't work.

I tried adding:
options snd-hda-intel model=lenovo-x200
options snd-hda-intel model=lenovo
options snd-hda-intel model=laptop
options snd-hda-intel model=thinkpad
and then alsa force reload
None of these work.

Is there anyway I can get it to output through SPDIF? My other computer that has SPDIF outputs fine using the custom asound.conf so why isn't it working for the lenovo? BTW, I confirmed the SPDIF is not defective  by booting into Windows and testing it.

Re: Alsa support for conexant

[Pierre-Louis Bossart]

> Is there anyway I can get it to output through SPDIF? My other computer that has SPDIF outputs fine using the custom asound.conf so why isn't it working for the lenovo? BTW, I confirmed the SPDIF is not defective  by booting into Windows and testing it.

Can you check if the SPDIF pin is actually enabled (look at 
/proc/asound/cardxx/codec#xx) as OUT. I had a similar problem a long 
time ago on a Lenovo W500, enabling the pin with a one-line verb for the 
connexant 5051 solved the problem.

Re: Alsa support for conexant

[Sql Sql]

Thanks for the response, 

I did 
cat /proc/asound/card0/codec#0 


and got the following output: (I have bolded the relevant information)


Codec: Conexant CX20561 (Hermosa)
Address: 0
Function Id: 0x1
Vendor Id: 0x14f15051
Subsystem Id: 0x17aa211c
Revision Id: 0x100000
No Modem Function Group found
Default PCM:
    rates [0x160]: 44100 48000 96000
    bits [0xe]: 16 20 24
    formats [0x1]: PCM
Default Amp-In caps: N/A
Default Amp-Out caps: N/A
GPIO: io=4, o=0, i=0, unsolicited=1, wake=0
  IO[0]: enable=0, dir=0, wake=0, sticky=0, data=0, unsol=0
  IO[1]: enable=0, dir=0, wake=0, sticky=0, data=0, unsol=0
  IO[2]: enable=0, dir=0, wake=0, sticky=0, data=0, unsol=0
  IO[3]: enable=0, dir=0, wake=0, sticky=0, data=0, unsol=0
Node 0x10 [Audio Output] wcaps 0xc1d: Stereo Amp-Out R/L
  Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x4a, nsteps=0x4a, stepsize=0x03, mute=0
  Amp-Out vals:  [0x1f 0x1f]
  Converter: stream=0, channel=0
  PCM:
    rates [0x560]: 44100 48000 96000 192000
    bits [0xe]: 16 20 24
    formats [0x1]: PCM
  Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
Node 0x11 [Audio Output] wcaps 0xc1d: Stereo Amp-Out R/L
  Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x4a, nsteps=0x4a, stepsize=0x03, mute=0
  Amp-Out vals:  [0x4a 0x4a]
  Converter: stream=0, channel=0
  PCM:
    rates [0x560]: 44100 48000 96000 192000
    bits [0xe]: 16 20 24
    formats [0x1]: PCM
  Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
Node 0x12 [Audio Output] wcaps 0x211: Stereo Digital
  Converter: stream=0, channel=0
  Digital:
  Digital category: 0x0
  PCM:
    rates [0x160]: 44100 48000 96000
    bits [0xe]: 16 20 24
    formats [0x5]: PCM AC3
Node 0x13 [Beep Generator Widget] wcaps 0x70000c: Mono Amp-Out
  Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x03, nsteps=0x03, stepsize=0x17, mute=0
  Amp-Out vals:  [0x00]
Node 0x14 [Audio Input] wcaps 0x100d1b: Stereo Amp-In R/L
  Amp-In caps: ofs=0x4a, nsteps=0x50, stepsize=0x03, mute=0
  Amp-In vals:  [0x44 0x44] [0x44 0x44]
  Converter: stream=0, channel=0
  SDI-Select: 0
  PCM:
    rates [0x160]: 44100 48000 96000
    bits [0xe]: 16 20 24
    formats [0x1]: PCM
  Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
  Connection: 2
     0x1d* 0x17
Node 0x15 [Audio Input] wcaps 0x100d1b: Stereo Amp-In R/L
  Amp-In caps: ofs=0x4a, nsteps=0x50, stepsize=0x03, mute=0
  Amp-In vals:  [0x44 0x44]
  Converter: stream=0, channel=0
  SDI-Select: 0
  PCM:
    rates [0x160]: 44100 48000 96000
    bits [0xe]: 16 20 24
    formats [0x1]: PCM
  Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
  Connection: 1
     0x18
Node 0x16 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400581: Stereo
  Pincap 0x0000001c: OUT HP Detect
  Pin Default 0x022140f0: [Jack] HP Out at Ext Front
    Conn = 1/8, Color = Green
    DefAssociation = 0xf, Sequence = 0x0
  Pin-ctls: 0xc0: OUT HP
  Unsolicited: tag=37, enabled=1
  Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
  Connection: 2
     0x10* 0x11
Node 0x17 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x40048b: Stereo Amp-In
  Amp-In caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x04, stepsize=0x27, mute=0
  Amp-In vals:  [0x03 0x03]
  Pincap 0x00001224: IN Detect
    Vref caps: 50 80
  Pin Default 0x61a190f0: [N/A] Mic at Sep Rear
    Conn = 1/8, Color = Pink
    DefAssociation = 0xf, Sequence = 0x0
  Pin-ctls: 0x24: IN VREF_80
  Unsolicited: tag=38, enabled=1
  Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
Node 0x18 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x40048b: Stereo Amp-In
  Amp-In caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x04, stepsize=0x27, mute=0
  Amp-In vals:  [0x03 0x03]
  Pincap 0x00001224: IN Detect
    Vref caps: 50 80
  Pin Default 0x02a190f0: [Jack] Mic at Ext Front
    Conn = 1/8, Color = Pink
    DefAssociation = 0xf, Sequence = 0x0
  Pin-ctls: 0x24: IN VREF_80
  Unsolicited: tag=39, enabled=1
  Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
Node 0x19 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400581: Stereo
  Pincap 0x00000014: OUT Detect
  Pin Default 0x40f000f0: [N/A] Other at Ext N/A
    Conn = Unknown, Color = Unknown
    DefAssociation = 0xf, Sequence = 0x0
  Pin-ctls: 0x40: OUT
  Unsolicited: tag=37, enabled=1
  Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
  Connection: 2
     0x10* 0x11
Node 0x1a [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400501: Stereo
  Pincap 0x00010010: OUT EAPD
  EAPD 0x2: EAPD
  Pin Default 0x901701f0: [Fixed] Speaker at Int N/A
    Conn = Analog, Color = Unknown
    DefAssociation = 0xf, Sequence = 0x0
    Misc = NO_PRESENCE
  Pin-ctls: 0x00:
  Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
  Connection: 2
     0x10* 0x11
Node 0x1b [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400500: Mono
  Pincap 0x00010010: OUT EAPD
  EAPD 0x2: EAPD
  Pin Default 0x40f001f0: [N/A] Other at Ext N/A
    Conn = Unknown, Color = Unknown
    DefAssociation = 0xf, Sequence = 0x0
    Misc = NO_PRESENCE
  Pin-ctls: 0x40: OUT
  Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
  Connection: 2
     0x10* 0x11
Node 0x1c [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400701: Stereo Digital
  Pincap 0x00000010: OUT
  Pin Default 0x40f001f0: [N/A] Other at Ext N/A
    Conn = Unknown, Color = Unknown
    DefAssociation = 0xf, Sequence = 0x0
    Misc = NO_PRESENCE
  Pin-ctls: 0x00:
  Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
  Connection: 1
     0x12
Node 0x1d [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x40040b: Stereo Amp-In
  Amp-In caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x04, stepsize=0x2f, mute=0
  Amp-In vals:  [0x03 0x03]
  Pincap 0x00000020: IN
  Pin Default 0x90a601f0: [Fixed] Mic at Int N/A
    Conn = Digital, Color = Unknown
    DefAssociation = 0xf, Sequence = 0x0
    Misc = NO_PRESENCE
  Pin-ctls: 0x20: IN
  Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
Node 0x1e [Vendor Defined Widget] wcaps 0xf00000: Mono



It looks like it is already enabled and set to OUT. 


How do I enable the pin with a one line verb? Do I write option connexant 5051 to modprobe.d/alsabase.conf?





________________________________
 From: Pierre-Louis Bossart <pierre-louis.bossart@linux.intel.com>
To: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org 
Sent: Friday, April 6, 2012 10:09 AM
Subject: Re: [alsa-devel] Alsa support for conexant
 

> Is there anyway I can get it to output through SPDIF? My other computer that has SPDIF outputs fine using the custom asound.conf so why isn't it working for the lenovo? BTW, I confirmed the SPDIF is not defective  by booting into Windows and testing it.

Can you check if the SPDIF pin is actually enabled (look at 
/proc/asound/cardxx/codec#xx) as OUT. I had a similar problem a long 
time ago on a Lenovo W500, enabling the pin with a one-line verb for the 
connexant 5051 solved the problem.

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