Sound Blaster Audigy (snd_ca0106 Creative Labs|SB Audigy LS): How to use the mixer?

Sound Blaster Audigy (snd_ca0106 Creative Labs|SB Audigy LS): How to use the mixer?

[Colin Guthrie]

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Hi,

Just trying to help a user with a problem and it seems to be down to the
fact that his SB Audigy LS does not have a "Master" or "PCM" mixer control.

I asked Lennart about this and he told that Takashi said he wanted to 
make sure that all devices have at least a Master vol control.

This one doesn't!

Please let me know what you need in order to fix this.

This is with 1.0.17... I can't see anything in the changelog that would 
suggest this is fixed in the 1.0.18rc1.

Please let me know if you need e.g. PCI ids etc. as I can ask the user 
to provide these.

Col



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Simple mixer control 'Line in',0
  Capabilities: cvolume
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Capture 0 - 255
  Front Left: Capture 255 [100%] [24.00dB]
  Front Right: Capture 255 [100%] [24.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
  Capabilities: cvolume
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Capture 0 - 255
  Front Left: Capture 255 [100%] [24.00dB]
  Front Right: Capture 255 [100%] [24.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'Phone',0
  Capabilities: cvolume
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Capture 0 - 255
  Front Left: Capture 207 [81%] [0.00dB]
  Front Right: Capture 207 [81%] [0.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Center/LFE',0
  Capabilities: pvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 255
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 255 [100%] [12.00dB]
  Front Right: Playback 255 [100%] [12.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Front',0
  Capabilities: pvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 255
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 255 [100%] [12.00dB]
  Front Right: Playback 255 [100%] [12.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Rear',0
  Capabilities: pvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 255
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 255 [100%] [12.00dB]
  Front Right: Playback 255 [100%] [12.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Unknown',0
  Capabilities: pvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 255
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 255 [100%] [12.00dB]
  Front Right: Playback 255 [100%] [12.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'Aux',0
  Capabilities: cvolume
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Capture 0 - 255
  Front Left: Capture 207 [81%] [0.00dB]
  Front Right: Capture 207 [81%] [0.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'Analog Center/LFE',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 255
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 255 [100%] [12.00dB] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 255 [100%] [12.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Analog Front',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 255
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 255 [100%] [12.00dB] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 255 [100%] [12.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Analog Rear',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 255
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 255 [100%] [12.00dB] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 255 [100%] [12.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Analog Side',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 255
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 255 [100%] [12.00dB] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 255 [100%] [12.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Analog Source',0
  Capabilities: cenum
  Items: 'Phone' 'Mic' 'Line in' 'Aux'
  Item0: 'Line in'
Simple mixer control 'CAPTURE feedback',0
  Capabilities: pvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 255
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 255 [100%] [12.00dB]
  Front Right: Playback 255 [100%] [12.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'Digital Source',0
  Capabilities: cenum
  Items: 'IEC958 out' 'i2s mixer out' 'IEC958 in' 'i2s in' 'AC97 in' 'SRC out'
  Item0: 'i2s in'
Simple mixer control 'Shared Mic/Line in',0
  Capabilities: cenum
  Items: 'Line in' 'Mic in'
  Item0: 'Line in'

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Re: Sound Blaster Audigy (snd_ca0106 Creative Labs|SB Audigy LS): How to use the mixer?

[Takashi Iwai]

At Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:13:16 +0100,
Colin Guthrie wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Just trying to help a user with a problem and it seems to be down to the
> fact that his SB Audigy LS does not have a "Master" or "PCM" mixer control.
> 
> I asked Lennart about this and he told that Takashi said he wanted to 
> make sure that all devices have at least a Master vol control.
> 
> This one doesn't!
> 
> Please let me know what you need in order to fix this.
> 
> This is with 1.0.17... I can't see anything in the changelog that would 
> suggest this is fixed in the 1.0.18rc1.

Did you update *driver*?  Updating alsa-lib won't fix the problem.

The recent ca0106 driver has a virtual master control, so this should
have been fixed.


HTH,

Takashi

Re: Sound Blaster Audigy (snd_ca0106 Creative Labs|SB Audigy LS): How to use the mixer?

[Colin Guthrie]

Takashi Iwai wrote:
> At Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:13:16 +0100,
> Colin Guthrie wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Just trying to help a user with a problem and it seems to be down to the
>> fact that his SB Audigy LS does not have a "Master" or "PCM" mixer control.
>>
>> I asked Lennart about this and he told that Takashi said he wanted to 
>> make sure that all devices have at least a Master vol control.
>>
>> This one doesn't!
>>
>> Please let me know what you need in order to fix this.
>>
>> This is with 1.0.17... I can't see anything in the changelog that would 
>> suggest this is fixed in the 1.0.18rc1.
> 
> Did you update *driver*?  Updating alsa-lib won't fix the problem.

Yeah I made sure the user was on a 1.0.17 *driver* confirmed via 
/proc/asound/version (he was originally confused about lib and driver 
versions but I corrected him there already!)

> The recent ca0106 driver has a virtual master control, so this should
> have been fixed.

Cool, thanks. Is that post 1.0.17? From you comment about updating the 
driver, I suspect it was supposed to be in 1.0.17 (/me looks) hmm yes:

http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Changes_v1.0.16_v1.0.17#CA0106_driver


This is odd. I definitely requested that the user ensure the driver 
version is 1.0.17 (he confirmed it by /proc/asound/version) and then run 
amixer -c 0 to output the previously attached dump (which does not have 
a Master).

Any ideas.

Col.



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Re: Sound Blaster Audigy (snd_ca0106 Creative Labs|SB Audigy LS): How to use the mixer?

[Colin Guthrie]

Colin Guthrie wrote:
> Takashi Iwai wrote:
>> At Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:13:16 +0100,
>> Colin Guthrie wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Just trying to help a user with a problem and it seems to be down to the
>>> fact that his SB Audigy LS does not have a "Master" or "PCM" mixer control.
>>>
>>> I asked Lennart about this and he told that Takashi said he wanted to 
>>> make sure that all devices have at least a Master vol control.
>>>
>>> This one doesn't!
>>>
>>> Please let me know what you need in order to fix this.
>>>
>>> This is with 1.0.17... I can't see anything in the changelog that would 
>>> suggest this is fixed in the 1.0.18rc1.
>> Did you update *driver*?  Updating alsa-lib won't fix the problem.
> 
> Yeah I made sure the user was on a 1.0.17 *driver* confirmed via 
> /proc/asound/version (he was originally confused about lib and driver 
> versions but I corrected him there already!)
> 
>> The recent ca0106 driver has a virtual master control, so this should
>> have been fixed.
> 
> Cool, thanks. Is that post 1.0.17? From you comment about updating the 
> driver, I suspect it was supposed to be in 1.0.17 (/me looks) hmm yes:
> 
> http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Changes_v1.0.16_v1.0.17#CA0106_driver
> 
> 
> This is odd. I definitely requested that the user ensure the driver 
> version is 1.0.17 (he confirmed it by /proc/asound/version) and then run 
> amixer -c 0 to output the previously attached dump (which does not have 
> a Master).

I've confirmed the user is using 1.0.17.

The kernel is 2.6.27rc(something). So perhaps the driver is missing 
something for certain hardware?

His PCI Ids are:

lspci -nn | grep -i aud
00:0a.0 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Creative Labs SB Audigy LS 
[1102:0007]

Col

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