[ALSA - driver 0002137]: No mute controls for Audigy or Audigy 2ZS

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A NOTE has been added to this issue.
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<https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/view.php?id=2137> 
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Reported By:                stdpikachu
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    ALSA - driver
Issue ID:                   2137
Category:                   PCI - emu10k1
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   minor
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     acknowledged
Distribution:               Gentoo
Kernel Version:             2.6.15, 2.6.16
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Date Submitted:             05-20-2006 15:23 CEST
Last Modified:              05-20-2006 17:22 CEST
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Summary:                    No mute controls for Audigy or Audigy 2ZS
Description: 
The problem has been around for while, but have only just got around to
reporting it (incidentally, where do I search for previously file bug
reports?).

I have three computers, all with various flavours of Audigy cards, all
using the latest emu10k1 alsa driver. The problem also exists with the
in-kernel audigy driver. Googling for other people with the same problem
suggests the problem crept it quite a while ago.

No matter what UI is used, I can't mute most channels provided by the
audigy driver. For instance, in alsamixer I can only mute Headphones,
Line, CD, Phone, PC Speaker and Aux. ALl other channels are without mute
toggles.

The upshot of this is that mute controls in almost all alsa apps doesn't
work and the only way to mute the channel is to manually set master or PCM
volume to zero.

I read of a bug with one of the intel sound drivers that lost most of the
mute controls, maybe this is the same sort of thing.
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 jcdutton - 05-20-06 17:02 
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Of course it is possible. It is just that time is spent on other things
instead.


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 rlrevell - 05-20-06 17:22 
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Wasn't it a deliberate design decision not to waste GPRs on mute controls,
as this can be implemented by the mixer app?

Issue History
Date Modified  Username       Field                    Change              
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05-20-06 15:23 stdpikachu     New Issue                                    
05-20-06 15:23 stdpikachu     File Added: alsamixer.png                    
05-20-06 15:23 stdpikachu     Distribution              => Gentoo          
05-20-06 15:23 stdpikachu     Kernel Version            => 2.6.15, 2.6.16  
05-20-06 16:09 pzad           Note Added: 0009884                          
05-20-06 16:47 stdpikachu     Note Added: 0009885                          
05-20-06 17:02 jcdutton       Note Added: 0009886                          
05-20-06 17:02 jcdutton       Status                   new => acknowledged 
05-20-06 17:22 rlrevell       Note Added: 0009887                          
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