On Wednesday 09 August 2006 12:07, Gene Heskett wrote: >On Wednesday 09 August 2006 11:46, Sergei Steshenko wrote: >>On Wed, 09 Aug 2006 11:40:02 -0400 >> >>Gene Heskett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Greetings; >>> >>> The old fart is back again. :) >>> >>> I've just done a divide and conquer on kernel versions, and have found >>> that while I DO have a kde audio signon for kernels >>> 2.6.18-rc1-rc3-rc4, I do not have any other functioning audio, >>> including the kde sound effects I normally get. xmms and tvtime are >>> mute, as are the firefox plugins to play videos from the network. >>> 2.6.17.8 and below works great yet. >>> >>> So whats the fix? >> >>Demand stable ABI. > >It does not appear to be so. And ATM booted to 18-rc1, I didn't see an >error message when rc.local made a call of "[EMAIL PROTECTED] gene]# alsactl >restore >alsactl: set_control:894: warning: name mismatch (Mic Boost (+20dB)/Mic >Boost (+20dB) Switch) for control #45 >alsactl: set_control:896: warning: index mismatch (0/0) for control #45 >alsactl: set_control:898: failed to obtain info for control #45 > (Operation not permitted) >[EMAIL PROTECTED] gene]# > >But as you can see, the error was there nontheless. I've seen this or a >very similar error for .18-rc3 and .18-rc4. > >This walks and qwacks like the alsa interface has been diddled, again. > But since it KNOWS what hardware its running, in this case an audigy 2, > not Value, so why was apparently working code broken and then commited > to the kernel tree? > >Humm, because of my use of 2 independant audio channels here, I'm forced > to use kamix in order to address both systems. And I found it! > Somehow, that card managed to get its "external amplifier" 'led' turned > on, which apparently kills the normal line outs that drive my speakers. > The display also looks slightly busier, like another slider has been > added? > >Now to check the newer kernels again after doing an 'alsactl store' from >the cli. Once I've done that, the above error is not repeated. > >And, even kookier, is that after doing the alsactl store, the external >amplifier button no longer effects it. Anybody got any migrain medicine? > >And tvtime now has a voice too, goodie.. :)
But, once booted to 2.6.18-rc4, the audio except for the kde signon splash, is well and truely muted for all other usage. I haven't built -rc2 yet, I'll try that next. Alsamixer cannot coax a peep out of it now. -- Cheers, Gene People having trouble with vz bouncing email to me should add the word 'online' between the 'verizon', and the dot which bypasses vz's stupid bounce rules. I do use spamassassin too. :-) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2006 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
