From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 21 22:14:18 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB5111065674; Sat, 21 Feb 2009 22:14:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yanefbsd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gx0-f176.google.com (mail-gx0-f176.google.com [209.85.217.176]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AF278FC13; Sat, 21 Feb 2009 22:14:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yanefbsd@gmail.com) Received: by gxk24 with SMTP id 24so5025313gxk.19 for ; Sat, 21 Feb 2009 14:14:18 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=Bw5L6BvJaSYgw+9MDQCrqHnM6rDrVC3GS2R35xrl6jo=; b=J/4Q70YCWAIFG+Yw0GPUvsPRSTREzsHKnEViFQ6iVoIShsUC159DEKJxsP1uFzac20 kNG3GPxmZI+ZhD9ytCSpIvc4liFfoLrcn7pzrIIKlExEzDLtqkaWzSd4mWLEXzQ1bHUX agxkyrpwuQEaK4uHebQSLuj6skjIwK8pakGKE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=nzjnMclm/QrnpW9inRGfr2bt2F2W9xpIRPzUJNKS3/ixEd23E0NahBGq5q6dOGGtzU UYZ1miDtzWn4iYlvXeGHM+SfTyR0WXerKU9Ks3q2OsBzzaxEs+MmXz6dMQS7s88xn4ST Z8DxJu0aVzbgMiIzYjGPsbH1ayolykShYLVx8= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.90.49.3 with SMTP id w3mr616916agw.21.1235254457816; Sat, 21 Feb 2009 14:14:17 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <49A07A1A.2030902@FreeBSD.org> References: <1235218982.00077642.1235207402@10.7.7.3> <499FFC5F.3020903@FreeBSD.org> <47d0403c0902210949i74473bc5j57c923e13c85e89@mail.gmail.com> <49A04510.5030405@FreeBSD.org> <7d6fde3d0902211356h66b05cfcxf2ebbe9b2a6fd0f0@mail.gmail.com> <49A07A1A.2030902@FreeBSD.org> Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 14:14:17 -0800 Message-ID: <7d6fde3d0902211414k571fa88ajcb1ba9771c2be423@mail.gmail.com> From: Garrett Cooper To: Alexander Motin Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Current , Benjamin Kaduk , Ben Kaduk Subject: Re: Annoying whitenoise sound coming from snd_hda enabled chipset X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 22:14:19 -0000 On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 2:03 PM, Alexander Motin wrote: > Garrett Cooper wrote: >> >> On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 10:35 AM, Benjamin Kaduk wrote: >>> >>> On Sat, 21 Feb 2009, Alexander Motin wrote: >>> >>>> Ben Kaduk wrote: >>>>> >>>>> On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 8:06 AM, Alexander Motin >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Garrett Cooper wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I don't know how else to describe it, but when I turn up my >>>>>>> speakers enough (50%+) and don't have any sound playing, I hear a >>>>>>> whitenoise hiss coming out of them. When I change webpages (nvidia >>>>>>> driver is GIANT locked) or do something else kernel intensive it >>>>>>> stops >>>>>>> for a brief second, but apart from that it's an annoying trill sound >>>>>>> almost like a mosquito humming around me waiting to be swatted. >>>>>> >>>>>> I think it may be radio interference with disconnected microphone >>>>>> inputs. >>>>>> Try to set all unneeded mixer volumes to 0, especially mic, monitor, >>>>>> speaker >>>>>> and mix. Inputs often have too sensitive 20-30dB pre-amplifiers. Some >>>>>> codecs >>>>>> have them on all inputs. >>>>> >>>>> It's hard to be sure, since I'm not sure that I could describe what I >>>>> hear any better than Garret did, but I think I'm seeing the same sort >>>>> of thing on my work desktop. I'll try setting unneeded volumes to >>>>> zero the next time I'm in, and see if that helps. >>>>> >>>>> dmesg and pciconf are available here: >>>>> http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb.mit.edu/user/kaduk/freebsd/periphrasis/ >>>> >>>> I see there some old 7.0-STABLE dmesg without any pcm. There is nothing >>>> to >>>> talk about. If you wish to have good working HDA, update to recent >>>> STABLE or >>>> at least take driver from there. >>> >>> Oops, I had been blocking on updating from 7 to current because of >>> a bounce zone bug that was causing the box to panic, and I didn't >>> update the dmesg after I did finally upgrade. >>> >>> Should be updated, now. >>> >>> Sorry about that, >>> >>> Ben Kaduk >> >> Unfortunately I must use mix though or line-in doesn't function >> from my console peripherals. It does appear to be the culprit >> unfortunately. > > Have you tried to mute other sources specifically? mix is just a sum of > inputs, it is not an input itself. You may read driver verbose boot messages > to find which inputs are mixed and how they controlled. As I suggested earlier it's Line, so again I'm stuck without line-in to my console peripherals :(. >> So I suppose I have to live with this issue until my SB Audigy >> card comes :(? This is something that should be noted in the driver >> manpage or you'll get more annoyed folks with support emails like this >> one ><... > > It won't help. People never read manuals, especially long ones. :( Yes, but what about the BUGS section, etc :)? -Garrett