Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:24:59 +0800 From: Ariff Abdullah <ariff@FreeBSD.org> To: Andrew <aremo@ngi.it> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: snd_hda woes on AMD64-based Acer Aspire laptop (6.2-RELEASE) Message-ID: <20070327002459.31536266.ariff@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <eu8qrr$2ok$1@sea.gmane.org> References: <eu8bci$qvv$1@sea.gmane.org> <20070326202001.7013e21b.ariff@FreeBSD.org> <eu8ji1$rhd$1@sea.gmane.org> <20070326221728.294107c7.ariff@FreeBSD.org> <eu8qrr$2ok$1@sea.gmane.org>
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On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 16:03:07 +0000 (UTC)
Andrew <aremo@ngi.it> wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 22:17:28 +0800, Ariff Abdullah
> <ariff@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>=20
> > I just upload new sets. Would you give it a try, and see whether
> > playing cd using cdcontrol works (this is just a hit and miss
> > test) ?
> >
> > Paste here your mixer output, or even better, another verbose
> > dmesg.
>=20
>=20
> Ariff, you are the man! I've now installed today's latest binary
> modules, and I'm happy to report that I can listen to CDs from the
> VGA console too, via cdcontrol. I'm seeing hard disk activity while
> doing this, I guess it's doing realtime audio extraction to a HD
> buffer, isn't it?
>=20
.. not really. cdcontrol don't have any digital extraction support
whatsoever. The reason it didn't work previously was because Acer bios
is a bit buggy and need specific patching to recover it.
Since it works now, well, good enough :)
> Also, audio works flawlessly within KDE. In both console and KDE,
> plugging the headphones mutes the laptop's speakers, and unplugging
> them restores the speakers.
>=20
> My 'mixer' output:
>=20
> Mixer vol is currently set to 75:75
> Mixer pcm is currently set to 75:75
> Mixer line is currently set to 75:75
> Mixer mic is currently set to 0:0
> Mixer cd is currently set to 75:75
> Mixer rec is currently set to 0:0
> Recording source: mic
>=20
>=20
> And my 'dmesg|grep ^pcm':
>=20
> pcm0: <ATI SB450 High Definition Audio Controller> mem
> 0xc0000000-0xc0003fff irq 16 at device 20.2 on pci0 pcm0: <HDA
> Codec: Realtek ALC883> pcm0: <HDA Driver Revision: 20070317_0042>
> pcm0: detached
> pcm0: <ATI SB450 High Definition Audio Controller> mem
> 0xc0000000-0xc0003fff irq 16 at device 20.2 on pci0 pcm0: <HDA
> Codec: Realtek ALC883> pcm0: <HDA Driver Revision: 20070320_0043>
> pcm0: detached
> pcm0: <ATI SB450 High Definition Audio Controller> mem
> 0xc0000000-0xc0003fff irq 16 at device 20.2 on pci0 pcm0: <HDA
> Codec: Realtek ALC883> pcm0: <HDA Driver Revision: 20070327_0044>
>=20
>=20
> Let me know if you need more testing. Thanks again!
>=20
> Andrew
>=20
--
Ariff Abdullah
FreeBSD
... Recording in stereo is obviously too advanced
and confusing for us idiot ***** users :P ........
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