Hi all, Just got a new Dell Precision M6300, with Intel audio which identifies as:
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02) and uses the good ol' snd_hda_intel module (2.6.25-tuxonice-r4). /etc/modprobe.d/alsa is full of the usual guff: alias char-major-116 snd alias char-major-14 soundcore alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss alias /dev/mixer snd-mixer-oss alias /dev/dsp snd-pcm-oss alias /dev/midi snd-seq-oss options snd cards_limit=1 Now to the problems: The Gnome volume control app (gnome-volume-control) doesn't always show all mixers, nor does alsa restore the mixer settings the same. gnome-volume-control starts in various ways, the most common like this: 1: Master vol Front vol (muted) no PCM fader 2: Master vol Front vol (muted) PCM fader present The problem with the first instance, is that I use the PCM volume as a "master" because it's the only channel that controls both the headphones and the front speakers. If I remove and then add the applet, the correct faders usually (but not always) appear. The second problem I have, is that when changing the volume level using a stereo slider, the stereo "lock" keeps unlocking, and I end up changing one channel only. This can happen immediatly, so it is not possible to change both channels together, or only occasionally. And the third problem, is that the media volume hotkeys (those extra keys labelled mute, play, pause, etc) only seem to change the channel named "Master", and not a channel of my choosing (Master is only good for the built-in speakers, not the headphone or digital outputs). I've played with various options in /etc/conf.d/alsasound and other misc things, but I can't seem to make a difference. I never had this problem with my last ~x86 laptop, but it had different hw. thanks for any tips! -- Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au> Einstein argued that there must be simplified explanations of nature, because God is not capricious or arbitrary. No such faith comforts the software engineer. - Fred Brooks, Jr. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
