Re: [Alsa-user] Can't get amixer to access controls for a specific device on a card
Eliot Blennerhassett li...@audioscience.com wrote: Why do you think that it is not device #0 i.e. the default device? Best run http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-info.sh to give us the full info. I suspect device #1 is the MIDI uart... Sorry about the delay... had to install lspci and fiddle with some other stuff to get the script to run and it still complained a bit, but it came up with the output below. Asking aplay to use device 1 results in no complaints, so surely it can't be a MIDI device? I've read somewhere that device 0 has four DXS devices, while device 1 has one six-channel playback device. All of this is academic anyway unless I can enable Line in as surround etc. I've run speaker-test in 6-channel mode and tweaked everything I could think of in amixer, but I'm getting nothing out of the other two jacks. Any help greatly appreciated! Thanks, -- Olly ---alsa-info.sh output--- !! !!ALSA Information Script v 0.4.56 !! !!Script ran on: Thu Mar 3 23:28:41 UTC 2005 !!Linux Distribution !!-- !!Kernel Information !!-- Kernel release:2.6.27.9 Operating System: Linux Architecture: i686 Processor: unknown SMP Enabled: No !!ALSA Version !! Driver version: 1.0.17 Library version: Utilities version: 1.0.19 !!Loaded ALSA modules !!--- !!Sound Servers on this system !! Pulseaudio: Installed - Yes () Running - No ESound Daemon: Installed - Yes () Running - No aRts: Installed - Yes () Running - No Jack: Installed - Yes () Running - No No sound servers found. !!Soundcards recognised by ALSA !!- 0 [V8235 ]: VIA8233 - VIA 8235 VIA 8235 with VT1616i at 0xe400, irq 10 !!PCI Soundcards installed in the system !!-- !!Advanced information - PCI Vendor/Device/Susbsystem ID's !! 00:11.5 0401: 1106:3059 (rev 50) Subsystem: 1106:aa01 !!Loaded sound module options !!-- !!AC97 Codec information !!--- --startcollapse-- 0-0/0: ICEnsemble VT1616i PCI Subsys Vendor: 0x1106 PCI Subsys Device: 0xaa01 Capabilities : -headphone out- DAC resolution : 18-bit ADC resolution : 18-bit 3D enhancement : IC Ensemble/KS Waves Current setup Mic gain : +0dB [+0dB] POP path : pre 3D Sim. stereo : off 3D enhancement : off Loudness : off Mono output : MIX Mic select : Mic1 ADC/DAC loopback : off Extended ID : codec=0 rev=0 LDAC SDAC CDAC DSA=0 SPDIF VRA Extended status : SPCV LDAC SDAC CDAC SPDIF=10/11 VRA PCM front DAC: 48000Hz PCM Surr DAC : 48000Hz PCM LFE DAC : 48000Hz PCM ADC : 48000Hz SPDIF Control: Consumer PCM Copyright Category=0x22 Generation=1 Rate=48kHz 0:00 = 6d50 0:02 = 9f1f 0:04 = 9f1f 0:06 = 801f 0:08 = 0:0a = 801e 0:0c = 801f 0:0e = 801f 0:10 = 9f1f 0:12 = 9f1f 0:14 = 9f1f 0:16 = 9f1f 0:18 = 0808 0:1a = 0:1c = 0:1e = 0:20 = 0:22 = 0:24 = 0:26 = 000f 0:28 = 01c5 0:2a = 05f1 0:2c = bb80 0:2e = bb80 0:30 = bb80 0:32 = bb80 0:34 = 0:36 = 9f93 0:38 = 9f9f 0:3a = 2a20 0:3c = 0:3e = 0:40 = 0:42 = 0:44 = 0:46 = 0:48 = 0:4a = 0:4c = 0:4e = 0:50 = 0:52 = 0:54 = 0:56 = 0:58 = 0:5a = 8230 0:5c = 0:5e = 0:60 = 0:62 = 0:64 = 0:66 = 0:68 = 0:6a = 0:6c = 0:6e = 0:70 = 0:72 = 0:74 = 0:76 = 0:78 = 0:7a = 0:7c = 4943 0:7e = 4552 --endcollapse-- !!ALSA Device nodes !!- crw-rw1 root audio116, 7 Mar 3 23:27 /dev/snd/controlC0 crw-rw1 root audio116, 6 Mar 3 23:27 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c crw-rw1 root audio116, 5 Mar 3 23:28 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p crw-rw1 root audio116, 4 Mar 3 23:27 /dev/snd/pcmC0D1c crw-rw1 root audio116, 3 Mar 3 23:27 /dev/snd/pcmC0D1p crw-rw1 root audio116, 2 Mar 3 23:27 /dev/snd/timer !!Aplay/Arecord output !! APLAY List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices card 0: V8235 [VIA 8235], device 0: VIA 8235 [VIA 8235] Subdevices: 2/4 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Subdevice #1: subdevice #1 Subdevice #2: subdevice #2 Subdevice #3: subdevice #3 card 0: V8235 [VIA 8235], device 1: VIA 8235 [VIA 8235] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 ARECORD /bin/alsa-info.sh: line 632: arecord: not found !!Amixer output !!- !!---Mixer controls for card 0 [V8235] Card hw:0 'V8235'/'VIA 8235 with VT1616i at 0xe400, irq 10' Mixer name: 'ICEnsemble VT1616i' Components:
Re: [Alsa-user] Can't get amixer to access controls for a specific device on a card
o...@funkster.org wrote: Hi all, Hope this is in the right place. I've got a VIA EPIA M1 with an LFS system based around kernel 2.6.22.5 and alsa-lib 1.0.19. Sound works for 2-channel playback but I want to start using all 6 channels that the hardware gives (VIA VT1616 AC97 connected to VT8235 south bridge). However, the 6-channel playback is done via card 0, device 1 Why do you think that it is not device #0 i.e. the default device? Best run http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-info.sh to give us the full info. I suspect device #1 is the MIDI uart... -- ___ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
Re: [Alsa-user] Can't get amixer to access controls for a specific device on a card
From: Eliot Blennerhassett li...@audioscience.com Cards have only one mixer, to which all the PCM devices are 'connected' Ah, I didn't realise that. Below is the output of amixer -i controls. Thanks for your help! Cheers, -- Olly -vt1616controls- numid=11,iface=MIXER,name='Master Mono Playback Switch' numid=12,iface=MIXER,name='Master Mono Playback Volume' numid=47,iface=MIXER,name='Master Playback Switch' numid=46,iface=MIXER,name='Master Playback Volume' numid=9,iface=MIXER,name='Headphone Playback Switch' numid=10,iface=MIXER,name='Headphone Playback Volume' numid=36,iface=MIXER,name='3D Control - Center' numid=37,iface=MIXER,name='3D Control - Depth' numid=33,iface=MIXER,name='3D Control - Switch' numid=28,iface=MIXER,name='PCM Playback Switch' numid=29,iface=MIXER,name='PCM Playback Volume' numid=1,iface=MIXER,name='Front Playback Switch' numid=2,iface=MIXER,name='Front Playback Volume' numid=7,iface=MIXER,name='Surround Playback Switch' numid=8,iface=MIXER,name='Surround Playback Volume' numid=3,iface=MIXER,name='Center Playback Switch' numid=4,iface=MIXER,name='Center Playback Volume' numid=5,iface=MIXER,name='LFE Playback Switch' numid=6,iface=MIXER,name='LFE Playback Volume' numid=20,iface=MIXER,name='Line Playback Switch' numid=21,iface=MIXER,name='Line Playback Volume' numid=22,iface=MIXER,name='CD Playback Switch' numid=23,iface=MIXER,name='CD Playback Volume' numid=19,iface=MIXER,name='Mic Boost (+20dB)' numid=35,iface=MIXER,name='Mic Select' numid=17,iface=MIXER,name='Mic Playback Switch' numid=18,iface=MIXER,name='Mic Playback Volume' numid=15,iface=MIXER,name='Phone Playback Switch' numid=16,iface=MIXER,name='Phone Playback Volume' numid=24,iface=MIXER,name='Video Playback Switch' numid=25,iface=MIXER,name='Video Playback Volume' numid=13,iface=MIXER,name='PC Speaker Playback Switch' numid=14,iface=MIXER,name='PC Speaker Playback Volume' numid=26,iface=MIXER,name='Aux Playback Switch' numid=27,iface=MIXER,name='Aux Playback Volume' numid=34,iface=MIXER,name='Mono Output Select' numid=30,iface=MIXER,name='Capture Source' numid=31,iface=MIXER,name='Capture Switch' numid=32,iface=MIXER,name='Capture Volume' numid=38,iface=MIXER,name='IEC958 Playback Con Mask' numid=39,iface=MIXER,name='IEC958 Playback Pro Mask' numid=42,iface=MIXER,name='IEC958 Playback AC97-SPSA' numid=40,iface=MIXER,name='IEC958 Playback Default' numid=41,iface=MIXER,name='IEC958 Playback Switch' numid=51,iface=MIXER,name='IEC958 Output Switch' numid=43,iface=MIXER,name='Alternate Level to Surround Out' numid=44,iface=MIXER,name='Downmix LFE and Center to Front' numid=45,iface=MIXER,name='Downmix Surround to Front' numid=48,iface=MIXER,name='External Amplifier' numid=49,iface=MIXER,name='Input Source Select' numid=50,iface=MIXER,name='Input Source Select',index=1 numid=52,iface=MIXER,name='VIA DXS Playback Volume' numid=53,iface=MIXER,name='VIA DXS Playback Volume',index=1 numid=54,iface=MIXER,name='VIA DXS Playback Volume',index=2 numid=55,iface=MIXER,name='VIA DXS Playback Volume',index=3 -- Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H ___ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
[Alsa-user] Can't get amixer to access controls for a specific device on a card
Hi all, Hope this is in the right place. I've got a VIA EPIA M1 with an LFS system based around kernel 2.6.22.5 and alsa-lib 1.0.19. Sound works for 2-channel playback but I want to start using all 6 channels that the hardware gives (VIA VT1616 AC97 connected to VT8235 south bridge). However, the 6-channel playback is done via card 0, device 1 and I can only get amixer to access the controls of device 0 - which doesn't include the controls to enable the other four analogue outputs! (these being Line In as Surround and Mic Input as Centre/LFE I've tried a whole load of command line arguments, but all just give me errors: # amixer -c 0 -D 1 ALSA lib control.c:909:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL 1 amixer: Mixer attach 1 error: No such file or directory # amixer -Dhw:0,1 ALSA lib conf.c:3843:(parse_args) Unknown parameter 1 ALSA lib conf.c:3969:(snd_config_expand) Parse arguments error: No such file or directory ALSA lib control.c:909:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL hw:0,1 amixer: Mixer attach hw:0,1 error: No such file or directory Generally it seems that amixer can only open the default device. So, can I use my .asoundrc to force device 1 to be the default CTL? Or is there some format of arguments that'll make it open device 1? Any help would be greatly appreciated, I've lost far too many hours to ALSA and am starting to get a bit annoyed with it :o) Thanks in advance, -- Olly ___ Sent using funkster.org webmail service -- Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H ___ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
Re: [Alsa-user] Can't get amixer to access controls for a specific device on a card
o...@funkster.org wrote: Hi all, Hope this is in the right place. I've got a VIA EPIA M1 with an LFS system based around kernel 2.6.22.5 and alsa-lib 1.0.19. Sound works for 2-channel playback but I want to start using all 6 channels that the hardware gives (VIA VT1616 AC97 connected to VT8235 south bridge). However, the 6-channel playback is done via card 0, device 1 and I can only get amixer to access the controls of device 0 - which Cards have only one mixer, to which all the PCM devices are 'connected' So the controls that you see with just amixer controls are all the controls you get. PLease post the output of amixer controls -- EB -- Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H ___ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
