Re: No sound on AC'97 Audio Controller

2012-01-01 Thread Kyle Schwarz

On 12/29/2011 02:58 AM, Scott Ferguson wrote:

What settings do you want to know about (it's kind of difficult to
figure out what state your system is in from reading the thread).


I'm not sure what settings I need to know to fix this problem.

Any suggestions are welcome.

Best regards
  Kyle Schwarz


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Re: No sound on AC'97 Audio Controller

2012-01-01 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 02/01/12 04:59, Kyle Schwarz wrote:
 On 12/29/2011 02:58 AM, Scott Ferguson wrote:
 What settings do you want to know about (it's kind of difficult to
 figure out what state your system is in from reading the thread).
 
 I'm not sure what settings I need to know to fix this problem.
 
 Any suggestions are welcome.
 
 Best regards
   Kyle Schwarz
 
 
Firstly I note that there are four other posts from people having
problems with the AC'97 - I'm not sure that means there's a problem with
Debian given the huge number of devices using that chipset whose users
don't have problems. Sometimes one bit of bad advice becomes
authoritative so I'll try not to do the same - and please bear in mind
that this post is also for other people with the same problem (so please
don't take comments personally).

Secondly I note that Compaq like many OEMs have been known to do, um,
different things with generic chipsets - so what is needed for Compaq
using an Intel whiteboard may not be the same as for other manufacturers.

Thirdly I'm not sure how stock your system is - I've tried to follow all
the changes made in the thread, but I may miss something. I looked at
that script you ran from alsa and decided I wouldn't run a script that
reset my paths, modified my locale, and appeared to download and run
other scripts - *and* post info online... I've not reason to presume it
does anything malicious, but I'd rather not have it modify my system. :-/

I found a few reports online of people installing Debian onto similar
models with the same chipset[*1]. They're not having major problems[*2]
- that and the lack of problem reports for your model give me hope that
it's possible, and simple.

Your chipset:-
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM AC'97
Audio Controller (rev 01)
Mine:-
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER
(ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)

So *not* the amp is not identical, not is the A2D (so no guarantees)


Your loaded modules:-
snd_intel8x0
snd_intel8x0
snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm
snd_seq
snd_timer
snd_seq_device
snd_page_alloc

My loaded modules:-
lsmod | grep snd
snd_intel8x0   19595  2
snd_ac97_codec 79200  1 snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus 710  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss28671  0
snd_mixer_oss  10461  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm47226  3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_midi3576  0
snd_rawmidi12513  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event  3684  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq35463  3 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer  12270  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device  3673  3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd34423  14
snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore   3450  1 snd
snd_page_alloc  5045  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm

These are the main sound packages I have installed:-
alsa-base
alsa-utils
linux-sound-base
oss-compat
esound-common
libasound2
libesd0
libpulse-mainloop-glib0
libpulse0
libjack-jackd2-0
kde-config-phonon-xine
libphonon4
libsmokephonon3
phonon
phonon-backend-xine


NOTE: I run Squeeze with some backports, KDE, limited Gnome packages. I
also have midi and sdl but they shouldn't affect your issues.

My alsamixer settings:-
http://paste.debian.net/150700

If you can match the loaded modules, and the alsamixer settings - and
still not get sound I'd suggest you check the multimedia keys. My[*3]
usual approach to these problems is:-
RTFM
Check tuxmobil.org and linux-on-laptops.com
Check these lists (see my signature for some tools)
Google/Dogpile/DuckDuckGo
Boot up with Knoppix and copy what works
Post a question to the list

Let me know how you go and we can proceed from there if necessary.

Cheers


[*1] http://www.sdrapisarda.altervista.org/presario.php
 http://www.researchut.com/docs/mynotebook.html (you'll have to
freeze his broken Drupal node)
[*2] Multimedia key mapping:-
 http://www.researchut.com/repository/notebook/keycodes
 http://www.researchut.com/repository/notebook/cp2203.def
(yours if probably different, but his is instructive)
[*3] Most people are not like me - which is a good thing ;-p and, I'm
not suggesting you didn't do these things - it's in the hope it might be
instructive to others
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Re: No sound on AC'97 Audio Controller

2011-12-28 Thread Kyle

On 12/26/2011 4:17 AM, Richard wrote:

Here's a real long shot Kyle, Winblows allows the switching between headphone 
and speakers.
Have a look in the bios settings on default audio somewhere. Some allow 
switching of headphone to line
out and default to speakers.



I'm not finding any BIOS settings that would play a role in this.

Any other thoughts?

Should I try somewhere else?

Thanks.

Beat regards
  Kyle Schwarz


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Re: No sound on AC'97 Audio Controller

2011-12-28 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 29/12/11 16:45, Kyle wrote:
 On 12/26/2011 4:17 AM, Richard wrote:
 Here's a real long shot Kyle, Winblows allows the switching between
 headphone and speakers.
 Have a look in the bios settings on default audio somewhere. Some
 allow switching of headphone to line
 out and default to speakers.
 
 
 I'm not finding any BIOS settings that would play a role in this.
 
 Any other thoughts?
 
 Should I try somewhere else?
 
 Thanks.
 
 Beat regards
   Kyle Schwarz
 
 
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER
(ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)

I use the front mic and speaker sockets for VOIP - plugging and
unplugging the front speaker socket toggles the rear speakers. I don't
recall ever having difficulties with those chipsets.

What settings do you want to know about (it's kind of difficult to
figure out what state your system is in from reading the thread).


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Re: No sound on AC'97 Audio Controller

2011-12-26 Thread Richard
On Mon, 26 Dec 2011 00:00:57 -0500
Kyle Schwarz kyle.r.schw...@gmail.com wrote:

 On 12/25/2011 09:51 AM, Rob Owens wrote:
  On Sun, Dec 25, 2011 at 09:22:20AM +0100, Ralf Madorf wrote:
  On Sun, 2011-12-25 at 09:11 +0100, Ralf Madorf wrote:
  [off]
 
  Is there a mute option? Perhaps you need to un-mute the channels? The
  faders might be at 100%, anyway the channels can be muted.
 
  I'm using professional sound cards, that need special mixers, so I don't
  know what options are for such on-board devices and alsamixer. [off]
  seems to lead to a mute option?!
 
  To unmute:  run alsamixer, go to the channel you want (master, etc) and
  hit m.
 
 pulseaudio is gone, all channels are turned up and not muted.
 
  Another thought I had:  do you have an /etc/asound.conf or ~/.asoundrc ?
 
 I have no /etc/asound.conf or ~/.asoundrc
 
 I still have no sound, any other ideas?
 
 Thanks for the continued help.
 
 Best regards
Kyle Schwarz
 
 

Here's a real long shot Kyle, Winblows allows the switching between headphone 
and speakers.
Have a look in the bios settings on default audio somewhere. Some allow 
switching of headphone to line
out and default to speakers.

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Re: No sound on AC'97 Audio Controller

2011-12-25 Thread Ralf Madorf
On Sat, 2011-12-24 at 18:57 -0500, Kyle Schwarz wrote:
 Anyone have any other suggestions?

1. Get rid of pulseaudio
2. If you want to keep PA, then try

gnome-alsamixer or simply alsamixer

and Google for pulseaudio AC'97 Audio Controller and similar.

- Ralf


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Re: No sound on AC'97 Audio Controller

2011-12-25 Thread Ralf Madorf
On Sat, 2011-12-24 at 20:42 -0500, Kyle Schwarz wrote:
 On 12/24/2011 08:23 PM, hvw59601 wrote:
  Kyle Schwarz wrote:
  I'm having issues getting the sound to work on a laptop that has a
  AC'97 Audio Controller. The laptop is a Compaq Presario 2720US.
 
  snip
 
  Am I reading your amixer output right? I see:
 
  ...
  Simple mixer control 'Master',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined penum
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 63
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-94.50dB] [off]
  Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-94.50dB] [off]
  ...
 
 You are right, I did have the volume turned down when I ran the alsa 
 info script. I apologize for that, but I did turn my sound all the way 
 up, and here is the new reading:
 Simple mixer control 'Master',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined penum
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 63
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 63 [100%] [0.00dB] [off]
Front Right: Playback 63 [100%] [0.00dB] [off]
 
 Again I apologize for the confusion on the alsa-info output.
 
  My output of amixer for my VT1708S is:
 
  ...
  Simple mixer control 'Master',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined penum
  Playback channels: Mono
  Limits: Playback 0 - 42
  Mono: Playback 42 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
  ...
 
  If I set 'Master' with alsamixer to 0 (as I believe your is) I hear
  nothing over my speakers. Is the master set to 0?
 
 I turned it to 100%, and still no sound plays though the speakers.
 
 Any other ideas?
 
 Thanks for the continued help.
 
 Best regards
Kyle Schwarz

pulseaudio --kill

It might not really remove all the bad behaviour that ships with PA, but
anyway, try to kill PA and then use alsamixer again.
When I used Debian testing I replaced pulseaudio by a dummy package.

Again, google for pulseaudio AC'97 Audio Controller and similar,
perhaps somebody solved the same issue you have.


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Re: No sound on AC'97 Audio Controller

2011-12-25 Thread Ralf Madorf
On Sun, 2011-12-25 at 09:11 +0100, Ralf Madorf wrote:
 [off]

Is there a mute option? Perhaps you need to un-mute the channels? The
faders might be at 100%, anyway the channels can be muted.

I'm using professional sound cards, that need special mixers, so I don't
know what options are for such on-board devices and alsamixer. [off]
seems to lead to a mute option?!


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Re: No sound on AC'97 Audio Controller

2011-12-25 Thread Rob Owens
On Sun, Dec 25, 2011 at 09:22:20AM +0100, Ralf Madorf wrote:
 On Sun, 2011-12-25 at 09:11 +0100, Ralf Madorf wrote:
  [off]
 
 Is there a mute option? Perhaps you need to un-mute the channels? The
 faders might be at 100%, anyway the channels can be muted.
 
 I'm using professional sound cards, that need special mixers, so I don't
 know what options are for such on-board devices and alsamixer. [off]
 seems to lead to a mute option?!
 
To unmute:  run alsamixer, go to the channel you want (master, etc) and
hit m.

Another thought I had:  do you have an /etc/asound.conf or ~/.asoundrc ?

-Rob


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Re: No sound on AC'97 Audio Controller

2011-12-25 Thread Kyle Schwarz

On 12/25/2011 09:51 AM, Rob Owens wrote:

On Sun, Dec 25, 2011 at 09:22:20AM +0100, Ralf Madorf wrote:

On Sun, 2011-12-25 at 09:11 +0100, Ralf Madorf wrote:

[off]


Is there a mute option? Perhaps you need to un-mute the channels? The
faders might be at 100%, anyway the channels can be muted.

I'm using professional sound cards, that need special mixers, so I don't
know what options are for such on-board devices and alsamixer. [off]
seems to lead to a mute option?!


To unmute:  run alsamixer, go to the channel you want (master, etc) and
hit m.


pulseaudio is gone, all channels are turned up and not muted.


Another thought I had:  do you have an /etc/asound.conf or ~/.asoundrc ?


I have no /etc/asound.conf or ~/.asoundrc

I still have no sound, any other ideas?

Thanks for the continued help.

Best regards
  Kyle Schwarz


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Re: No sound on AC'97 Audio Controller

2011-12-24 Thread Ralf Madorf
On Sat, 2011-12-24 at 00:40 -0500, Kyle Schwarz wrote:
 I'm having issues getting the sound to work on a laptop that has a
 AC'97 Audio Controller. [snip]

That's a common audio device and it's known to work with Linux.

 I'm not sure what is causing this issue, but I could really use some
 help to resolve it.

We, resp. I don't know what issue you get, regarding to what usage ;).
It's important, since Pulseaudio became the default PITA nowadays +
unfortunately the default for AFAIK every distro, if you don't like to
be forced to use exotic WMs.

 I've attached the output from the ALSA Information Script v 0.4.60.

I'm not willing to read it, until you exactly describe your troubles.

E.g. What sound server are you using? What are your needs?

 [snip] I can also offer any other info that might be needed.

Subscribe to http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user ...
but first try to give the wanted additional information, perhaps we can
solve it on this list.

So again :)

important

- what is going wrong ...
- in what situation ...
- aka for what usage

if possible for you to answer this too, than

- what sound server do you use
- what blabla-streamer for the app that fails

etc.

Merry Christmas,

Ralf

PS: Be patient, a lot of people are Christs and seldom on the list
within the next days.






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Re: Re: No sound on AC'97 Audio Controller

2011-12-24 Thread Kyle Schwarz
On Sat, 24 Dec 2011 11:09:01 +0100, Ralf Madorf wrote:
 I'm not willing to read it, until you exactly describe your troubles.
No sound comes from the speakers on the laptop. For some reason I do
hear sound though the headphone jack, but not though the speakers.

The volume is not muted (I've made sure with alsamixer), and I know
the speakers work.

I get this problem with anything, from aplay to YouTube videos, no
sound comes from the laptop speakers.

I thought the alsa-info was the best way to show what I was working
with and to help give as much info as needed, but here are a few of
the ALSA versions:

Driver version: 1.0.24
Library version:1.0.23
Utilities version:  1.0.23

 E.g. What sound server are you using? What are your needs?

I believe I'm using PulseAudio, 0.9.21-3+squeeze1. I'm just trying to
get sound to play though my speakers on my laptop.

 Merry Christmas,

Merry Christmas to you as well.

Best regards
  Kyle Schwaz


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Re: Re: No sound on AC'97 Audio Controller

2011-12-24 Thread Rob Owens
On Sat, Dec 24, 2011 at 12:01:37PM -0500, Kyle Schwarz wrote:
 On Sat, 24 Dec 2011 11:09:01 +0100, Ralf Madorf wrote:
  I'm not willing to read it, until you exactly describe your troubles.
 No sound comes from the speakers on the laptop. For some reason I do
 hear sound though the headphone jack, but not though the speakers.
 
 The volume is not muted (I've made sure with alsamixer), and I know
 the speakers work.
 
Two GUI apps I have found useful in troubleshooting audio are:

gstreamer-properties
gnome-volume-control.pulse

Besides that, find your audio devices with 'aplay -l' and/or 'aplay -L',
then try playing to all of those devices like this:

aplay -Dhw1,0 somefile.wav

Note that aplay is picky about file formats.  If I recall, flac files
won't play.  I use wav files and have generally been successful.

Good luck!

-Rob


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Re: No sound on AC'97 Audio Controller

2011-12-24 Thread lina


On 25 Dec, 2011, at 1:01, Kyle Schwarz kyle.r.schw...@gmail.com wrote:

 On Sat, 24 Dec 2011 11:09:01 +0100, Ralf Madorf wrote:
 I'm not willing to read it, until you exactly describe your troubles.
 No sound comes from the speakers on the laptop. For some reason I do
 hear sound though the headphone jack, but not though the speakers.
 
 The volume is not muted (I've made sure with alsamixer), and I know
 the speakers work.
 
 I get this problem with anything, from aplay to YouTube videos, no
 sound comes from the laptop speakers.

Actually I'm bumped with the same issue.  Sometimes even earplug no sound.  I 
used the alsatcl init to restart and work.  But the laptop's own speaker have a 
very weak sound.  (here weak is a strong word).  

It's used to work well.  
 
 I thought the alsa-info was the best way to show what I was working
 with and to help give as much info as needed, but here are a few of
 the ALSA versions:
 
 Driver version: 1.0.24
 Library version:1.0.23
 Utilities version:  1.0.23
 
 E.g. What sound server are you using? What are your needs?
 
 I believe I'm using PulseAudio, 0.9.21-3+squeeze1. I'm just trying to
 get sound to play though my speakers on my laptop.
 
 Merry Christmas,
 
 Merry Christmas to you as well.
 
 Best regards
  Kyle Schwaz
 
 
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Re: No sound on AC'97 Audio Controller

2011-12-24 Thread Kyle Schwarz

On Sat, 24 Dec 2011 12:34:08 -0500, Rob Owens wrote:

Two GUI apps I have found useful in troubleshooting audio are:

gstreamer-properties
gnome-volume-control.pulse


I just tried adjusting some settings though both, testing after each 
change, yet I can still hear no sound through the laptop speakers.



Besides that, find your audio devices with 'aplay -l' and/or 'aplay -L',
then try playing to all of those devices like this:

aplay -Dhw1,0 somefile.wav


aplay -l only lists one playback device, so I'm not sure what else I 
could attempt to play sound with.



Note that aplay is picky about file formats.  If I recall, flac files
won't play.  I use wav files and have generally been successful.


I used a .wav file, found at /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Noise.wav yet I hear 
no noise, with any of the .wav files found in /usr/share/sounds/alsa/


Thanks Rob.

Anyone have any other suggestions?

Best regards
  Kyle Schwarz


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Re: No sound on AC'97 Audio Controller

2011-12-24 Thread hvw59601

Kyle Schwarz wrote:

I'm having issues getting the sound to work on a laptop that has a
AC'97 Audio Controller. The laptop is a Compaq Presario 2720US.


snip

Am I reading your amixer output right? I see:

...
Simple mixer control 'Master',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined penum
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 63
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-94.50dB] [off]
  Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-94.50dB] [off]
...

My output of amixer for my VT1708S is:

...
Simple mixer control 'Master',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined penum
  Playback channels: Mono
  Limits: Playback 0 - 42
  Mono: Playback 42 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
...

If I set 'Master' with alsamixer to 0 (as I believe your is) I hear 
nothing over my speakers. Is the master set to 0?


Hugo


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Re: No sound on AC'97 Audio Controller

2011-12-24 Thread Kyle Schwarz

On 12/24/2011 08:23 PM, hvw59601 wrote:

Kyle Schwarz wrote:

I'm having issues getting the sound to work on a laptop that has a
AC'97 Audio Controller. The laptop is a Compaq Presario 2720US.


snip

Am I reading your amixer output right? I see:

...
Simple mixer control 'Master',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined penum
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 63
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-94.50dB] [off]
Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-94.50dB] [off]
...


You are right, I did have the volume turned down when I ran the alsa 
info script. I apologize for that, but I did turn my sound all the way 
up, and here is the new reading:

Simple mixer control 'Master',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined penum
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 63
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 63 [100%] [0.00dB] [off]
  Front Right: Playback 63 [100%] [0.00dB] [off]

Again I apologize for the confusion on the alsa-info output.


My output of amixer for my VT1708S is:

...
Simple mixer control 'Master',0
Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined penum
Playback channels: Mono
Limits: Playback 0 - 42
Mono: Playback 42 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
...

If I set 'Master' with alsamixer to 0 (as I believe your is) I hear
nothing over my speakers. Is the master set to 0?


I turned it to 100%, and still no sound plays though the speakers.

Any other ideas?

Thanks for the continued help.

Best regards
  Kyle Schwarz


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No sound on AC'97 Audio Controller

2011-12-23 Thread Kyle Schwarz
I'm having issues getting the sound to work on a laptop that has a
AC'97 Audio Controller. The laptop is a Compaq Presario 2720US.

I'm not sure what is causing this issue, but I could really use some
help to resolve it.

I've attached the output from the ALSA Information Script v 0.4.60.

For some reason I do have sound with the latest Puppy Linux, Slacko
5.3.1. Slacko 5.3.1 uses ALSA as well, but might be configured
different.

Any help would be great, I can also offer any other info that might be needed.
upload=truescript=truecardinfo=
!!
!!ALSA Information Script v 0.4.60
!!

!!Script ran on: Sat Dec 24 05:01:44 UTC 2011


!!Linux Distribution
!!--

Debian GNU/Linux 6.0 \n \l


!!DMI Information
!!---

Manufacturer:  Compaq
Product Name:  Presario 2720US 470028-365
Product Version:   0F0F


!!Kernel Information
!!--

Kernel release:2.6.39-bpo.2-686-pae
Operating System:  GNU/Linux
Architecture:  i686
Processor: unknown
SMP Enabled:   Yes


!!ALSA Version
!!

Driver version: 1.0.24
Library version:1.0.23
Utilities version:  1.0.23


!!Loaded ALSA modules
!!---

snd_intel8x0


!!Sound Servers on this system
!!

No sound servers found.


!!Soundcards recognised by ALSA
!!-

 0 [I82801CAICH3   ]: ICH - Intel 82801CA-ICH3
  Intel 82801CA-ICH3 with AD1886 at irq 5


!!PCI Soundcards installed in the system
!!--

00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Audio 
Controller (rev 01)


!!Advanced information - PCI Vendor/Device/Subsystem ID's
!!

00:1f.5 0401: 8086:2485 (rev 01)
Subsystem: 0e11:007b


!!Modprobe options (Sound related)
!!

snd-atiixp-modem: index=-2
snd-intel8x0m: index=-2
snd-via82xx-modem: index=-2
snd-pcsp: index=-2
snd-usb-audio: index=-2


!!Loaded sound module options
!!--

!!Module: snd_intel8x0
ac97_clock : 0
ac97_quirk : (null)
buggy_irq : N
buggy_semaphore : N
enable : N
id : (null)
index : -1
joystick : 0
spdif_aclink : 0
xbox : N


!!AC97 Codec information
!!---
--startcollapse--

0-0/0: Analog Devices AD1886

PCI Subsys Vendor: 0x0e11
PCI Subsys Device: 0x007b

Flags: 0
Capabilities : -headphone out-
DAC resolution   : 16-bit
ADC resolution   : 16-bit
3D enhancement   : Analog Devices Phat Stereo

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 DSA=0 SPDIF VRA
Extended status  : SPCV SPDIF=3/4 SPDIF VRA
PCM front DAC: 48000Hz
PCM ADC  : 48000Hz
SPDIF Control: Consumer PCM Category=0x2 Generation=1 Rate=48kHz



AD18XX configuration
Unchained: 0x1000,0x,0x
Chained  : 0x,0x,0x

0:00 = 0410
0:02 = bf3f
0:04 = bf3f
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 = 9f1f
0:1a = 
0:1c = 
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0:20 = 
0:22 = 
0:24 = 
0:26 = 000f
0:28 = 0005
0:2a = 0405
0:2c = bb80
0:2e = 
0:30 = 
0:32 = bb80
0:34 = 
0:36 = 
0:38 = 
0:3a = 2824
0:3c = 
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0:50 = 
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0:60 = 
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0:70 = 
0:72 = 0010
0:74 = 1000
0:76 = 0404
0:78 = bb80
0:7a = bb80
0:7c = 4144
0:7e = 5361
--endcollapse--


!!ALSA Device nodes
!!-

crw-rw+ 1 root audio 116,  5 Dec 23 23:39 /dev/snd/controlC0
crw-rw+ 1 root audio 116,  4 Dec 23 23:39 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c
crw-rw+ 1 root audio 116,  3 Dec 23 23:47 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p
crw-rw+ 1 root audio 116,  2 Dec 23 23:39 /dev/snd/pcmC0D1c
crw-rw+ 1 root audio 116,  1 Dec 23 23:39 /dev/snd/seq
crw-rw+ 1 root audio 116, 33 Dec 23 23:39 /dev/snd/timer

/dev/snd/by-path:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root  60 Dec 23 23:39 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 180 Dec 23 23:39 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  12 Dec 23 23:39 pci-:00:1f.5 - ../controlC0


!!Aplay/Arecord output
!!

APLAY

 List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices 
card 0: I82801CAICH3 [Intel 82801CA-ICH3], device 0: Intel ICH [Intel 
82801CA-ICH3]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

ARECORD

 List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices 
card 0: I82801CAICH3 [Intel 82801CA-ICH3], device 0: Intel ICH [Intel 
82801CA-ICH3]