Re: [gentoo-user] Something started muting the sound
On Monday 14 August 2017, Mick wrote: > On Monday 14 Aug 2017 19:31:48 Robin Atwood wrote: > > That's very interesting and would explain a lot except that I don't have > > a dock! So does anybody have an idea as to why the TP has decided it's > > been docked when it hasn't? There are not currently any other output > > devices to select (AFAICT). > > It could be a hardware problem. Check the docking port has not been > unlocked accidentally for some reason, no debris is shorting its > connectors and that the BIOS menu does not report it being docked. I > think the audio output device symptom is controlled by ACPI, but before > blaming bugs in ACPI I'd start by looking at the hardware in the first > instance. The docking slot is clear, there is nothing in the BIOS about docking and acpitool doesn't report anything about the docking state. The Dock option is on in the ACPI section of the kernel config. Robin -- -- Robin Atwood. "Ship me somewheres east of Suez, where the best is like the worst, Where there ain't no Ten Commandments an' a man can raise a thirst" from "Mandalay" by Rudyard Kipling -- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
Re: [gentoo-user] Something started muting the sound
On Monday 14 Aug 2017 19:31:48 Robin Atwood wrote: > On Monday 14 August 2017, Mick wrote: > > On Sunday 13 Aug 2017 20:27:12 Robin Atwood wrote: > > > On Saturday 12 August 2017, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: > > > However, grepping dmesg was interesting: > > > > > > # grep HDA /var/log/dmesg > > > [ 10.981754] input: HDA Digital PCBeep as > > > /devices/pci:00/:00:1b.0/sound/card0/hdaudioC0D0/inp > > > ut9 > > > [ 10.981963] input: HDA Intel MID Mic as > > > /devices/pci:00/:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input10 > > > [ 10.982033] input: HDA Intel MID Dock Mic as > > > /devices/pci:00/:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input11 > > > [ 10.982102] input: HDA Intel MID Dock Headphone as > > > /devices/pci:00/:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input > > > 12 > > > [ 10.982171] input: HDA Intel MID Headphone as > > > /devices/pci:00/:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input13 > > > > The above shows you have your laptop docked. When docked the on board > > speakers are usually disconnected. > > > > It's been a very long time since I docked a laptop and my memory is not > > very reliable, but I recall fixing a similar problem by selecting a > > different output device. I don't know if you can do this from alsamixer, > > but you should be able to do it from pulseaudio, or from whatever GUI your > > desktop provides for managing audio devices. Switch over from > > headphones/docking station to speakers and you should be OK. > > That's very interesting and would explain a lot except that I don't have a > dock! So does anybody have an idea as to why the TP has decided it's been > docked when it hasn't? There are not currently any other output devices to > select (AFAICT). > > Thanks > Robin It could be a hardware problem. Check the docking port has not been unlocked accidentally for some reason, no debris is shorting its connectors and that the BIOS menu does not report it being docked. I think the audio output device symptom is controlled by ACPI, but before blaming bugs in ACPI I'd start by looking at the hardware in the first instance. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] Something started muting the sound
On Monday 14 August 2017, Mick wrote: > On Sunday 13 Aug 2017 20:27:12 Robin Atwood wrote: > > On Saturday 12 August 2017, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: > > However, grepping dmesg was interesting: > > > > # grep HDA /var/log/dmesg > > [ 10.981754] input: HDA Digital PCBeep as > > /devices/pci:00/:00:1b.0/sound/card0/hdaudioC0D0/inp > > ut9 > > [ 10.981963] input: HDA Intel MID Mic as > > /devices/pci:00/:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input10 > > [ 10.982033] input: HDA Intel MID Dock Mic as > > /devices/pci:00/:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input11 > > [ 10.982102] input: HDA Intel MID Dock Headphone as > > /devices/pci:00/:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input > > 12 > > [ 10.982171] input: HDA Intel MID Headphone as > > /devices/pci:00/:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input13 > > The above shows you have your laptop docked. When docked the on board > speakers are usually disconnected. > > It's been a very long time since I docked a laptop and my memory is not > very reliable, but I recall fixing a similar problem by selecting a > different output device. I don't know if you can do this from alsamixer, > but you should be able to do it from pulseaudio, or from whatever GUI your > desktop provides for managing audio devices. Switch over from > headphones/docking station to speakers and you should be OK. That's very interesting and would explain a lot except that I don't have a dock! So does anybody have an idea as to why the TP has decided it's been docked when it hasn't? There are not currently any other output devices to select (AFAICT). Thanks Robin -- -- Robin Atwood. "Ship me somewheres east of Suez, where the best is like the worst, Where there ain't no Ten Commandments an' a man can raise a thirst" from "Mandalay" by Rudyard Kipling -- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
Re: [gentoo-user] Something started muting the sound
On Sunday 13 Aug 2017 20:27:12 Robin Atwood wrote: > On Saturday 12 August 2017, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: > > On Sat, Aug 12, 2017 at 4:49 PM, Robin Atwood wrote: > > What's the output of these command lines? > > (1). lspci -vnn | sed '/Audio/,/driver/!d' > > > > (2). grep -Ei '^[^#]*(snd|hda)' linux/.config > > > > (3). rc-update show | grep alsa > > > > (4). grep HDA /var/log/dmesg > > The output was what you would expect, lots info about HDA drivers and > hardware: > > lspci -vnn | sed '/Audio/,/driver/!d' > 00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset > High Definition Audio [8086: > 3b56] (rev 06) >Subsystem: Lenovo 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio > [17aa:215e] >Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 28 >Memory at f242 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] >Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 >Capabilities: [60] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+ >Capabilities: [70] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00 >Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel > 01:00.1 Audio device [0403]: NVIDIA Corporation High Definition Audio > Controller [10de:0be3] (rev a1) >Subsystem: Lenovo High Definition Audio Controller [17aa:218f] >Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 29 >Memory at cdefc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] >Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 3 >Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+ >Capabilities: [78] Express Endpoint, MSI 00 >Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel > > > However, grepping dmesg was interesting: > > # grep HDA /var/log/dmesg > [ 10.981754] input: HDA Digital PCBeep as > /devices/pci:00/:00:1b.0/sound/card0/hdaudioC0D0/inp > ut9 > [ 10.981963] input: HDA Intel MID Mic as > /devices/pci:00/:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input10 > [ 10.982033] input: HDA Intel MID Dock Mic as > /devices/pci:00/:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input11 > [ 10.982102] input: HDA Intel MID Dock Headphone as > /devices/pci:00/:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input > 12 > [ 10.982171] input: HDA Intel MID Headphone as > /devices/pci:00/:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input13 The above shows you have your laptop docked. When docked the on board speakers are usually disconnected. > No output about the speakers. On another system (that works) I see: > > [ 20.712891] input: HDA Intel Rear Mic as > /devices/pci:00/:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input5 > [ 20.712984] input: HDA Intel Front Mic as > /devices/pci:00/:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input6 > [ 20.713097] input: HDA Intel Line as > /devices/pci:00/:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input7 > [ 20.713185] input: HDA Intel Line Out as > /devices/pci:00/:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input8 > > I think Line Out is a speaker. So why the difference? > > Thanks > Robin It's been a very long time since I docked a laptop and my memory is not very reliable, but I recall fixing a similar problem by selecting a different output device. I don't know if you can do this from alsamixer, but you should be able to do it from pulseaudio, or from whatever GUI your desktop provides for managing audio devices. Switch over from headphones/docking station to speakers and you should be OK. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] Something started muting the sound
On Saturday 12 August 2017, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: > On Sat, Aug 12, 2017 at 4:49 PM, Robin Atwood wrote: > What's the output of these command lines? > (1). lspci -vnn | sed '/Audio/,/driver/!d' > > (2). grep -Ei '^[^#]*(snd|hda)' linux/.config > > (3). rc-update show | grep alsa > > (4). grep HDA /var/log/dmesg The output was what you would expect, lots info about HDA drivers and hardware: lspci -vnn | sed '/Audio/,/driver/!d' 00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio [8086: 3b56] (rev 06) Subsystem: Lenovo 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio [17aa:215e] Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 28 Memory at f242 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [60] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+ Capabilities: [70] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00 Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel 01:00.1 Audio device [0403]: NVIDIA Corporation High Definition Audio Controller [10de:0be3] (rev a1) Subsystem: Lenovo High Definition Audio Controller [17aa:218f] Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 29 Memory at cdefc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 3 Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+ Capabilities: [78] Express Endpoint, MSI 00 Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel However, grepping dmesg was interesting: # grep HDA /var/log/dmesg [ 10.981754] input: HDA Digital PCBeep as /devices/pci:00/:00:1b.0/sound/card0/hdaudioC0D0/inp ut9 [ 10.981963] input: HDA Intel MID Mic as /devices/pci:00/:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input10 [ 10.982033] input: HDA Intel MID Dock Mic as /devices/pci:00/:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input11 [ 10.982102] input: HDA Intel MID Dock Headphone as /devices/pci:00/:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input 12 [ 10.982171] input: HDA Intel MID Headphone as /devices/pci:00/:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input13 No output about the speakers. On another system (that works) I see: [ 20.712891] input: HDA Intel Rear Mic as /devices/pci:00/:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input5 [ 20.712984] input: HDA Intel Front Mic as /devices/pci:00/:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input6 [ 20.713097] input: HDA Intel Line as /devices/pci:00/:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input7 [ 20.713185] input: HDA Intel Line Out as /devices/pci:00/:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input8 I think Line Out is a speaker. So why the difference? Thanks Robin -- -- Robin Atwood. "Ship me somewheres east of Suez, where the best is like the worst, Where there ain't no Ten Commandments an' a man can raise a thirst" from "Mandalay" by Rudyard Kipling -- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
Re: [gentoo-user] Something started muting the sound
On Saturday 12 August 2017, Mick wrote: > On Saturday 12 Aug 2017 20:49:48 Robin Atwood wrote: > Which device does alsamixer or pulseaudio show as being active? I found on > some PCs that HDMI is now set as the default audio device and I had to > change the configuration to make analogue sound devices active again. Mick, thanks for the suggestion but alsamixer still shows: Card: HDA Intel MID │ Chip: Conexant CX20585 and is in fact the only device. Robin -- -- Robin Atwood. "Ship me somewheres east of Suez, where the best is like the worst, Where there ain't no Ten Commandments an' a man can raise a thirst" from "Mandalay" by Rudyard Kipling -- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
Re: [gentoo-user] Something started muting the sound
On Sat, Aug 12, 2017 at 4:49 PM, Robin Atwood wrote:
> I have a Thinkpad T410 where, after I installed Gentoo on it, everything
> "just worked (TM)". The sound is via the bog-standard Intel chips on the
> mobo and uses the hda_intel drivers. I didn't use the TP for a long time,
> just periodically updating Gentoo, but when I eventually did try to use it
> the sound was muted. This means I shut down the X server to remove
> complications from the desktop and from the console aplay doesn't produce
> any sound. Everything looks normal, driver modules loaded, alsamixer shows
> the usual output, channels all active. I booted to a windows partition and
> the sound works, so the hardware is OK. The very weird thing is if I put the
> TP to sleep with acpitool and wake it up again, the sound works for about 60
> seconds and then dies. There is nothing in the message log at all when this
> happens. I upgraded the kernel but that didn't help.
>
>
>
> This problem has been dragging on for some years and I am contemplating a
> complete re-install from scratch. But before I do that does anyone have any
> idea what I could try?
>
>
>
> TIA
>
> Robin
>
>
>
> --
>
> --
>
> Robin Atwood.
>
>
>
> "Ship me somewheres east of Suez, where the best is like the worst,
>
> Where there ain't no Ten Commandments an' a man can raise a thirst"
>
> from "Mandalay" by Rudyard Kipling
>
> --
>
>
What's the output of these command lines?
(1). lspci -vnn | sed '/Audio/,/driver/!d'
(2). grep -Ei '^[^#]*(snd|hda)' linux/.config
(3). rc-update show | grep alsa
(4). grep HDA /var/log/dmesg
(5). Postinst message for alsa-utils:
pkg_postinst() {
if [[ -z ${REPLACING_VERSIONS} ]]; then
elog
elog "To take advantage of the init script, and automate the process of"
elog "saving and restoring sound-card mixer levels you should"
elog "add alsasound to the boot runlevel. You can do this as"
elog "root like so:"
elog "# rc-update add alsasound boot"
ewarn
ewarn "The ALSA core should be built into the kernel or loaded through other"
ewarn "means. There is no longer any modular auto(un)loading in alsa-utils."
fi
}
(6). Also, if you check out the Gentoo wiki article on how to set up ALSA.
See if there's anything you might've overlooked when setting it up:
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/ALSA
Re: [gentoo-user] Something started muting the sound
On Saturday 12 Aug 2017 20:49:48 Robin Atwood wrote: > I have a Thinkpad T410 where, after I installed Gentoo on it, everything > "just worked (TM)". The sound is via the bog-standard Intel chips on the > mobo and uses the hda_intel drivers. I didn't use the TP for a long time, > just periodically updating Gentoo, but when I eventually did try to use it > the sound was muted. This means I shut down the X server to remove > complications from the desktop and from the console aplay doesn't produce > any sound. Everything looks normal, driver modules loaded, alsamixer shows > the usual output, channels all active. I booted to a windows partition and > the sound works, so the hardware is OK. The very weird thing is if I put > the TP to sleep with acpitool and wake it up again, the sound works for > about 60 seconds and then dies. There is nothing in the message log at all > when this happens. I upgraded the kernel but that didn't help. > > This problem has been dragging on for some years and I am contemplating a > complete re-install from scratch. But before I do that does anyone have any > idea what I could try? > > TIA > Robin Which device does alsamixer or pulseaudio show as being active? I found on some PCs that HDMI is now set as the default audio device and I had to change the configuration to make analogue sound devices active again. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
[gentoo-user] Something started muting the sound
I have a Thinkpad T410 where, after I installed Gentoo on it, everything "just worked (TM)". The sound is via the bog-standard Intel chips on the mobo and uses the hda_intel drivers. I didn't use the TP for a long time, just periodically updating Gentoo, but when I eventually did try to use it the sound was muted. This means I shut down the X server to remove complications from the desktop and from the console aplay doesn't produce any sound. Everything looks normal, driver modules loaded, alsamixer shows the usual output, channels all active. I booted to a windows partition and the sound works, so the hardware is OK. The very weird thing is if I put the TP to sleep with acpitool and wake it up again, the sound works for about 60 seconds and then dies. There is nothing in the message log at all when this happens. I upgraded the kernel but that didn't help. This problem has been dragging on for some years and I am contemplating a complete re-install from scratch. But before I do that does anyone have any idea what I could try? TIA Robin -- -- Robin Atwood. "Ship me somewheres east of Suez, where the best is like the worst, Where there ain't no Ten Commandments an' a man can raise a thirst" from "Mandalay" by Rudyard Kipling -- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
