https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=478507 Summary: ALSA and the hda-intel driver Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.1 Version: Final Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: openSUSE 11.1 Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Sound AssignedTo: tiwai@novell.com ReportedBy: rcrouch_6@sympatico.ca QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: --- Created an attachment (id=274509) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=274509) an asoundrc that works on an Intel IHC9 ALC883 to enable 5.1 support and correct microphone problems User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.0.6) Gecko/2009012700 SUSE/3.0.6-1.4 Firefox/3.0.6 This seems to affect all on-board Intel chips of the Family IHC 7,8, and 9 (probably 10 if it exists) with Realtek ALC's 882 through 889. Mine is an IHC9 with an ALC883. Upon initial install of openSuSE 11.1 x86_64 the onboard audio was recognized and usable. However the first thing I found was that my "user-name" needed to be added to group "audio" to gain proper sound support (user notifications, audio in videos, both local and on the internet), system generated sounds were fine, my hint was constant crashes in knotify). Even so my micrphone was useless as it was distorted and no mixer setting would correct it. The base install comes with ALSA 1.0.18 and there is no kernel module package. I upgraded via the build service to ALSA 1.0.19 but did not install the kmp package for ALSA 1.0.19. My audio system still worked but the microphone problem still existed. I have noticed many have problems with these on-board chips and noted that many are trying to use the ALSA kmp package. Not being totally happy I sought a solution for my own situation. That turned out to be an "asoundrc" configuration that enabled 5.1 support as well as fixing my microphone problem (asoundrc is an add-on of my own and is not included in 11.1). Reproducible: Didn't try Steps to Reproduce: 1.Install the ALSA 1.0.19 kmp package? 2.Is the package kernel syms required for this kernel module? 3. Actual Results: I can't answer this question as I don't use the ALSA kernel module and don't want to risk corrupting a configuration that I already know to work. I still have an asound.state file residing globally in /etc. I also used the attached asoundrc and installed it globally in /etc. I am using ALSA 1.0.19 without the kmp package and have full 5.1 audio support along with a corrected microphone problem. I believe the only support I am currently missing is the digital audio ports with this configuration (I can live with that). I'm not sure if the problem lies with the kernel module for ALSA 1.0.19 nor do I know if the kernel-syms package is required in order to use it. Perhaps the documentation for these chips needs updating, I don't know that either as I never needed to reference them. It was a simple thing for me to setup and fix to my wanting, I don't understand why so many are having problems setting up these chips. Could it be that the detection program is not robust enough? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.