http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1003812 Bug ID: 1003812 Summary: Audio input problems after upgrading to OpenSUSE 42.1 Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE Distribution Version: Leap 42.2 Hardware: x86-64 OS: openSUSE 42.1 Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Sound Assignee: tiwai@suse.com Reporter: steve@srevilak.net QA Contact: qa-bugs@suse.de Found By: --- Blocker: --- Created attachment 696541 --> http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/attachment.cgi?id=696541&action=edit Screen capture of kmix input channels. There's no "Front Mic" input channel A few weeks ago, I upgraded my HP Z400 from OpenSUSE 13.2 to OpenSUSE 42.1. 42.1 is able to play audio, but audio recording has been a challenge. I've gone through the suggestions in https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Intel-HDA_sound_problems, but haven't been able to resolve my issues. I'm using ALSA for audio; I'm not using pulseaudio. First, here's the modprobe configuration for my sound card --------------------------------- 0 sunny:~$ cat /etc/modprobe.d/50-sound.conf options snd slots=snd-hda-intel # u1Nb.vdT+vcEzNl9:82801JI (ICH10 Family) HD Audio Controller alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel --------------------------------- And here's the list of analog devices, according to arecord: --------------------------------- 1 sunny:~$ arecord --list-devices **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC262 Analog [ALC262 Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 2: ALC262 Alt Analog [ALC262 Alt Analog] Subdevices: 2/2 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Subdevice #1: subdevice #1 --------------------------------- Audio recording works with applications that can address alsa devices directly. For example, arecord -f cd --device hw:1,0 --vumeter=stereo sound.wav will record audio. I can also record via audacity. With other applications, things get problematic. For example, fig1.png is kmix's view of analog input channels and fig2.png is the list of available input channels. Notice that kmix shows a channel for Front Mic Boost, but no channel for Front Mic. Which means it's not possible to adjust microphone levels with kmix. Fortunately, alsamixer has a Front Mic channel (in addition to Front Mic Boost), and I can adjust the levels there. I'll call this a regression: in 13.2, kmix's input channels included front mic, but 42.1 doesn't provide that option. You have to use alsamixer. The other problem involves Jitsi web (I'm using firefox 48.0.1, as distributed with OpenSUSE). https://meet.mayfirst.org/ is a Jitsi web installation I often use. In opensuse 13.2 firefox/jitsi would give me the option of using an analog microphone input to capture audio. In 42.1, firefox/jitsi says "There was an error connecting to your microphone: Requested microphone was not found". Finally, I'm going to include a pair of screen captures from Configure Desktop > Multimedia > Audio and video. fig3.png shows the "Default Audio Playback Device Preference". There's one audio device called "default". In 13.2, there were two devices: ALC262 and ALC262 Alt (corresponding to arecords device list). fig4.png shows the "Default Audio Recording Device Preference". Observe there are no devices listed. By contract, in 13.2, I'd see at least the list of devices shown by arecord. To summarize, low-level command line tools (arecord, amixer) and audacity, are able to record audio from analog inputs. However, these same analog inputs are unavailable to other applications (system settings, kmix, web jitsi on firefox). I'm opening this as a regression because of differences in 13.2 vs 42.1, where there appears to be a loss of functionality in 42.1. Again, I've had no issues with audio playback. A bit of system information: --------------------------------- 0 sunny:~$ uname -a Linux sunny 4.1.27-27-default #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Jul 15 12:46:41 UTC 2016 (84ae57e) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux 0 sunny:~$ cat /etc/os-release NAME="openSUSE Leap" VERSION="42.1" VERSION_ID="42.1" PRETTY_NAME="openSUSE Leap 42.1 (x86_64)" ID=opensuse ANSI_COLOR="0;32" CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:opensuse:opensuse:42.1" BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.opensuse.org" HOME_URL="https://opensuse.org/" ID_LIKE="suse" 0 sunny:~$ kdeinit5 --version Qt: 5.5.1 KDE: 5.21.0 --------------------------------- -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.