[Bug 471265] New: ATI IXP audio problems with gstreamer
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=471265 Summary: ATI IXP audio problems with gstreamer Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.1 Version: Final Platform: i586 OS/Version: openSUSE 11.1 Status: NEW Severity: Major Priority: P5 - None Component: Sound AssignedTo: tiwai@novell.com ReportedBy: andrescimmarusti@yahoo.com QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.5) Gecko/2008121300 SUSE/3.0.5-1.1 Firefox/3.0.5 I'm running openSuSe 11.1 i586 GNOME, and I have been trying to play my media on banshee and totem, but I get a lot of stuttering and skipping while I'm minimizing windows or opening other programs. All my audio specs can be found here: http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=ea...ab4baee8003f32 I tried the audio troubleshoot guide for OpenSuSe (SDB:AudioTroubleshooting - openSUSE): if I run the 'speaker-test -c2 -l5 -twav' I can hear the lady saying front left and right without problems. But I get stuck on step 2: Yast -> Hardware -> Sound and when I try playing the test sound, NOTHING happens. I tried reconfiguring, either the quick setup and normal setup, but it made no difference. If I do: cat /proc/asound/cards I get 0 [IXP ]: ATIIXP - ATI IXP ATI IXP rev 2 with unknown codec at 0xc0003400, irq 17 1 [Modem ]: ATIIXP-MODEM - ATI IXP Modem ATI IXP Modem rev 2 at 0xc0003800, irq 17 2 [U0x46d0x991 ]: USB-Audio - USB Device 0x46d:0x991 USB Device 0x46d:0x991 at usb-0000:00:13.2-1, high speed It is the "ATI IXP rev 2 with unknown codec at 0xc0003400, irq 17" line that worries me. what is that about unknown codec? Sometimes when I play a video on youtube.com, for example, I get a brief horrible noise at the beginning, but then I get normal audio (even though I run firefox from the terminal, I get no output concerning this issue). I tried installing Skype to test my usb mic, but all I got was this ALSA lib pcm.c:2202:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.hdmi There is clearly something wrong with my audio card under ALSA. And Pulseaudio is making gstreamer dependent audio stutter and skip. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.banshee-1 & 2.skype & 3.totem & 4.cat /proc/asoung/cards Actual Results: faulty audio all over -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=471265 User tiwai@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=471265#c1 Takashi Iwai <tiwai@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |andrescimmarusti@yahoo.com --- Comment #1 from Takashi Iwai <tiwai@novell.com> 2009-01-31 02:32:25 MST --- This is actually a combination of different bugs. - the bad quality sound output is likely due to pulseaudio backend, if speaker-test works well - the YaST2 test sound is known to be broken on 11.1. Already fixed on FACTORY, but the upstate-fix for 11.1 is still pending - the "cards.pcm.hdmi" looks like a problem of your alsa-lib setup. Are they genuine openSUSE package? Anyway it's harmless and you can ignore the message. Anyway, please run alsa-info.sh with --no-upload option, and attach (upload) the generated file to this bugzilla instead of a URL. -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=471265 User andrescimmarusti@yahoo.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=471265#c2 --- Comment #2 from Andres Cimmarusti <andrescimmarusti@yahoo.com> 2009-01-31 08:28:06 MST --- To answer your question: Yes I'm using only the OpenSuSe 11.1 packages (except for skype, of course), I haven't even used Packman as a repository. Though it's harmless I think this is due to the fact that Skype displays the information regarding its default audio device (even if I'm using a different one), since I have a modem as well (even though I don't use it), this might be getting in the way and causing trouble... but it is just speculation. How do I go about solving the pulseaudio situation? I've been meaning to uninstall it and bring back ESD, but I don't know if this would be wise. Can ALSA alone handle everything? including the media online? This is the output of the script you required upload=true&script=true&cardinfo= !!################################ !!ALSA Information Script v 0.4.51 !!################################ !!Script ran on: Sat Jan 31 10:12:10 EST 2009 !!Linux Distribution !!------------------ Welcome to openSUSE 11.1 - Kernel \r (\l). LSB_VERSION="core-2.0-noarch:core-3.2-noarch:core-2.0-ia32:core-3.2-ia32" openSUSE 11.1 (i586) !!Kernel Information !!------------------ Kernel release: 2.6.27.7-9-pae Operating System: GNU/Linux Architecture: i686 Processor: athlon SMP Enabled: Yes !!ALSA Version !!------------ Driver version: 1.0.17 Library version: Utilities version: 1.0.18 !!Loaded ALSA modules !!------------------- snd_atiixp snd_atiixp_modem snd_usb_audio !!Soundcards recognised by ALSA !!----------------------------- 0 [IXP ]: ATIIXP - ATI IXP ATI IXP rev 2 with unknown codec at 0xc0003400, irq 17 1 [Modem ]: ATIIXP-MODEM - ATI IXP Modem ATI IXP Modem rev 2 at 0xc0003800, irq 17 2 [U0x46d0x991 ]: USB-Audio - USB Device 0x46d:0x991 USB Device 0x46d:0x991 at usb-0000:00:13.2-1, high speed !!PCI Soundcards installed in the system !!-------------------------------------- 00:14.5 Multimedia audio controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02) !!Advanced information - PCI Vendor/Device/Susbsystem ID's !!-------------------------------------------------------- 00:14.5 0401: 1002:4370 (rev 02) Subsystem: 103c:30a4 !!Loaded sound module options !!-------------------------- !!Module: snd_atiixp ac97_clock : 48000 ac97_codec : -1 ac97_quirk : <NULL> enable : N id : <NULL> index : -1 spdif_aclink : Y !!Module: snd_atiixp_modem ac97_clock : 48000 enable : N id : <NULL> index : -2 !!Module: snd_usb_audio async_unlink : Y device_setup : 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 enable : Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y id : <NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL> index : -1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1 nrpacks : 8 pid : -1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1 vid : -1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1 !!AC97 Codec information !!--------------------------- --startcollapse-- 0-0/0: Conexant id 30 PCI Subsys Vendor: 0x103c PCI Subsys Device: 0x30a4 Revision : 0x00 Compat. Class : 0x00 Subsys. Vendor ID: 0x0000 Subsys. ID : 0x0000 Capabilities : -reserved1- -headphone out- DAC resolution : 18-bit ADC resolution : 18-bit 3D enhancement : No 3D Stereo Enhancement 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=2 AMAP DSA=0 SPDIF Extended status : PRL PRK PRJ PRI SPCV SPDIF=7/8 SPDIF Control : Consumer PCM Category=0x2 Generation=1 Rate=48kHz Extended modem ID: codec=0 LIN1 Modem status : GPIO Line1 rate : 48000Hz 0:00 = 0152 0:02 = 1010 0:04 = 0808 0:06 = 0000 0:08 = 0000 0:0a = 8000 0:0c = 0000 0:0e = 801f 0:10 = 9f1f 0:12 = 0808 0:14 = 0000 0:16 = 0000 0:18 = 0808 0:1a = 0000 0:1c = 0000 0:1e = 0000 0:20 = 0000 0:22 = 0000 0:24 = 0000 0:26 = 000f 0:28 = 0a04 0:2a = 7c10 0:2c = bb80 0:2e = 0000 0:30 = 0000 0:32 = bb80 0:34 = 0000 0:36 = 0000 0:38 = 0000 0:3a = 2824 0:3c = 0001 0:3e = 0001 0:40 = bb80 0:42 = 0000 0:44 = 0000 0:46 = 0000 0:48 = 0000 0:4a = 0000 0:4c = 0030 0:4e = ffff 0:50 = 0030 0:52 = 0000 0:54 = 0000 0:56 = 0000 0:58 = 0000 0:5a = 0000 0:5c = 0600 0:5e = a002 0:60 = 0000 0:62 = 0000 0:64 = 0000 0:66 = 0012 0:68 = 0000 0:6a = 0000 0:6c = 0000 0:6e = 0000 0:70 = 0000 0:72 = 5000 0:74 = 0000 0:76 = 0000 0:78 = 0000 0:7a = 8004 0:7c = 4358 0:7e = 5430 --endcollapse-- !!ALSA Device nodes !!----------------- crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 5 2009-01-31 08:44 /dev/snd/controlC0 crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 8 2009-01-31 08:44 /dev/snd/controlC1 crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 11 2009-01-31 10:11 /dev/snd/controlC2 crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 4 2009-01-31 08:45 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 3 2009-01-31 08:46 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 7 2009-01-31 08:44 /dev/snd/pcmC1D0c crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 6 2009-01-31 08:44 /dev/snd/pcmC1D0p crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 10 2009-01-31 10:11 /dev/snd/pcmC2D0c crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 9 2009-01-31 08:45 /dev/snd/seq crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 2 2009-01-31 08:44 /dev/snd/timer !!Aplay/Arecord output !!------------ APLAY **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: IXP [ATI IXP], device 0: ATI IXP AC97 [ATI IXP AC97] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 1: Modem [ATI IXP Modem], device 0: ATI IXP MC97 [ATI IXP MC97] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 ARECORD **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: IXP [ATI IXP], device 0: ATI IXP AC97 [ATI IXP AC97] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 1: Modem [ATI IXP Modem], device 0: ATI IXP MC97 [ATI IXP MC97] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 2: U0x46d0x991 [USB Device 0x46d:0x991], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 !!Amixer output !!------------- !!-------Mixer controls for card 0 [IXP] Card hw:0 'IXP'/'ATI IXP rev 2 with unknown codec at 0xc0003400, irq 17' Mixer name : 'Conexant id 30' Components : 'AC97a:43585430' Controls : 24 Simple ctrls : 17 Simple mixer control 'Master',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Front Left: Playback 15 [48%] [-24.00dB] [on] Front Right: Playback 15 [48%] [-24.00dB] [on] Simple mixer control 'Headphone',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Front Left: Playback 23 [74%] [-12.00dB] [on] Front Right: Playback 23 [74%] [-12.00dB] [on] Simple mixer control 'PCM',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Front Left: Playback 23 [74%] [0.00dB] [on] Front Right: Playback 23 [74%] [0.00dB] [on] Simple mixer control 'Line',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off] Capture [off] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off] Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'CD',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Front Left: Playback 23 [74%] [0.00dB] [on] Capture [off] Front Right: Playback 23 [74%] [0.00dB] [on] Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'Mic',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Playback channels: Mono Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off] Front Left: Capture [on] Front Right: Capture [on] Simple mixer control 'Mic Boost (+20dB)',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [off] Simple mixer control 'Video',0 Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Front Left: Capture [off] Front Right: Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'Phone',0 Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Front Left: Capture [off] Front Right: Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [off] Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Playback AC97-SPSA',0 Capabilities: volume volume-joined Playback channels: Mono Capture channels: Mono Limits: 0 - 3 Mono: 1 [33%] Simple mixer control 'PC Speaker',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Limits: Playback 0 - 15 Mono: Playback 0 [0%] [-45.00dB] [off] Simple mixer control 'Aux',0 Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Front Left: Capture [off] Front Right: Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'Capture',0 Capabilities: cvolume cswitch cswitch-joined Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Capture 0 - 15 Front Left: Capture 0 [0%] [0.00dB] [on] Front Right: Capture 0 [0%] [0.00dB] [on] Simple mixer control 'Mix',0 Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Front Left: Capture [off] Front Right: Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'Mix Mono',0 Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Front Left: Capture [off] Front Right: Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'External Amplifier',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] !!-------Mixer controls for card 1 [Modem] Card hw:1 'Modem'/'ATI IXP Modem rev 2 at 0xc0003800, irq 17' Mixer name : 'Conexant id 30' Components : 'AC97m:43585430' Controls : 2 Simple ctrls : 2 Simple mixer control 'Caller ID',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [off] Simple mixer control 'Off-hook',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [off] !!-------Mixer controls for card 2 [U0x46d0x991] Card hw:2 'U0x46d0x991'/'USB Device 0x46d:0x991 at usb-0000:00:13.2-1, high speed' Mixer name : 'USB Mixer' Components : 'USB046d:0991' Controls : 2 Simple ctrls : 1 Simple mixer control 'Mic',0 Capabilities: cvolume cvolume-joined cswitch cswitch-joined Capture channels: Mono Limits: Capture 0 - 3072 Mono: Capture 3072 [100%] [18.00dB] [on] !!Alsactl output !!------------- --startcollapse-- state.IXP { control.1 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'Master Playback Switch' value true } control.2 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type INTEGER comment.count 2 comment.range '0 - 31' comment.dbmin -4650 comment.dbmax 0 iface MIXER name 'Master Playback Volume' value.0 15 value.1 15 } control.3 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'Headphone Playback Switch' value true } control.4 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type INTEGER comment.count 2 comment.range '0 - 31' comment.dbmin -4650 comment.dbmax 0 iface MIXER name 'Headphone Playback Volume' value.0 23 value.1 23 } control.5 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'PC Speaker Playback Switch' value false } control.6 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type INTEGER comment.count 1 comment.range '0 - 15' comment.dbmin -4500 comment.dbmax 0 iface MIXER name 'PC Speaker Playback Volume' value 0 } control.7 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'Mic Playback Switch' value false } control.8 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type INTEGER comment.count 1 comment.range '0 - 31' comment.dbmin -3450 comment.dbmax 1200 iface MIXER name 'Mic Playback Volume' value 0 } control.9 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'Mic Boost (+20dB)' value false } control.10 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'Line Playback Switch' value false } control.11 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type INTEGER comment.count 2 comment.range '0 - 31' comment.dbmin -3450 comment.dbmax 1200 iface MIXER name 'Line Playback Volume' value.0 0 value.1 0 } control.12 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'CD Playback Switch' value true } control.13 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type INTEGER comment.count 2 comment.range '0 - 31' comment.dbmin -3450 comment.dbmax 1200 iface MIXER name 'CD Playback Volume' value.0 23 value.1 23 } control.14 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'PCM Playback Switch' value true } control.15 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type INTEGER comment.count 2 comment.range '0 - 31' comment.dbmin -3450 comment.dbmax 1200 iface MIXER name 'PCM Playback Volume' value.0 23 value.1 23 } control.16 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type ENUMERATED comment.count 2 comment.item.0 Mic comment.item.1 CD comment.item.2 Video comment.item.3 Aux comment.item.4 Line comment.item.5 Mix comment.item.6 'Mix Mono' comment.item.7 Phone iface MIXER name 'Capture Source' value.0 Mic value.1 Mic } control.17 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'Capture Switch' value true } control.18 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type INTEGER comment.count 2 comment.range '0 - 15' comment.dbmin 0 comment.dbmax 2250 iface MIXER name 'Capture Volume' value.0 0 value.1 0 } control.19 { comment.access read comment.type IEC958 comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'IEC958 Playback Con Mask' value '0fff000f00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000' } control.20 { comment.access read comment.type IEC958 comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'IEC958 Playback Pro Mask' value cf00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 } control.21 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type IEC958 comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'IEC958 Playback Default' value '0082000200000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000' } control.22 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'IEC958 Playback Switch' value false } control.23 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type INTEGER comment.count 1 comment.range '0 - 3' iface MIXER name 'IEC958 Playback AC97-SPSA' value 1 } control.24 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'External Amplifier' value true } } state.Modem { control.1 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'Off-hook Switch' value false } control.2 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'Caller ID Switch' value false } } state.U0x46d0x991 { control.1 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'Mic Capture Switch' value true } control.2 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type INTEGER comment.count 1 comment.range '0 - 3072' comment.dbmin 1800 comment.dbmax 1800 iface MIXER name 'Mic Capture Volume' value 3072 } } --endcollapse-- !!All Loaded Modules !!------------------ Module snd_usb_audio uvcvideo compat_ioctl32 snd_usb_lib snd_rawmidi videodev snd_hwdep v4l1_compat nls_utf8 xt_physdev sco bridge stp bnep rfcomm l2cap bluetooth ip6t_LOG xt_tcpudp xt_pkttype ipt_LOG xt_limit af_packet rfkill_input binfmt_misc snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_seq snd_seq_device radeon drm ip6t_REJECT nf_conntrack_ipv6 ip6table_raw xt_NOTRACK ipt_REJECT xt_state iptable_raw iptable_filter ip6table_mangle nf_conntrack_netbios_ns nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_conntrack ip_tables ip6table_filter ip6_tables x_tables ipv6 cpufreq_conservative cpufreq_userspace cpufreq_powersave powernow_k8 fuse loop dm_mod arc4 ecb crypto_blkcipher b43 rfkill mac80211 cfg80211 led_class input_polldev 8139too video output battery ac 8139cp sdhci_pci mii sdhci mmc_core tifm_7xx1 ohci1394 tifm_core ieee1394 ssb yenta_socket snd_atiixp_modem snd_atiixp pcmcia rsrc_nonstatic snd_ac97_codec pcmcia_core ac97_bus ati_agp snd_pcm shpchp snd_timer i2c_piix4 wmi agpgart button rtc_cmos snd pci_hotplug i2c_core sr_mod sg rtc_core k8temp soundcore rtc_lib serio_raw pcspkr snd_page_alloc cdrom joydev sd_mod crc_t10dif ehci_hcd ohci_hcd usbcore edd ext3 mbcache jbd fan ide_pci_generic atiixp ide_core ata_generic pata_atiixp libata scsi_mod dock thermal processor thermal_sys hwmon -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=471265 User andrescimmarusti@yahoo.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=471265#c3 Andres Cimmarusti <andrescimmarusti@yahoo.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |NEW Info Provider|andrescimmarusti@yahoo.com | --- Comment #3 from Andres Cimmarusti <andrescimmarusti@yahoo.com> 2009-01-31 08:29:39 MST --- Sorry for double posting, but I forgot to ask something: what is this unknown codec thing? -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=471265 User tiwai@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=471265#c4 --- Comment #4 from Takashi Iwai <tiwai@novell.com> 2009-02-02 01:06:18 MST --- (In reply to comment #2)
To answer your question: Yes I'm using only the OpenSuSe 11.1 packages (except for skype, of course), I haven't even used Packman as a repository. Though it's harmless I think this is due to the fact that Skype displays the information regarding its default audio device (even if I'm using a different one), since I have a modem as well (even though I don't use it), this might be getting in the way and causing trouble... but it is just speculation.
The hdmi thing is really just harmfull unless you have some own setup. Just ignore it. (There is an alias for that, but no definition in your case)
How do I go about solving the pulseaudio situation? I've been meaning to uninstall it and bring back ESD, but I don't know if this would be wise. Can ALSA alone handle everything? including the media online?
ALSA could handle, but GNOME wants the other backend. That's all.
This is the output of the script you required
Please don't paste but upload the file at the next time. -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=471265 User tiwai@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=471265#c5 --- Comment #5 from Takashi Iwai <tiwai@novell.com> 2009-02-02 01:08:03 MST --- (In reply to comment #3)
Sorry for double posting, but I forgot to ask something:
what is this unknown codec thing?
The codec chip on your laptop (supposed to be a Conexant one) has an unknown ID. Usually the codec chip should be compatible with the standard AC97 spec, so it should be OK. Of course, it'd be helpful if you can figure out what codec chip is on your laptop actually. Then we can add the entry to the device table in the driver so that it shows the right codec chip name. -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=471265 User tiwai@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=471265#c6 Takashi Iwai <tiwai@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |andrescimmarusti@yahoo.com --- Comment #6 from Takashi Iwai <tiwai@novell.com> 2009-02-02 01:09:12 MST --- Oh, and does the old ESD work well? If yes, it's a PA problem, and I'd like to pass it over to the PA maintainer. -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=471265 User andrescimmarusti@yahoo.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=471265#c7 Andres Cimmarusti <andrescimmarusti@yahoo.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |NEW Info Provider|andrescimmarusti@yahoo.com | --- Comment #7 from Andres Cimmarusti <andrescimmarusti@yahoo.com> 2009-02-02 15:47:33 MST --- Ok, I'm not knowledgeable enough to figure out all that you are asking. In fact it is I who needs the info!
Oh, and does the old ESD work well? If yes, it's a PA problem, and I'd like > to pass it over to the PA maintainer.
As I said before, I didn't know how to properly remove PA and bring back ESD (I tried going to YAST -> SOFTWARE MANAGEMENT and removing all packages related to pulseaudio, but this caused a lot of dependency problems and threatened to uninstall gnome-desktop!). So what I decided to do was to reinstall OpenSuSe 11.1 i586 GNOME without the following packages: - padevchooser - paprefs - paman - pavucontrol - pavumeter - pulseaudio-module-bluetooth - pulseaudio-module-gconf - pulseaudio-module-lirc - pulseaudio-module-x11 - pulseaudio-module-zeroconf - pulseaudio-utils That means these packages are still installed (and I can't remove them without dependency problems) - alsa-plugins-pulse - libpulse0 - pulseaudio - pulseaudio-esound-compat - libpulsecore4 Under CONTROL CENTER -> SOUND I get the following sources: - Autodetect - ATI IXP rev2 with unknown codec ATI IXP AC97 (ALSA) - ATI IXP rev2 with unknown codec ATI IXP AC97 (OSS) (it's there twice) - ATI IXP Modem rev 2 ATI IXP MC97 (OSS) (it's also there twice) - ALSA - Advanced Linux Sound Architecture - ESD - Enlightened Sound Daemon - PulseAudio Sound Server
From this list I chose ESD and sound overall works better, but whenever I try to play sounds from two sources (say an online video in firefox and music with banshee) I get a lot of scratchy noise and interference. Now this brings me back to one of your other comments:
The codec chip on your laptop (supposed to be a Conexant one) has an unknown ID. Usually the codec chip should be compatible with the standard AC97 spec, so it should be OK.
Yes, I have a Conexant AC-Link sound chip. However, I'm not sure this is "OK" for the following reason. When I choose under CONTROL CENTER -> SOUND as sound playback the device: ATI IXP rev2 with unknown codec ATI IXP AC97 (ALSA) and I click on 'Test' I this an error message: audiotestsrc wave=sine freq=512 ! audioconvert ! audioresample ! gconfaudiosink: Could not open audio device for playback. That, however, does not happen to the same device under OSS. I do get a test sound, but of poorer quality than the other sound sources. I will now sum up what happens with each sound source when I try the test sound: - Autodetect -> Plays well, but plays the same pattern as PulseAudio Sound Server (see below) - ATI IXP Modem rev 2 ATI IXP MC97 (OSS) -> I get no errors but I get no sound - ALSA - Advanced Linux Sound Architecture -> I get a bad skipping, scratchy and stuttering sound (much like the one I described in my earlier posts) - ESD - Enlightened Sound Daemon -> Sound plays well - PulseAudio Sound Server -> Sound plays well but it is definitely a different sound pattern, it makes a short beep and then a continuous one, while for the others sources it is always continuous.
Of course, it'd be helpful if you can figure out what codec chip is on your laptop actually. Then we can add the entry to the device table in the driver so that it shows the right codec chip name.
How do I do this? I have no clue whatsoever. Should I ask HP? Should I ask Conexant? Should I run some kind of program that can tell me such information? I'm sorry I can't provide you with more information, I'm only a newcomer to OpenSuSe 11.1 and a newbie in linux overall (I had been using Ubuntu 8.10 on my laptop for nearly 6 months before switching to OpenSuSe 11.1 and sound worked well there, except skype didn't, due to a bluetooth conflict). You'll have to guide me a bit more (I tried the forums, but no one has replied) -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=471265 User tiwai@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=471265#c8 Takashi Iwai <tiwai@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |andrescimmarusti@yahoo.com --- Comment #8 from Takashi Iwai <tiwai@novell.com> 2009-02-03 03:27:42 MST --- (In reply to comment #7)
Ok, I'm not knowledgeable enough to figure out all that you are asking. In fact it is I who needs the info!
Oh, and does the old ESD work well? If yes, it's a PA problem, and I'd like > to pass it over to the PA maintainer.
As I said before, I didn't know how to properly remove PA and bring back ESD (I tried going to YAST -> SOFTWARE MANAGEMENT and removing all packages related to pulseaudio, but this caused a lot of dependency problems and threatened to uninstall gnome-desktop!).
Yes. So far, lots of GNOME stuff depend on PA. If you use other desktop, it would work, though.
So what I decided to do was to reinstall OpenSuSe 11.1 i586 GNOME without the following packages:
- padevchooser - paprefs - paman - pavucontrol - pavumeter - pulseaudio-module-bluetooth - pulseaudio-module-gconf - pulseaudio-module-lirc - pulseaudio-module-x11 - pulseaudio-module-zeroconf - pulseaudio-utils
That means these packages are still installed (and I can't remove them without dependency problems)
- alsa-plugins-pulse - libpulse0 - pulseaudio - pulseaudio-esound-compat - libpulsecore4
This means that pulseaudio will be still used. So the situation is same.
Under CONTROL CENTER -> SOUND I get the following sources:
- Autodetect - ATI IXP rev2 with unknown codec ATI IXP AC97 (ALSA) - ATI IXP rev2 with unknown codec ATI IXP AC97 (OSS) (it's there twice) - ATI IXP Modem rev 2 ATI IXP MC97 (OSS) (it's also there twice) - ALSA - Advanced Linux Sound Architecture - ESD - Enlightened Sound Daemon - PulseAudio Sound Server
From this list I chose ESD and sound overall works better, but whenever I try to play sounds from two sources (say an online video in firefox and music with banshee) I get a lot of scratchy noise and interference. Now this brings me back to one of your other comments:
You are seeing the same thing. The difference is that you removed some PA-utilities, but the PA itself is still used. Note that there is no genuine esound on 11.1. It's emulated by pulseaudio. In theory you could install esound package from 11.0 or older, then the dependency on PA might be lighter. But do it at your own risk if you really want...
The codec chip on your laptop (supposed to be a Conexant one) has an unknown ID. Usually the codec chip should be compatible with the standard AC97 spec, so it should be OK.
Yes, I have a Conexant AC-Link sound chip. However, I'm not sure this is "OK" for the following reason. When I choose under CONTROL CENTER -> SOUND as sound playback the device: ATI IXP rev2 with unknown codec ATI IXP AC97 (ALSA) and I click on 'Test' I this an error message:
audiotestsrc wave=sine freq=512 ! audioconvert ! audioresample ! gconfaudiosink: Could not open audio device for playback.
That, however, does not happen to the same device under OSS. I do get a test sound, but of poorer quality than the other sound sources.
Irrelevant. This is simply the question of device usage.
I will now sum up what happens with each sound source when I try the test sound:
- Autodetect -> Plays well, but plays the same pattern as PulseAudio Sound Server (see below)
- ATI IXP Modem rev 2 ATI IXP MC97 (OSS) -> I get no errors but I get no sound
- ALSA - Advanced Linux Sound Architecture -> I get a bad skipping, scratchy and stuttering sound (much like the one I described in my earlier posts)
- ESD - Enlightened Sound Daemon -> Sound plays well
- PulseAudio Sound Server -> Sound plays well but it is definitely a different sound pattern, it makes a short beep and then a continuous one, while for the others sources it is always continuous.
Also irrelevant from the codec chip identification. The scratchy sound or repeated sound are rather the problem with the controller chip, not about the codec chip.
Of course, it'd be helpful if you can figure out what codec chip is on your laptop actually. Then we can add the entry to the device table in the driver so that it shows the right codec chip name.
How do I do this? I have no clue whatsoever. Should I ask HP? Should I ask Conexant? Should I run some kind of program that can tell me such information?
I don't care how you achieve it :)
I'm sorry I can't provide you with more information, I'm only a newcomer to OpenSuSe 11.1 and a newbie in linux overall (I had been using Ubuntu 8.10 on my laptop for nearly 6 months before switching to OpenSuSe 11.1 and sound worked well there, except skype didn't, due to a bluetooth conflict). You'll have to guide me a bit more (I tried the forums, but no one has replied)
Please try the following: - kill pulseaudio once, killall -9 pulseaudio - run aplay with a WAV file (e.g. /usr/share/sounds/alsa/test.wav) aplay -Dplughw -vv /usr/share/sounds/alsa/test.wav - run aplay with -Dplug:dmix instead of -Dplughw aplay -Dplug:dmix -vv /usr/share/sounds/alsa/test.wav - if the former works well, run two aplay at the same time (e.g. on two terminals) This basically tests the ALSA-native playback. Let's see whether this works. -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=471265 User andrescimmarusti@yahoo.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=471265#c9 Andres Cimmarusti <andrescimmarusti@yahoo.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |NEW Info Provider|andrescimmarusti@yahoo.com | --- Comment #9 from Andres Cimmarusti <andrescimmarusti@yahoo.com> 2009-03-02 08:55:22 MST --- I tried KDE4.1 and got rid off PulseAudio completely, but sometimes the starting sound (when booting up) didn't sound at all, or got cut off abruptly. The sound when logging off sometimes did not play and a message appeared: that there was something wrong with ATI IXP rev2 with unknown codec device... I admit that I let the problem rest for a while. Mainly because I had work to do!. But I have come back to it. I'm once again running GNOME with full pulseaudio support. I think I have a better idea of what is going on. I did what you suggested. I killed pulseaudio and: $ killall -9 pulseaudio $ aplay -Dplug -vv /usr/share/sounds/alsa/test.wav ALSA lib pcm.c:6814:(snd_pcm_slave_conf) missing field pcm aplay: main:590: audio open error: Invalid argument $ aplay -Dplug:dmix -vv /usr/share/sounds/alsa/test.wav Playing WAVE '/usr/share/sounds/alsa/test.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 44100 Hz, Stereo Plug PCM: Rate conversion PCM (48000, sformat=S32_LE) Its setup is: stream : PLAYBACK access : RW_INTERLEAVED format : S16_LE subformat : STD channels : 2 rate : 44100 exact rate : 44100 (44100/1) msbits : 16 buffer_size : 7526 period_size : 940 period_time : 21333 tstamp_mode : NONE period_step : 1 avail_min : 940 period_event : 0 start_threshold : 7526 stop_threshold : 7526 silence_threshold: 0 silence_size : 0 boundary : 986447872 Slave: Direct Stream Mixing PCM Its setup is: stream : PLAYBACK access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED format : S32_LE subformat : STD channels : 2 rate : 48000 exact rate : 48000 (48000/1) msbits : 32 buffer_size : 8192 period_size : 1024 period_time : 21333 tstamp_mode : NONE period_step : 1 avail_min : 1024 period_event : 0 start_threshold : 8192 stop_threshold : 8192 silence_threshold: 0 silence_size : 0 boundary : 1073741824 Hardware PCM card 0 'ATI IXP' device 0 subdevice 0 Its setup is: stream : PLAYBACK access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED format : S32_LE subformat : STD channels : 2 rate : 48000 exact rate : 48000 (48000/1) msbits : 32 buffer_size : 8192 period_size : 1024 period_time : 21333 tstamp_mode : ENABLE period_step : 1 avail_min : 1024 period_event : 0 start_threshold : 1 stop_threshold : 1073741824 silence_threshold: 0 silence_size : 1073741824 boundary : 1073741824 (the playback was flawless for this one) I ran it in two terminals and they worked well without any problems nor interference. I've been doing some searching and in the forums and in pulseaudio's website I came across the command: $ grep -i pulse /var/log/messages Mar 1 00:54:17 suse-linux pulseaudio[8998]: main.c: High-priority scheduling enabled in configuration but not allowed by policy. Mar 1 00:54:17 suse-linux pulseaudio[8998]: core-util.c: setpriority(): Permission denied Mar 1 00:54:17 suse-linux pulseaudio[8998]: ltdl-bind-now.c: Failed to find original dlopen loader.Mar 1 01:47:18 suse-linux pulseaudio[3452]: module-alsa-sink.c: Increasing wakeup watermark to 36.75 ms Mar 1 01:52:08 suse-linux pulseaudio[3452]: module-alsa-sink.c: Increasing wakeup watermark to 34.00 ms Mar 1 01:54:47 suse-linux pulseaudio[3452]: module-alsa-sink.c: Increasing wakeup watermark to 68.00 ms Mar 1 02:13:09 suse-linux pulseaudio[3452]: module-alsa-sink.c: Increasing wakeup watermark to 136.00 ms Mar 1 02:24:58 suse-linux pulseaudio[3452]: module-alsa-source.c: Your kernel driver is broken: it reports a volume range from 18.00 dB to 18.00 dB which makes no sense. (this is only a fraction of the output, however, the rest seem ok and it loops over and over) What concerns me is the last line. In the pulseaudio website they claim that there are some alsa drivers that have problems. Could atiixp be one? or perhaps just a bit, regarding the volume, or so it would seem. Andres -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=471265 User andrescimmarusti@yahoo.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=471265#c10 --- Comment #10 from Andres Cimmarusti <andrescimmarusti@yahoo.com> 2009-03-02 22:07:39 MST --- Oh and I think I found out the codec for my ATI IXP sound card. It's AC'97 -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=471265 User tiwai@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=471265#c11 --- Comment #11 from Takashi Iwai <tiwai@novell.com> 2009-03-03 00:36:27 MST --- Well, I knew it's an AC97 chip because the driver supports only that type :) My question was about the exact vendor / product name of the chip... The problem of PA is mixed. It's partly PA bugs and wrong design for old drivers, and partly the driver / hardware being unstable. But, the fact that other apps work well implies something... :-) -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=471265 User andrescimmarusti@yahoo.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=471265#c12 --- Comment #12 from Andres Cimmarusti <andrescimmarusti@yahoo.com> 2009-03-03 07:47:19 MST --- HP, the manufacturer of my laptop has finally answered my question about the codec chip. This is the info the have given me: the codec ID chipset of Conexant AC-Link AC97 is 'Conexant CX20468-31 audio' and it is using SmartDAA technology. The accurate codec ID of AC97 is 43585430h. The previous codec ID is for chipset. So, regarding the problem with audio I have...is there a workaround? Could we fix it somehow?. I did some searching and the PulseAudio website has this page: http://www.pulseaudio.org/wiki/BrokenSoundDrivers It has an alsa-time-test.c program. That could help debug. Should I try that? I downloaded it, but when I tried to compile it, it gave me a lot of errors, because it's not correctly pointing to one of my alsa libs. Andres -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=471265 User andrescimmarusti@yahoo.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=471265#c13 --- Comment #13 from Andres Cimmarusti <andrescimmarusti@yahoo.com> 2009-03-03 07:49:32 MST --- specifically it needs alsa/asoundlib.h Do you know where that is? -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=471265 User tiwai@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=471265#c14 Takashi Iwai <tiwai@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |andrescimmarusti@yahoo.com --- Comment #14 from Takashi Iwai <tiwai@novell.com> 2009-03-06 06:37:40 MST --- OK, thanks, I'll give the name of codec id. About PA problem, try the later version of PA. The problem is partly the crappy hardware and the unstable design of PA, especially "glitch-free" feature is often too peaky. Could you try to update the PA package as described in below? https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=461296#c7 BTW, alsa/asoundlib.h is included in alsa-devel.rpm. -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=471265 User andrescimmarusti@yahoo.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=471265#c15 Andres Cimmarusti <andrescimmarusti@yahoo.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |NEW Info Provider|andrescimmarusti@yahoo.com | --- Comment #15 from Andres Cimmarusti <andrescimmarusti@yahoo.com> 2009-03-06 12:58:44 MST --- Oh dear... sound is now completely broken. Gnome's starting sound stutters like crazy. Music playback with banshee stutters horribly. I tried both stock and glitch-free mode and it doesn't work :-(, how to I revert back to pulseaudio without problems?...would a simple downgrade with Yast's software management do it? Andres -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=471265 User andrescimmarusti@yahoo.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=471265#c16 --- Comment #16 from Andres Cimmarusti <andrescimmarusti@yahoo.com> 2009-03-06 13:01:18 MST --- grep -i pulse /var/log/messages Mar 6 14:50:59 suse pulseaudio[3414]: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_avail_update() returned a value that is exceptionally large: 314392 bytes (1637 ms) Most likely this is an ALSA driver bug. Please report this issue to the PulseAudio developers. Mar 6 14:50:59 suse pulseaudio[3414]: module-alsa-sink.c: ALSA woke us up to write new data to the device, but there was actually nothing to write! Most likely this is an ALSA driver bug. Please report this issue to the PulseAudio developers. -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=471265 User tiwai@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=471265#c17 Takashi Iwai <tiwai@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |andrescimmarusti@yahoo.com --- Comment #17 from Takashi Iwai <tiwai@novell.com> 2009-03-10 08:53:22 MST --- Could you try alsa-driver-kmp on multimedia:audio:KMP repo? http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/multimedia:/audio:/KMP/ Choose openSUSE_11.1-Update if you are using the updated kernel. openSUSE_11.1 is for the original 11.1 kernel before update. Also, use alsa.rpm and libasound2.rpm from multimedia:audio repo if you use alsa-driver-kmp, too: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/multimedia:/audio/ -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=471265 User andrescimmarusti@yahoo.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=471265#c18 Andres Cimmarusti <andrescimmarusti@yahoo.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |NEW Info Provider|andrescimmarusti@yahoo.com | --- Comment #18 from Andres Cimmarusti <andrescimmarusti@yahoo.com> 2009-03-10 13:08:20 MST --- I tried what you suggested and I achieved moderate success. I tried many variations and these are my results (I will try other things later and report back): The new alsa packages along with pulse 0.9.12 didn't work. I got interference between different sources as always. But with pulse 0.9.14, it worked well only with the glitch-free or stock mode as described in the other bug report. Without the glitch-free mode (using tsched=0) audio from any source stutters using pulse 0.9.14. Unfortunately the problem with the loud initial distortion when using flash remains. I noticed (using top) that firefox hogs a lot of cpu time when playing videos with flash which on top of pulse's own hogging sometimes causes skipping of the sound output. I've also noticed that after playing videos for extended periods of time, the computer gets really slow and takes a while to regain former speed. I often decide to restart...any idea of what could be causing this? -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=471265 User andrescimmarusti@yahoo.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=471265#c19 --- Comment #19 from Andres Cimmarusti <andrescimmarusti@yahoo.com> 2009-03-10 18:57:57 MST --- My playback with the new alsa packages and pulse 0.9.14 in glitch-free (stock) mode is still plagued with stutters and skips and pops. I've noticed this happens when more frequent when the cpu activity is high. However, the playback from several sources does not interfere. It, does, however lead to higher cpu time comsumption which causes the glitches mentioned before. Unfortunately, as I said before, the other mode does not work at all.. -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=471265 User tiwai@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=471265#c20 Takashi Iwai <tiwai@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |andrescimmarusti@yahoo.com --- Comment #20 from Takashi Iwai <tiwai@novell.com> 2009-03-13 04:37:23 MST --- It's weird that PA doesn't work with the traditional (non-GF) mode. Could you do the following (as root) and check kernel messages while running the sound apps? echo 1 > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/xrun_debug -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=471265 User andrescimmarusti@yahoo.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=471265#c21 Andres Cimmarusti <andrescimmarusti@yahoo.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |NEW Info Provider|andrescimmarusti@yahoo.com | --- Comment #21 from Andres Cimmarusti <andrescimmarusti@yahoo.com> 2009-03-17 12:50:43 MST --- Several things to report: First, sometimes the welcome sound I hear when I log in does not play. I found the cause in the kernel messages: Mar 17 10:56:13 suse gnome-session[3216]: WARNING: Application 'libcanberra-login-sound.desktop' failed to register before timeout Second, I did what you suggested using the non-GF mode and the messages I got in the kernel where: Mar 17 12:31:30 suse pulseaudio[3469]: module-alsa-sink.c: ALSA woke us up to write new data to the device, but there was actually nothing to write! Most likely this is an ALSA driver bug. Please report this issue to the PulseAudio developers. Mar 17 12:49:27 suse pulseaudio[3407]: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_avail_update() returned a value that is exceptionally large: 232092 bytes (1208 ms) Most likely this is an ALSA driver bug. Please report this issue to the PulseAudio developers. Playback was awful, like I said. However, I tried something that made if work well. While playing music in banshee I double clicked on the gnome volume control (I believe this is managed by pavucontrol) and playback stopped stuttering and stopped skipping as well. Even from different sources I was able to play audio flawlessly, but when I closed the volume control everything got messed up again...really weird Another comment I have is that, I've also been using Ubuntu 8.10 intrepid ibex, which uses alsa 1.0.17a and pulseaudio 0.9.10 and I have no trouble with audio whatsoever!! not even the loud distortion when playing flash online. How can this be? it is the same computer! I think soon I'll have no choice but to settle with ubuntu which works for me... -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=471265 User tiwai@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=471265#c22 Takashi Iwai <tiwai@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |andrescimmarusti@yahoo.com --- Comment #22 from Takashi Iwai <tiwai@novell.com> 2009-03-17 14:41:35 MST --- The login sound problem is likely irrelevant with the PA issue, judging from the error message. The other pulseaudio things are definitely related with the audio driver *and* pulseaudio itself. The fact that your machine works well with Ubuntu is simply because it's using an old-and-good version of pulseaudio. So, you'll get problems anyway later :) But, I still wonder whether you still get the problem with the very latest alsa-driver. Could you try the very latest alsa-driver-kmp? Check /proc/asound/version that you're using the right one. It should have version "1.0.19-gitxxx". -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=471265 User andrescimmarusti@yahoo.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=471265#c23 Andres Cimmarusti <andrescimmarusti@yahoo.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |NEW Info Provider|andrescimmarusti@yahoo.com | --- Comment #23 from Andres Cimmarusti <andrescimmarusti@yahoo.com> 2009-03-17 15:21:15 MST --- I did: cat /proc/asound/version Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.19-git20090317. Compiled on Mar 17 2009 for kernel 2.6.27.19-3.2-pae (SMP). But the non-GF mode still has problems. The GF mode still stutters and has a few glitches, but not it's not too bad, so I'll stick with it for the moment. When I first got the alsa-driver-kmp-pae package, another one labeled as 'unstable' was automatically selected for installation. I, however, forced it out of the installation process. Should I have that one as well? -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=471265 User tiwai@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=471265#c24 Takashi Iwai <tiwai@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |tiwai@novell.com AssignedTo|tiwai@novell.com |sreeves@novell.com --- Comment #24 from Takashi Iwai <tiwai@novell.com> 2009-03-17 18:02:52 MST --- The alsa-driver-kmp-unstable shouldn't be installed. It's an experimental tree, and when it's installed, it'll override again the normal driver, so weird things may happen. The latest driver has some fixes to avoid GF craziness. That's why GF mode can work now better. The rest is really a pulseaudio problem... Seems 0.9.14 isn't always better than the older one. Now reassigned to PA maintainer for tracking further. -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=471265 Federico Mena Quintero <federico@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Priority|P5 - None |P2 - High -- 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.
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