Description of problem: If i play some music or watch a video and i change the sound, it doesn't change directly to the new volume, but goes silent and then the sound gradually changes to the new volume. It takes about 5 seconds. In s-c-soundcard it finds the soundcard, but i can't hear any sounds. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-2.6.23.1-37.fc8 kernel-2.6.23.1-36.fc8 Everything else is latest rawhide How reproducible: Every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. Change sound 2. Sound mutes and "goes" slowly to the new volume 3. Actual results: Mutes, then it takes 5 seconds to get to the new volume-level Expected results: Should change immediately Additional info: 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02)
hmm, but everything was ok in -35 ?
Yes, it was.
More strange things are happening with my sound now. If i press the 'mute'-button on my laptop, it mutes as it should. But if Rhythmbox finishes a song when the sound is muted, the sound is set to 0% from the next song. But sometimes the music is actually playing when a new song comes on, even though the sound is supposed to be muted! In addition Rhythmbox now crashes on exit regularly. Seems like there are some incompatibilities with how to change sound-levels than before.
Ok... now i've updated to the new alsa-rpms. And things work a little bit better. Can now turn mute on or off, but the sound is "lower" and then goes gradually back to normal sound after a few seconds. I've got difficulty explaining all of this, but i'll try. When changing the master volume, it "goes" love then slowly increases to the correct volume. If master-volume is at about 90%, but the sound in rhythmbox is about 20%. It takes about 5 seconds to get the correct volume. If master-volume is at about 20%, but the sound in rhythmbox is 20%. It takes at least 30 seconds to get the correct volume, that includes 10 seconds in the beginning when you can't hear anything. Here's another example: If the sound in rhytmbox is set to 100% and the master is set 100%. I've lowered the front-sound it won't "blow up" my built-in speakers. If i then lower the master sound, the sound decreases but after a while the sound goes back to the same level as 100% level, but master says its lower than 100%. So it seems it has some problems with keeping volume-levels. Hope this helps to understand my problem. This is a serious problem for me!
Created attachment 241841 [details] scsconfig.log Here's my scsconfig.log. Maybe you find something useful there.
Dell Latitude D630 STAC92XX codec There is a whole set of fixes for the STAC92XX codec pending in upstream ALSA, including this one: hda-codec - Fix conflict of Master volume in STAC92xx codec http://hg.alsa-project.org/alsa-kernel/rev/e2b50ea6b7ed This will probably fix it, and being in-sync with upstream would allow us to add the update after F8 release.
This won't fix it. I know, since the codec was detected. It only fixes cases when the driver didn't load. Probably this isn't a bug, probably the new "Master Volume" which wasn't present before (right?) doesn't work on your hardware. Please give me contents of /proc/asound/Intel/codec* so I can determine what sigmatel codec you have. If I understand you right, the mixer control itself doesnt "drift", but rather the actual volume you hear, right? Regards, Maxim Levitsky
Created attachment 246141 [details] /proc/asound/Intel/codec#0
I'll try to explain this again. :) Rhythmbox volume is at 20%, which is the soundlevel i want. no matter how i change the master volume, the volume doesn't change. BUT, when i change the master volume it goes silent then back to normal level, but it just takes time. The time it takes depends on what volume the master volume is at. If i change master from any level to 95%, it takes about 1 second to change from total silence back to the same level as before. If i change master from any level to 50%, it takes about 20 seconds to change from total silence back to the same level as before. If i change master from any level to 95%, it takes about 50 seconds to change from total silence back to the same level as before. And mute doesn't work, it just takes over a minute to go back to the same level as before. So basically master-volume has no impact on the soundlevel.
Thanks. Do you have a physical volume slider on the system (I mean real volume knob) If you have it then it takes over the software volumeknob. And thus just ignore the 'Master' Volume control. If not, maybe STAC9205 you have, the last STAC that isn't yet tested to work with 'Master Volume', doesn't work with it. Do you have just the 'Master' and 'Capture' controls in the mixer? Sound bogus to me. Can you post output of amixer again? Regards, Maxim Levitsky
This is a laptop, so i have a button for increase, decrease and mute the sound. But it doesn't matter if i use the buttons or if i use the mouse to click on the master-volume to change it. The master-volume in the gnome-panel is set to 50%. [espenas@itse68482 ~]$ amixer Simple mixer control 'Master',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 65536 Mono: Front Left: Playback 65536 [100%] [on] Front Right: Playback 65536 [100%] [on] Simple mixer control 'Capture',0 Capabilities: cvolume cswitch cswitch-joined Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Capture 0 - 65536 Front Left: Capture 34953 [53%] [on] Front Right: Capture 34953 [53%] [on]
You mean that those 'buttons' are just buttons which gets reported to userspace, and it sets the volume? Strange, very strange..... I don't understand why you got so few controls in the mixer. why.... It feels like you don't have alsa 1.15, but the log indicate you have. Maybe it is patched by redhat, in some way, but anyway very strange. According to the logs, you have: 1) HP-out 2) Mic-in Do you have other analog inputs/outputs in the system? Ddo you have internal speaker in the system? Did you have different mixer controls in kernel-2.6.23.1-35? Can you give me now amixer contents I see what can I do.
I will download kernel-2.6.23.1-42.fc8.src.rpm to see what alsa is really there. I suggest you test it too. Or give me link to kernel-2.6.23.1-36 And it will be great to see kernel-2.6.23.1-35, is it possible to download it somewhere.
You can find the kernels here: kernel-2.6.23.1-36: http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=22426 kernel-2.6.23.1-35: http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=22273 I have a Dell D630 laptop, with internal speakers. You can take a look at the hardware here: http://smolt.fedoraproject.org/show?UUID=0303dea0-a961-4bba-b127- d1f3ef7ee769
This is with kernel-2.6.23.1-35: [espenas@itse68482 ~]$ amixer Simple mixer control 'Master',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 65536 Mono: Front Left: Playback 65536 [100%] [on] Front Right: Playback 65536 [100%] [on] Simple mixer control 'Capture',0 Capabilities: cvolume cswitch cswitch-joined Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Capture 0 - 65536 Front Left: Capture 65536 [100%] [on] Front Right: Capture 65536 [100%] [on]
Another thing i noticed when using kernel-2.6.23.1-35, is that if i open gnome- volume control, i only have the 'front'-volume under the playback-tab. And the buttons and the sound applet is using 'front' In kernel-2.6.23.1-36 and above i have both front and master. And the buttons and the sound applet is instead using 'master'. If i use 'front' to change the sound, it works. I hope this made sense... :)
Give me please 'amixer contents' and can you describe what controls you see in gnome-volume control for kernel-2.6.23.1-36 Regards, Maxim Levitsky
[root@itse68482 ~]# cat amixer-contents-kernel-2.6.23.2-35 numid=0,iface=MIXER,name='Master Playback Switch' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1 : values=on numid=0,iface=MIXER,name='Master Playback Volume' ; type=INTEGER,access=rw------,values=2,min=0,max=65536,step=1 : values=65536,65536 numid=0,iface=MIXER,name='Capture Switch' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1 : values=on numid=0,iface=MIXER,name='Capture Volume' ; type=INTEGER,access=rw------,values=2,min=0,max=65536,step=1 : values=65536,65536 [root@itse68482 ~]# cat amixer-contents-kernel-2.6.23.2-36 numid=0,iface=MIXER,name='Master Playback Switch' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1 : values=on numid=0,iface=MIXER,name='Master Playback Volume' ; type=INTEGER,access=rw------,values=2,min=0,max=65536,step=1 : values=65536,65536 numid=0,iface=MIXER,name='Capture Switch' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1 : values=on numid=0,iface=MIXER,name='Capture Volume' ; type=INTEGER,access=rw------,values=2,min=0,max=65536,step=1 : values=34953,34953 [root@itse68482 ~]# diff -u amixer-contents-kernel-2.6.23.2-35 amixer-contents- kernel-2.6.23.2-36 --- amixer-contents-kernel-2.6.23.2-35 2007-11-02 15:11:57.000000000 +0100 +++ amixer-contents-kernel-2.6.23.2-36 2007-11-02 15:17:29.000000000 +0100 @@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ : values=on numid=0,iface=MIXER,name='Capture Volume' ; type=INTEGER,access=rw------,values=2,min=0,max=65536,step=1 - : values=65536,65536 + : values=34953,34953 gnome-volume-control: kernel-2.6.23.2-35: front kernel-2.6.23.2-36: master and front
*** Bug 361051 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Revert of the STAC codec volume control changes is in kernel 2.6.23.1-47. This should fix the bug.
In kernel-2.6.23.1-48.fc8 the sound works as it should. :)
kernel-2.6.23.1-49.fc8 has been pushed to the Fedora 8 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.