Bug 543612 - Noise in headphones output coming from CD channel with default volumes
Summary: Noise in headphones output coming from CD channel with default volumes
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: alsa-lib
Version: 12
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jaroslav Kysela
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks: AlsaVolume
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2009-12-02 18:08 UTC by Diego Amores
Modified: 2010-12-04 02:21 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

Fixed In Version:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2010-12-04 02:21:11 UTC
Type: ---
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Attachments (Terms of Use)
Output of alsa-info.sh (23.34 KB, text/plain)
2009-12-02 18:08 UTC, Diego Amores
no flags Details
Output of "amixer -c0" before applying needed changes with alsamixer (2.74 KB, text/plain)
2009-12-02 18:10 UTC, Diego Amores
no flags Details
Output of "amixer -c0" after applying needed changes with alsamixer (2.74 KB, text/plain)
2009-12-02 18:11 UTC, Diego Amores
no flags Details
Patch to /lib/alsa/init/hda (1.21 KB, patch)
2009-12-02 18:26 UTC, Diego Amores
no flags Details | Diff

Description Diego Amores 2009-12-02 18:08:23 UTC
Created attachment 375519 [details]
Output of alsa-info.sh

Description of problem:

My sound card (HDA Intel on a Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo M1437G laptop) is not in alsa-lib's database. This means that default volumes have to be guessed at init time, and the volume for the "CD" channel is set to 54%.

As a result, when connecting a pair of headphones, noise coming from the CD channel can be heard, lowering sound quality.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 1.0.21-3.fc12


How reproducible: Always


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Run alsactl init (to reset default volumes for my card)
2. Listen to anything through the headphones
3.
  
Actual results:

Bad sound quality due to noise coming from the CD channel.

Expected results:

No noise.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Diego Amores 2009-12-02 18:10:38 UTC
Created attachment 375524 [details]
Output of "amixer -c0" before applying needed changes with alsamixer

Comment 2 Diego Amores 2009-12-02 18:11:22 UTC
Created attachment 375527 [details]
Output of "amixer -c0" after applying needed changes with alsamixer

Comment 3 Diego Amores 2009-12-02 18:26:09 UTC
Created attachment 375533 [details]
Patch to /lib/alsa/init/hda

Attaching the patch I applied to file /lib/alsa/init/hda to make changes permanent in my laptop. Basically I copied the info that existed already for "Acer Travelmate 8100", replaced my card's subsystem vendor and device, added a line to turn off the CD Playback switch, and removed Front Playback Volume and Switch, which do not exist for my card.

Not sure if completely turning off the CD Playback channel is a good idea for everyone, but it seems pretty safe as I can play audio CD's with Rhythmbox without any problems.

Comment 4 Bug Zapper 2010-11-04 04:34:15 UTC
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Comment 5 Bug Zapper 2010-12-04 02:21:11 UTC
Fedora 12 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2010-12-02. Fedora 12 is 
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