Greetings again, (please scroll down) On Tue, 2006-06-20 at 13:59 -0400, Adam C Powell IV wrote: > On Tue, 2006-06-20 at 18:16 +0200, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: > > On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 the mental interface of > > Adam C Powell IV told: > > > > > reassign 357236 linux-image-2.6.16-2-686 > > > forwarded 357236 > > > https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/view.php?id=1943 > > > thanks > > > > > > Hadn't noticed that the forward tag didn't work last time, sorry about > > > that. > > > > > > Okay, it's been three months and upstream hasn't touched my bug. I'm > > > wondering if I can get some help here, or at least vague ideas about > > > what might be going wrong. > > > > > > On this laptop, fn-F3 toggles mute; when mute is turned off, there's an > > > audible beep. When repeatedly toggling "mute unmute mute unmute", I > > > noticed that this audible beep capability stops during the boot. By > > > booting with init=/bin/bash and carefully going through things, I've > > > managed to narrow it down to when the /etc/init.d/udev script runs > > > udevtrigger. > > > > > > If I reboot and load the modules which udevtrigger would load, that does > > > not cause the beeps to stop, but then running udevtrigger does stop > > > them. I think something in udevtrigger somehow disables sound output. > > > > > > Any ideas? > > > > No. > > Which Kernel? > > Which alsa-packages? > > Wich distro (sarge|testing|sid)? > > 2.6.8 through 2.6.16 (in the bug) > alsa 1.0.11-2 > Debian etch > > > Did you build the latest drivers out of alsa-source 1.0.11-2? > > No, that's already in etch. > > > What tells cat /proc/asound after a normal boot? > > which modules are loaded then? > > Are there any mixer settings muted? > > /proc/asound looks pretty much normal, indicates the snd-ali5451 module. > I can send a tarball if that would help. > alsamixer shows MM for 3D Contr, Mic Boos, IEC958, Caller I, External, > and Off-hook (?). Turning off MM... Oh my gosh, turning it off on > External makes the sound work again!
Update: about a month ago, this stopped working again. I can't get it to work for 2.6.15, .16 or .17 any more! Nothing is muted, but I can't raise the External volume above zero. Any ideas? Thank you, -Adam -- GPG fingerprint: D54D 1AEE B11C CE9B A02B C5DD 526F 01E8 564E E4B6 Welcome to the best software in the world today cafe! http://www.take6.com/albums/greatesthits.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
