Hi, Thanks for looking at this.
> Does this error still occur with more recent kernel versions? By more recent do you mean later than Etch? I do not wish to upgrade to Lenny just now. I am running Etch, which is kept up to date. Can I easily get a later stable kernel to test this with? r...@sir:~# uname -a Linux sir 2.6.18-6-686 #1 SMP Fri Dec 12 16:48:28 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux I repeated the test and the behaviour is again as described above - mic sounds are heard through the PC speakers but arecord records only silence: r...@sir:~# arecord -d 10 test.wav Recording WAVE 'test.wav' : Unsigned 8 bit, Rate 8000 Hz, Mono r...@sir:~# hd test.wav 00000000 52 49 46 46 a4 38 01 00 57 41 56 45 66 6d 74 20 |RIFF.8..WAVEfmt | 00000010 10 00 00 00 01 00 01 00 40 1f 00 00 40 1f 00 00 |........@...@...| 00000020 01 00 08 00 64 61 74 61 80 38 01 00 80 80 80 80 |....data.8......| 00000030 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 |................| * 000138a0 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 |............| 000138ac r...@sir:~# amixer info Card default 'CS46xx'/'Sound Fusion CS46xx at 0xe8122000/0xe8000000, irq 11' Mixer name : 'Cirrus Logic CS4297A rev 4' Components : 'AC97a:43525914' Controls : 45 Simple ctrls : 26 r...@sir:~# amixer scontents Simple mixer control 'Master',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 63 Mono: Front Left: Playback 58 [92%] [on] Front Right: Playback 58 [92%] [on] Simple mixer control 'Master Mono',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Playback 24 [77%] [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 24 [77%] [on] Front Right: Playback 24 [77%] [on] Simple mixer control '3D Control - Center',0 Capabilities: volume volume-joined Playback channels: Mono Capture channels: Mono Limits: 0 - 15 Mono: 0 [0%] Simple mixer control '3D Control - Depth',0 Capabilities: volume volume-joined Playback channels: Mono Capture channels: Mono Limits: 0 - 15 Mono: 0 [0%] Simple mixer control '3D Control - Switch',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [off] Simple mixer control 'PCM',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Front Left: Playback 24 [77%] [on] Front Right: Playback 24 [77%] [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%] [off] Capture [off] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [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 25 [81%] [on] Capture [off] Front Right: Playback 25 [81%] [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 31 [100%] [on] 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 'Mic Select',0 Capabilities: enum Items: 'Mic1' 'Mic2' Item0: 'Mic1' Simple mixer control 'Video',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%] [off] Capture [off] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [off] Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'Phone',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%] [off] 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 Input',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [off] Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Output',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [off] Simple mixer control 'PC Speaker',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Limits: Playback 0 - 15 Mono: Playback 0 [0%] [off] Simple mixer control 'Aux',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%] [off] Capture [off] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [off] Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'Mono Output Select',0 Capabilities: enum Items: 'Mix' 'Mic' Item0: 'Mix' Simple mixer control 'Capture',0 Capabilities: cvolume cswitch cswitch-joined Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Capture 0 - 15 Front Left: Capture 15 [100%] [on] Front Right: Capture 15 [100%] [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 'ADC',0 Capabilities: volume cswitch cswitch-joined Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: 0 - 32767 Front Left: 31178 [95%] Capture [off] Front Right: 27541 [84%] Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'DAC',0 Capabilities: volume cswitch cswitch-joined Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: 0 - 32767 Front Left: 29491 [90%] Capture [off] Front Right: 29491 [90%] Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'External Amplifier',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] r...@sir:~# lsmod Module Size Used by savage 28448 2 drm 61332 3 savage rfcomm 34712 0 l2cap 21760 5 rfcomm bluetooth 46020 4 rfcomm,l2cap nvram 8328 1 uinput 8288 1 ipt_REJECT 5248 2 ipt_LOG 6112 3 xt_tcpudp 3136 17 xt_state 2272 22 iptable_filter 3104 1 iptable_nat 7044 0 ip_nat 16876 1 iptable_nat ip_conntrack 49088 3 xt_state,iptable_nat,ip_nat nfnetlink 6680 2 ip_nat,ip_conntrack iptable_mangle 2880 0 ip_tables 13028 3 iptable_filter,iptable_nat,iptable_mangle x_tables 13316 6 ipt_REJECT,ipt_LOG,xt_tcpudp,xt_state,iptable_nat,ip_tables ppdev 8676 0 lp 11012 0 button 6672 0 ac 5188 0 battery 9636 0 ipv6 226272 10 wlan_wep 6624 1 dm_snapshot 15552 0 dm_mirror 19152 0 dm_mod 50200 2 dm_snapshot,dm_mirror loop 15048 0 tsdev 7520 0 snd_cs46xx 76360 2 gameport 14632 2 snd_cs46xx snd_seq_dummy 3844 0 snd_seq_oss 28768 0 snd_seq_midi 8192 0 snd_seq_midi_event 7008 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi wlan_scan_sta 12224 1 ath_rate_sample 12480 1 ath_pci 170188 0 wlan 215152 5 wlan_wep,wlan_scan_sta,ath_rate_sample,ath_pci snd_seq 45680 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event ath_hal 232704 3 ath_rate_sample,ath_pci irtty_sir 7808 0 psmouse 35016 0 snd_rawmidi 22560 2 snd_cs46xx,snd_seq_midi snd_seq_device 7820 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq,snd_rawmidisir_dev 15492 1 irtty_sir nsc_ircc 20912 0 serio_raw 6660 0 snd_ac97_codec 83104 1 snd_cs46xx snd_ac97_bus 2400 1 snd_ac97_codec irda 162588 3 irtty_sir,sir_dev,nsc_ircc pcmcia 34140 0 firmware_class 9600 1 pcmcia floppy 53124 0 i2c_piix4 8268 0 snd_pcm_oss 38368 1 snd_mixer_oss 15200 1 snd_pcm_oss i2c_core 19680 1 i2c_piix4 crc_ccitt 2240 1 irda parport_pc 32132 1 parport 33256 3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc snd_pcm 68676 3 snd_cs46xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss snd_timer 20996 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm rtc 12372 0 pcspkr 3072 0 snd 47012 12 snd_cs46xx,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer soundcore 9248 2 snd snd_page_alloc 10184 2 snd_cs46xx,snd_pcm yenta_socket 24460 3 rsrc_nonstatic 11840 1 yenta_socket pcmcia_core 36852 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic shpchp 33024 0 pci_hotplug 28704 1 shpchp intel_agp 22204 1 agpgart 29896 2 drm,intel_agp evdev 9088 2 ext3 119336 5 jbd 52456 1 ext3 mbcache 8356 1 ext3 ide_cd 36064 0 ide_disk 14848 7 cdrom 32544 1 ide_cd uhci_hcd 21164 0 usbcore 112644 2 uhci_hcd piix 9444 0 [permanent] generic 4868 0 [permanent] ide_core 110504 4 ide_cd,ide_disk,piix,generic e100 32232 0 mii 5344 1 e100 thermal 13608 0 processor 28840 1 thermal fan 4804 0 r...@sir:~# ps alx | grep art 0 0 5497 3954 16 0 2852 712 pipe_w S+ pts/2 0:00 grep art r...@sir:~# ps alx | grep esd 0 1000 3401 1 15 0 2048 348 429496 S ? 0:00 /usr/bin/esd -nobeeps0 0 5505 3954 17 0 2852 696 - R+ pts/2 0:00 grep esd r...@sir:~# ps alx | grep alsa 0 0 5514 3954 17 0 2848 696 - R+ pts/2 0:00 grep alsa r...@sir:~# uname -a Linux sir 2.6.18-6-686 #1 SMP Fri Dec 12 16:48:28 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux r...@sir:~# -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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