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PostPosted: Thu Jan 17, 2013 3:35 am    Post subject: ALSA - no sound Reply with quote

I have had no success at getting Gentoo 3.7.2 to output sound to my headphones. I have confirmed that Windows does so, so the hardware is not faulty. The symptom is nil sound output from speaker-test (or any other application I would expect to produce sound). aplay appears to recognise my sound card:
Code:

# aplay -L
null
    Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
sysdefault:CARD=Intel
    HDA Intel, VT1708S Analog
    Default Audio Device
front:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, VT1708S Analog
    Front speakers
surround40:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, VT1708S Analog
    4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, VT1708S Analog
    4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, VT1708S Analog
    5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, VT1708S Analog
    5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, VT1708S Analog
    7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
iec958:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, VT1708S Digital
    IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
    HDA NVidia, HDMI 0
    HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=1
    HDA NVidia, HDMI 0
    HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=2
    HDA NVidia, HDMI 0
    HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=3
    HDA NVidia, HDMI 0
    HDMI Audio Output


speaker-test without arguments gives an error:

Code:
# speaker-test

speaker-test 1.0.26

Playback device is default
Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 1 channels
Using 16 octaves of pink noise
Channels count (1) not available for playbacks: Invalid argument
Setting of hwparams failed: Invalid argument


Specifying the "sysdefault:CARD=Intel" device produces what I take to be normal speaker-test text output, but no sound:

Code:
# speaker-test -D sysdefault:CARD=Intel

speaker-test 1.0.26

Playback device is sysdefault:CARD=Intel
Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 1 channels
Using 16 octaves of pink noise
Rate set to 48000Hz (requested 48000Hz)
Buffer size range from 2048 to 8192
Period size range from 1024 to 1024
Using max buffer size 8192
Periods = 4
was set period_size = 1024
was set buffer_size = 8192
 0 - Front Left
Time per period = 2.836147
 0 - Front Left
Time per period = 2.986552
 0 - Front Left
...

My sound "card" is built into an ASUS P5Q Deluxe motherboard. My NVIDIA video card also has some sound output capability, but that is not in use:

Code:
# lspci -k
...
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) HD Audio Controller
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 82fe
        Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
...
01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GF114 HDMI Audio Controller (rev a1)
        Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device 3515
        Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel


Code:
# cat /proc/asound/cards
 0 [Intel          ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
                      HDA Intel at 0xfbff8000 irq 46
 1 [U0x46d0x809    ]: USB-Audio - USB Device 0x46d:0x809
                      USB Device 0x46d:0x809 at usb-0000:00:1a.7-3, high speed
 2 [NVidia         ]: HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia
                      HDA NVidia at 0xfe8fc000 irq 17


I believe I have the appropriate module (snd_hda_intel) loaded:
Code:
# lsmod | grep snd
snd_hda_codec_hdmi     26817  4
snd_hda_codec_via      37450  1
snd_usb_audio         102098  0
snd_hda_intel          24180  0
snd_hda_codec          83978  3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_via,snd_hda_intel
snd_usbmidi_lib        18286  1 snd_usb_audio
snd_rawmidi            17298  1 snd_usbmidi_lib
snd_hwdep               5726  1 snd_usb_audio
snd_pcm                74411  4 snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
snd_page_alloc          6987  2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel
snd_timer              18497  1 snd_pcm
snd                    48332  10 snd_usb_audio,snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_via,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_usbmidi_lib,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel


I think I have the kernel options right:
Code:
# zgrep SND /proc/config.gz
CONFIG_SND=m
CONFIG_SND_TIMER=m
CONFIG_SND_PCM=m
CONFIG_SND_HWDEP=m
CONFIG_SND_RAWMIDI=m
# CONFIG_SND_SEQUENCER is not set
# CONFIG_SND_MIXER_OSS is not set
# CONFIG_SND_PCM_OSS is not set
# CONFIG_SND_HRTIMER is not set
CONFIG_SND_DYNAMIC_MINORS=y
CONFIG_SND_SUPPORT_OLD_API=y
CONFIG_SND_VERBOSE_PROCFS=y
# CONFIG_SND_VERBOSE_PRINTK is not set
# CONFIG_SND_DEBUG is not set
CONFIG_SND_VMASTER=y
CONFIG_SND_KCTL_JACK=y
CONFIG_SND_DMA_SGBUF=y
# CONFIG_SND_RAWMIDI_SEQ is not set
# CONFIG_SND_OPL3_LIB_SEQ is not set
# CONFIG_SND_OPL4_LIB_SEQ is not set
# CONFIG_SND_SBAWE_SEQ is not set
# CONFIG_SND_EMU10K1_SEQ is not set
CONFIG_SND_DRIVERS=y
# CONFIG_SND_PCSP is not set
# CONFIG_SND_DUMMY is not set
# CONFIG_SND_ALOOP is not set
# CONFIG_SND_MTPAV is not set
# CONFIG_SND_SERIAL_U16550 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_MPU401 is not set
CONFIG_SND_PCI=y
# CONFIG_SND_AD1889 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_ALS300 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_ALS4000 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_ALI5451 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_ASIHPI is not set
# CONFIG_SND_ATIIXP is not set
# CONFIG_SND_ATIIXP_MODEM is not set
# CONFIG_SND_AU8810 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_AU8820 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_AU8830 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_AW2 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_AZT3328 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_BT87X is not set
# CONFIG_SND_CA0106 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_CMIPCI is not set
# CONFIG_SND_OXYGEN is not set
# CONFIG_SND_CS4281 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_CS46XX is not set
# CONFIG_SND_CS5530 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_CS5535AUDIO is not set
# CONFIG_SND_CTXFI is not set
# CONFIG_SND_DARLA20 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_GINA20 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_LAYLA20 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_DARLA24 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_GINA24 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_LAYLA24 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_MONA is not set
# CONFIG_SND_MIA is not set
# CONFIG_SND_ECHO3G is not set
# CONFIG_SND_INDIGO is not set
# CONFIG_SND_INDIGOIO is not set
# CONFIG_SND_INDIGODJ is not set
# CONFIG_SND_INDIGOIOX is not set
# CONFIG_SND_INDIGODJX is not set
# CONFIG_SND_EMU10K1 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_EMU10K1X is not set
# CONFIG_SND_ENS1370 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_ENS1371 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_ES1938 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_ES1968 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_FM801 is not set
CONFIG_SND_HDA_INTEL=m
CONFIG_SND_HDA_PREALLOC_SIZE=64
# CONFIG_SND_HDA_HWDEP is not set
# CONFIG_SND_HDA_INPUT_BEEP is not set
# CONFIG_SND_HDA_INPUT_JACK is not set
# CONFIG_SND_HDA_PATCH_LOADER is not set
CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_REALTEK=y
CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_ANALOG=y
CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_SIGMATEL=y
CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_VIA=y
CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_HDMI=y
CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_CIRRUS=y
CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_CONEXANT=y
CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_CA0110=y
CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_CA0132=y
CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_CMEDIA=y
CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_SI3054=y
CONFIG_SND_HDA_GENERIC=y
CONFIG_SND_HDA_POWER_SAVE_DEFAULT=0
# CONFIG_SND_HDSP is not set
# CONFIG_SND_HDSPM is not set
# CONFIG_SND_ICE1712 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_ICE1724 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_INTEL8X0 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_INTEL8X0M is not set
# CONFIG_SND_KORG1212 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_LOLA is not set
# CONFIG_SND_LX6464ES is not set
# CONFIG_SND_MAESTRO3 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_MIXART is not set
# CONFIG_SND_NM256 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_PCXHR is not set
# CONFIG_SND_RIPTIDE is not set
# CONFIG_SND_RME32 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_RME96 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_RME9652 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_SONICVIBES is not set
# CONFIG_SND_TRIDENT is not set
# CONFIG_SND_VIA82XX is not set
# CONFIG_SND_VIA82XX_MODEM is not set
# CONFIG_SND_VIRTUOSO is not set
# CONFIG_SND_VX222 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_YMFPCI is not set
CONFIG_SND_USB=y
CONFIG_SND_USB_AUDIO=m
# CONFIG_SND_USB_UA101 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_USB_USX2Y is not set
# CONFIG_SND_USB_CAIAQ is not set
# CONFIG_SND_USB_US122L is not set
# CONFIG_SND_USB_6FIRE is not set
# CONFIG_SND_SOC is not set


I see nothing suspicious in dmesg:

Code:
# dmesg | grep -i snd
[    2.679483] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1b.0: irq 46 for MSI/MSI-X
[    2.680185] snd-usb-audio 1-3:1.2: usb_probe_interface
[    2.680192] snd-usb-audio 1-3:1.2: usb_probe_interface - got id
[    3.181641] usbcore: registered new interface driver snd-usb-audio


I don't really understand the voluminous codec information:

# cat /proc/asound/card0/codec#0
Code:
Codec: VIA VT1708S
Address: 0
AFG Function Id: 0x1 (unsol 0)
Vendor Id: 0x11060397
Subsystem Id: 0x10438346
Revision Id: 0x100000
No Modem Function Group found
Default PCM:
    rates [0x0]:
    bits [0x0]:
    formats [0x0]:
Default Amp-In caps: N/A
Default Amp-Out caps: N/A
GPIO: io=1, o=0, i=0, unsolicited=1, wake=0
  IO[0]: enable=0, dir=0, wake=0, sticky=0, data=0, unsol=0
Node 0x10 [Audio Output] wcaps 0x41d: Stereo Amp-Out
  Control: name="Front Playback Volume", index=0, device=0
    ControlAmp: chs=3, dir=Out, idx=0, ofs=0
  Device: name="VT1708S Analog", type="Audio", device=0
  Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x2a, nsteps=0x2a, stepsize=0x05, mute=0
  Amp-Out vals:  [0x2a 0x2a]
  Converter: stream=8, channel=0
  PCM:
    rates [0x5e0]: 44100 48000 88200 96000 192000
    bits [0xe]: 16 20 24
    formats [0x1]: PCM
  Power states:  D0 D1 D2 D3
  Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
Node 0x11 [Audio Output] wcaps 0x41d: Stereo Amp-Out
  Control: name="Surround Playback Volume", index=0, device=0
    ControlAmp: chs=3, dir=Out, idx=0, ofs=0
  Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x2a, nsteps=0x2a, stepsize=0x05, mute=0
  Amp-Out vals:  [0x2a 0x2a]
  Converter: stream=8, channel=0
  PCM:
    rates [0x5e0]: 44100 48000 88200 96000 192000
    bits [0xe]: 16 20 24
    formats [0x1]: PCM
  Power states:  D0 D1 D2 D3
  Power: setting=D3, actual=D3
Node 0x12 [Audio Output] wcaps 0x611: Stereo Digital
  Control: name="IEC958 Playback Con Mask", index=0, device=0
  Control: name="IEC958 Playback Pro Mask", index=0, device=0
  Control: name="IEC958 Playback Default", index=0, device=0
  Control: name="IEC958 Playback Switch", index=0, device=0
  Control: name="IEC958 Default PCM Playback Switch", index=0, device=0
  Device: name="VT1708S Digital", type="SPDIF", device=1
  Converter: stream=8, channel=0
  Digital: Enabled
  Digital category: 0x0
  IEC Coding Type: 0x0
  PCM:
    rates [0x5e0]: 44100 48000 88200 96000 192000
    bits [0xe]: 16 20 24
    formats [0x1]: PCM
  Power states:  D0 D1 D2 D3
  Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
Node 0x13 [Audio Input] wcaps 0x10051b: Stereo Amp-In
  Control: name="Capture Volume", index=0, device=0
    ControlAmp: chs=3, dir=In, idx=0, ofs=0
  Control: name="Capture Switch", index=0, device=0
    ControlAmp: chs=3, dir=In, idx=0, ofs=0
  Device: name="VT1708S Analog", type="Audio", device=0
  Amp-In caps: ofs=0x0b, nsteps=0x1f, stepsize=0x05, mute=1
  Amp-In vals:  [0x13 0x13]
  Converter: stream=0, channel=0
  SDI-Select: 0
  PCM:
    rates [0x560]: 44100 48000 96000 192000
    bits [0xe]: 16 20 24
    formats [0x1]: PCM
  Power states:  D0 D1 D2 D3
  Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
  Connection: 1
     0x17
Node 0x14 [Audio Input] wcaps 0x10051b: Stereo Amp-In
  Control: name="Capture Volume", index=1, device=0
    ControlAmp: chs=3, dir=In, idx=0, ofs=0
  Control: name="Capture Switch", index=1, device=0
    ControlAmp: chs=3, dir=In, idx=0, ofs=0
  Amp-In caps: ofs=0x0b, nsteps=0x1f, stepsize=0x05, mute=1
  Amp-In vals:  [0x00 0x00]
  Converter: stream=0, channel=0
  SDI-Select: 0
  PCM:
    rates [0x560]: 44100 48000 96000 192000
    bits [0xe]: 16 20 24
    formats [0x1]: PCM
  Power states:  D0 D1 D2 D3
  Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
  Connection: 1
     0x1e
Node 0x15 [Audio Output] wcaps 0x611: Stereo Digital
  Converter: stream=8, channel=0
  Digital: Enabled
  Digital category: 0x0
  IEC Coding Type: 0x0
  PCM:
    rates [0x5e0]: 44100 48000 88200 96000 192000
    bits [0xe]: 16 20 24
    formats [0x1]: PCM
  Power states:  D0 D1 D2 D3
  Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
Node 0x16 [Audio Mixer] wcaps 0x20050b: Stereo Amp-In
  Control: name="PCM Playback Volume", index=0, device=0
    ControlAmp: chs=3, dir=In, idx=0, ofs=0
  Control: name="PCM Playback Switch", index=0, device=0
    ControlAmp: chs=3, dir=In, idx=0, ofs=0
  Control: name="Rear Mic Playback Volume", index=0, device=0
    ControlAmp: chs=3, dir=In, idx=2, ofs=0
  Control: name="Rear Mic Playback Switch", index=0, device=0
    ControlAmp: chs=3, dir=In, idx=2, ofs=0
  Control: name="Front Mic Playback Volume", index=0, device=0
    ControlAmp: chs=3, dir=In, idx=4, ofs=0
  Control: name="Front Mic Playback Switch", index=0, device=0
    ControlAmp: chs=3, dir=In, idx=4, ofs=0
  Control: name="Line Playback Volume", index=0, device=0
    ControlAmp: chs=3, dir=In, idx=3, ofs=0
  Control: name="Line Playback Switch", index=0, device=0
    ControlAmp: chs=3, dir=In, idx=3, ofs=0
  Control: name="CD Playback Volume", index=0, device=0
    ControlAmp: chs=3, dir=In, idx=1, ofs=0
  Control: name="CD Playback Switch", index=0, device=0
    ControlAmp: chs=3, dir=In, idx=1, ofs=0
  Amp-In caps: ofs=0x17, nsteps=0x1f, stepsize=0x05, mute=1
  Amp-In vals:  [0x1f 0x1f] [0x9f 0x9f] [0x9f 0x9f] [0x9f 0x9f] [0x1f 0x1f] [0x80 0x80] [0x80 0x80]
  Power states:  D0 D1 D2 D3
  Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
  Connection: 7
     0x10 0x1f 0x1a 0x1b 0x1e 0x1d 0x25
Node 0x17 [Audio Selector] wcaps 0x300501: Stereo
  Control: name="Input Source", index=0, device=0
  Power states:  D0 D1 D2 D3
  Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
  Connection: 6
     0x1f 0x1a 0x1b 0x1e 0x1d 0x16*
Node 0x18 [Audio Selector] wcaps 0x30050d: Stereo Amp-Out
  Control: name="Surround Playback Switch", index=0, device=0
    ControlAmp: chs=3, dir=Out, idx=0, ofs=0
  Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
  Amp-Out vals:  [0x00 0x00]
  Power states:  D0 D1 D2 D3
  Power: setting=D3, actual=D3
  Connection: 1
     0x11
Node 0x19 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400581: Stereo
  Control: name="Line Out Surround Jack", index=0, device=0
  Pincap 0x00000014: OUT Detect
  Pin Default 0x01011012: [Jack] Line Out at Ext Rear
    Conn = 1/8, Color = Black
    DefAssociation = 0x1, Sequence = 0x2
  Pin-ctls: 0x40: OUT
  Unsolicited: tag=03, enabled=1
  Power states:  D0 D1 D2 D3
  Power: setting=D3, actual=D3
  Connection: 1
     0x18
Node 0x1a [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400581: Stereo
  Control: name="Rear Mic Boost Volume", index=0, device=0
    ControlAmp: chs=3, dir=In, idx=0, ofs=0
  Control: name="Rear Mic Jack", index=0, device=0
  Pincap 0x00002334: IN OUT Detect
    Vref caps: HIZ 50 100
  Pin Default 0x01a19036: [Jack] Mic at Ext Rear
    Conn = 1/8, Color = Pink
    DefAssociation = 0x3, Sequence = 0x6
  Pin-ctls: 0x21: IN VREF_50
  Unsolicited: tag=06, enabled=1
  Power states:  D0 D1 D2 D3
  Power: setting=D3, actual=D3
  Connection: 1
     0x26
Node 0x1b [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400581: Stereo
  Control: name="Line Jack", index=0, device=0
  Pincap 0x00002334: IN OUT Detect
    Vref caps: HIZ 50 100
  Pin Default 0x0181303e: [Jack] Line In at Ext Rear
    Conn = 1/8, Color = Blue
    DefAssociation = 0x3, Sequence = 0xe
  Pin-ctls: 0x20: IN VREF_HIZ
  Unsolicited: tag=08, enabled=1
  Power states:  D0 D1 D2 D3
  Power: setting=D3, actual=D3
  Connection: 1
     0x18
Node 0x1c [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x40058d: Stereo Amp-Out
  Control: name="Front Playback Switch", index=0, device=0
    ControlAmp: chs=3, dir=Out, idx=0, ofs=0
  Control: name="Line Out Front Jack", index=0, device=0
  Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
  Amp-Out vals:  [0x00 0x00]
  Pincap 0x0001001c: OUT HP EAPD Detect
  EAPD 0x2: EAPD
  Pin Default 0x01014010: [Jack] Line Out at Ext Rear
    Conn = 1/8, Color = Green
    DefAssociation = 0x1, Sequence = 0x0
  Pin-ctls: 0x40: OUT
  Unsolicited: tag=02, enabled=1
  Power states:  D0 D1 D2 D3
  Power: setting=D3, actual=D3
  Connection: 1
     0x16
Node 0x1d [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x40058d: Stereo Amp-Out
  Control: name="Headphone Playback Switch", index=0, device=0
    ControlAmp: chs=3, dir=Out, idx=0, ofs=0
  Control: name="Independent HP", index=0, device=0
  Control: name="Front Headphone Jack", index=0, device=0
  Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
  Amp-Out vals:  [0x00 0x00]
  Pincap 0x0000233c: IN OUT HP Detect
    Vref caps: HIZ 50 100
  Pin Default 0x0221401f: [Jack] HP Out at Ext Front
    Conn = 1/8, Color = Green
    DefAssociation = 0x1, Sequence = 0xf
  Pin-ctls: 0xc0: OUT HP VREF_HIZ
  Unsolicited: tag=01, enabled=1
  Power states:  D0 D1 D2 D3
  Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
  Connection: 2
     0x16 0x25*
Node 0x1e [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x40058d: Stereo Amp-Out
  Control: name="Front Mic Boost Volume", index=0, device=0
    ControlAmp: chs=3, dir=In, idx=0, ofs=0
  Control: name="Front Mic Jack", index=0, device=0
  Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
  Amp-Out vals:  [0x00 0x00]
  Pincap 0x0000233c: IN OUT HP Detect
    Vref caps: HIZ 50 100
  Pin Default 0x02a19038: [Jack] Mic at Ext Front
    Conn = 1/8, Color = Pink
    DefAssociation = 0x3, Sequence = 0x8
  Pin-ctls: 0x21: IN VREF_50
  Unsolicited: tag=07, enabled=1
  Power states:  D0 D1 D2 D3
  Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
  Connection: 2
     0x16* 0x25
Node 0x1f [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400401: Stereo
  Control: name="CD Phantom Jack", index=0, device=0
  Pincap 0x00000020: IN
  Pin Default 0x90370137: [Fixed] CD at Int N/A
    Conn = Analog, Color = Unknown
    DefAssociation = 0x3, Sequence = 0x7
    Misc = NO_PRESENCE
  Pin-ctls: 0x20: IN
  Power states:  D0 D1 D2 D3
  Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
Node 0x20 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400701: Stereo Digital
  Control: name="SPDIF Phantom Jack", index=0, device=0
  Pincap 0x00000010: OUT
  Pin Default 0x074311f0: [Jack] SPDIF Out at Ext Rear Panel
    Conn = ATAPI, Color = Black
    DefAssociation = 0xf, Sequence = 0x0
    Misc = NO_PRESENCE
  Pin-ctls: 0x40: OUT
  Power states:  D0 D1 D2 D3
  Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
  Connection: 1
     0x12
Node 0x21 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400701: Stereo Digital
  Control: name="SPDIF Phantom Jack", index=1, device=0
  Pincap 0x00000010: OUT
  Pin Default 0x074511f0: [Jack] SPDIF Out at Ext Rear Panel
    Conn = Optical, Color = Black
    DefAssociation = 0xf, Sequence = 0x0
    Misc = NO_PRESENCE
  Pin-ctls: 0x40: OUT
  Power states:  D0 D1 D2 D3
  Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
  Connection: 1
     0x15
Node 0x22 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400581: Stereo
  Control: name="Line Out CLFE Jack", index=0, device=0
  Pincap 0x00000014: OUT Detect
  Pin Default 0x01016011: [Jack] Line Out at Ext Rear
    Conn = 1/8, Color = Orange
    DefAssociation = 0x1, Sequence = 0x1
  Pin-ctls: 0x40: OUT
  Unsolicited: tag=04, enabled=1
  Power states:  D0 D1 D2 D3
  Power: setting=D3, actual=D3
  Connection: 1
     0x26
Node 0x23 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400581: Stereo
  Control: name="Line Out Side Jack", index=0, device=0
  Pincap 0x00000014: OUT Detect
  Pin Default 0x01012014: [Jack] Line Out at Ext Rear
    Conn = 1/8, Color = Grey
    DefAssociation = 0x1, Sequence = 0x4
  Pin-ctls: 0x40: OUT
  Unsolicited: tag=05, enabled=1
  Power states:  D0 D1 D2 D3
  Power: setting=D3, actual=D3
  Connection: 1
     0x27
Node 0x24 [Audio Output] wcaps 0x41d: Stereo Amp-Out
  Control: name="Center Playback Volume", index=0, device=0
    ControlAmp: chs=1, dir=Out, idx=0, ofs=0
  Control: name="LFE Playback Volume", index=0, device=0
    ControlAmp: chs=2, dir=Out, idx=0, ofs=0
  Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x2a, nsteps=0x2a, stepsize=0x05, mute=0
  Amp-Out vals:  [0x2a 0x2a]
  Converter: stream=8, channel=0
  PCM:
    rates [0x5e0]: 44100 48000 88200 96000 192000
    bits [0xe]: 16 20 24
    formats [0x1]: PCM
  Power states:  D0 D1 D2 D3
  Power: setting=D3, actual=D3
Node 0x25 [Audio Output] wcaps 0x41d: Stereo Amp-Out
  Control: name="Side Playback Volume", index=0, device=0
    ControlAmp: chs=3, dir=Out, idx=0, ofs=0
  Device: name="VT1708S HP", type="Audio", device=2
  Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x2a, nsteps=0x2a, stepsize=0x05, mute=0
  Amp-Out vals:  [0x2a 0x2a]
  Converter: stream=0, channel=0
  PCM:
    rates [0x5e0]: 44100 48000 88200 96000 192000
    bits [0xe]: 16 20 24
    formats [0x1]: PCM
  Power states:  D0 D1 D2 D3
  Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
Node 0x26 [Audio Selector] wcaps 0x30050d: Stereo Amp-Out
  Control: name="Center Playback Switch", index=0, device=0
    ControlAmp: chs=1, dir=Out, idx=0, ofs=0
  Control: name="LFE Playback Switch", index=0, device=0
    ControlAmp: chs=2, dir=Out, idx=0, ofs=0
  Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
  Amp-Out vals:  [0x00 0x00]
  Power states:  D0 D1 D2 D3
  Power: setting=D3, actual=D3
  Connection: 1
     0x24
Node 0x27 [Audio Selector] wcaps 0x30050d: Stereo Amp-Out
  Control: name="Side Playback Switch", index=0, device=0
    ControlAmp: chs=3, dir=Out, idx=0, ofs=0
  Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
  Amp-Out vals:  [0x80 0x80]
  Power states:  D0 D1 D2 D3
  Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
  Connection: 1
     0x25
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 1:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Restarting alsasound gives an error message that might be significant.

Code:
# alsasound restart
 * WARNING: you are stopping a boot service
 * Storing ALSA Mixer Levels ... [ ok ]
 * Restoring Mixer Levels ...alsactl: set_control:1464: Cannot write control '3:3:0:Playback Channel Map:0' : File descriptor in bad state
alsactl: set_control:1464: Cannot write control '3:7:0:Playback Channel Map:0' : File descriptor in bad state
alsactl: set_control:1464: Cannot write control '3:8:0:Playback Channel Map:0' : File descriptor in bad state
alsactl: set_control:1464: Cannot write control '3:9:0:Playback Channel Map:0' : File descriptor in bad state
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 4:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Googling reveals that lack of support for the front audio connectors of ASUS P5Q* boards is a known problem with Linux. I worked around the problem by plugging my headset into the rear audio connectors. The problem with my default audio device persists. aplay and speaker-test produce silence unless the option "-D sysdefault:CARD=Intel" is passed. gmplayer produces sound. In Firefox Windows Media plugin produces sound but gecko-mediaplayer produces silence. Skype 4.1 produced sound with the default settings.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 9:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

A few points:

1. The audio device (Intel HDA) you have is very common and thus should work under Linux - you may need to do some work, but it should work well enough. See below for some suggestions.

2. Often the BIOS passes wrong or confusing information about capabilities of the audio device. This can be corrected by forcing a correct "model". Please look at kernel documentation for list of models Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio-Models.txt. Also look at Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio.txt

Models can either be as options to kernel at boot time or changed on the fly if appropriate options are set (CONFIG_SND_HDA_RECONFIG=y). Again look at HD-Audio.txt

3. Kernel support for Intel HDA is undergoing significant changes, which may not be merged into the main kernel until 3.9. It has fixed my problem with HDA sound. It also contains numerous improvements. You can get the latest changes from the sound-unstable tree:

git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound-unstable.git

4. You may also try to downgrade your kernel. 3.7 is known to have ALSA issues.
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 6:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks mhodak. I'll look at the options available when I have more time. At the moment it is sort of working well enough to put up with. I'll turned on SND_DEBUG and recompile my kernel to see if that tells me anything.
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