Asus E35M1-I on board audio does not work...

[Milan Obuch]

On Sun, 27 Oct 2013 16:00:12 +0100 (CET)
Juergen Lock <nox at jelal.kn-bremen.de> wrote:

> In article <20131024110335.5abbb5c0 at zeta.dino.sk> you write:
> >Hi,
> >
> >I have E35M1-I board and would like get working on board audio. There
> >are both analog and digital audio ports, according sysctl dev.pcm
> >there are
> >
> Sorry if I ask something obvious, :) but are your speakers connected
> via the ati hdmi connection?  If not you may need to set the
> hw.snd.default_unit sysctl...
>

Yes, see below...
Milan

>  HTH,
> 	Juergen
> 
> >dev.pcm.0.%desc: ATI R6xx (HDMI)
> >dev.pcm.0.%driver: pcm
> >dev.pcm.0.%location: nid=3
> >dev.pcm.0.%parent: hdaa0
> >dev.pcm.0.play.vchans: 1
> >dev.pcm.0.play.vchanmode: passthrough
> >dev.pcm.0.play.vchanrate: 48000
> >dev.pcm.0.play.vchanformat: s16le:2.0
> >dev.pcm.0.play.32bit: 0
> >dev.pcm.0.buffersize: 65536
> >dev.pcm.0.bitperfect: 0
> >dev.pcm.1.%desc: Realtek ALC892 (Rear Analog)
> >dev.pcm.1.%driver: pcm
> >dev.pcm.1.%location: nid=20,24,26
> >dev.pcm.1.%parent: hdaa1
> >dev.pcm.1.play.vchans: 1
> >dev.pcm.1.play.vchanmode: fixed
> >dev.pcm.1.play.vchanrate: 48000
> >dev.pcm.1.play.vchanformat: s16le:2.0
> >dev.pcm.1.play.32bit: 24
> >dev.pcm.1.rec.vchans: 1
> >dev.pcm.1.rec.vchanmode: fixed
> >dev.pcm.1.rec.vchanrate: 48000
> >dev.pcm.1.rec.vchanformat: s16le:2.0
> >dev.pcm.1.rec.32bit: 24
> >dev.pcm.1.rec.autosrc: 2
> >dev.pcm.1.buffersize: 65536
> >dev.pcm.1.bitperfect: 0
> >dev.pcm.2.%desc: Realtek ALC892 (Front Analog)
> >dev.pcm.2.%driver: pcm
> >dev.pcm.2.%location: nid=27,25
> >dev.pcm.2.%parent: hdaa1
> >dev.pcm.2.play.vchans: 1
> >dev.pcm.2.play.vchanmode: fixed
> >dev.pcm.2.play.vchanrate: 48000
> >dev.pcm.2.play.vchanformat: s16le:2.0
> >dev.pcm.2.play.32bit: 24
> >dev.pcm.2.rec.vchans: 1
> >dev.pcm.2.rec.vchanmode: fixed
> >dev.pcm.2.rec.vchanrate: 48000
> >dev.pcm.2.rec.vchanformat: s16le:2.0
> >dev.pcm.2.rec.32bit: 24
> >dev.pcm.2.rec.autosrc: 2
> >dev.pcm.2.buffersize: 65536
> >dev.pcm.2.bitperfect: 0
> >dev.pcm.3.%desc: Realtek ALC892 (Rear Digital)
> >dev.pcm.3.%driver: pcm
> >dev.pcm.3.%location: nid=30
> >dev.pcm.3.%parent: hdaa1
> >dev.pcm.3.play.vchans: 1
> >dev.pcm.3.play.vchanmode: passthrough
> >dev.pcm.3.play.vchanrate: 48000
> >dev.pcm.3.play.vchanformat: s16le:2.0
> >dev.pcm.3.play.32bit: 24
> >dev.pcm.3.buffersize: 65536
> >dev.pcm.3.bitperfect: 0
> >dev.pcm.4.%desc: Realtek ALC892 (Onboard Digital)
> >dev.pcm.4.%driver: pcm
> >dev.pcm.4.%location: nid=17
> >dev.pcm.4.%parent: hdaa1
> >dev.pcm.4.play.vchans: 1
> >dev.pcm.4.play.vchanmode: passthrough
> >dev.pcm.4.play.vchanrate: 48000
> >dev.pcm.4.play.vchanformat: s16le:2.0
> >dev.pcm.4.play.32bit: 24
> >dev.pcm.4.buffersize: 65536
> >dev.pcm.4.bitperfect: 0
> >
> >and 'sysctl hw.snd' tells
> >
> >hw.snd.feeder_rate_presets: 100:8:0.85 100:36:0.92 100:164:0.97
> >hw.snd.feeder_rate_polyphase_max: 183040
> >hw.snd.feeder_rate_min: 1
> >hw.snd.feeder_rate_max: 2016000
> >hw.snd.feeder_rate_round: 25
> >hw.snd.feeder_rate_quality: 1
> >hw.snd.feeder_eq_presets:
> >PEQ:16000,0.2500,62,0.2500:-9,9,1.0:44100,48000,88200,96000,176400,192000
> >hw.snd.feeder_eq_exact_rate: 0 hw.snd.report_soft_formats: 1
> >hw.snd.report_soft_matrix: 1
> >hw.snd.latency: 5
> >hw.snd.latency_profile: 1
> >hw.snd.vpc_autoreset: 1
> >hw.snd.vpc_0db: 45
> >hw.snd.vpc_reset: 0
> >hw.snd.compat_linux_mmap: 0
> >hw.snd.vpc_mixer_bypass: 1
> >hw.snd.verbose: 0
> >hw.snd.default_auto: 0
> >hw.snd.version: 2009061500/i386
> >hw.snd.default_unit: 0
> >hw.snd.maxautovchans: 16
> >
> >Running 'mixer' gets
> >
> >Mixer vol      is currently set to 100:100
> >Mixer pcm      is currently set to 100:100
> >
> >When I try any analog audio port, there are three jacks, there is no
> >signal at all (blue and red, which should be probably input) or some
> >noise only (green). This was tested with hw.snd.default_unit set to
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> >any of 0, 1, 2, 3, 4. Also, relevant lines in dmesg:
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> >
> >hdacc0: <ATI R6xx HDA CODEC> at cad 0 on hdac0
> >hdaa0: <ATI R6xx Audio Function Group> at nid 1 on hdacc0
> >pcm0: <ATI R6xx Group> (HDMI)> at nid 3 on hdaa0
> >hdacc1: <Realtek ALC892 HDA CODEC> at cad 0 on hdac1
> >hdaa1: <Realtek ALC892 Audio Function Group> at nid 1 on hdacc1
> >pcm1: <Realtek ALC892 (Rear Analog)> at nid 20 and 24,26 on hdaa1
> >pcm2: <Realtek ALC892 (Front Analog)> at nid 27 and 25 on hdaa1
> >pcm3: <Realtek ALC892 (Rear Digital)> at nid 30 on hdaa1
> >pcm4: <Realtek ALC892 (Onboard Digital)> at nid 17 on hdaa1
> >
> >On next reboot I will try verbose boot, so possibly full picture
> >could be drawn, but in between, has anybody any hint what I could
> >try? Anything else I should post? There is HDMI output as well, but
> >no sound here, too, with hw.snd.default_unit set to 0.
> >
> >Regards,
> >Milan
> >
>