[Bug 1041322] Re: Very low sound on HP p7-1227c

2012-10-24 Thread David Henningsson
Ok, thanks for the feedback! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1041322 Title: Very low sound on HP p7-1227c To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 1041322] Re: Very low sound on HP p7-1227c

2012-10-23 Thread waterwingz
@David Henningsson While looking for a solution, I bounced between more than a few distros looking for something that would work and finally ran out of steam at CentOS. So I downloaded 12.10 today and installed that. Sound now works properly out of the box without my GPIO hack so I guess this

[Bug 1041322] Re: Very low sound on HP p7-1227c

2012-10-23 Thread waterwingz
alsa problem with GPIO setting on this PC solved as of 12.10 release ** Changed in: alsa-driver (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1041322

[Bug 1041322] Re: Very low sound on HP p7-1227c

2012-10-22 Thread David Henningsson
Hi, I just ran the codec through the emulator, and it seems to me like this is fixed upstream, i e, the GPIO is enabled. So I believe this is fixed both in 12.10, and if you try the latest upstream code with https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Audio/UpgradingAlsa/DKMS Is this correct? ** Changed in:

[Bug 1041322] Re: Very low sound on HP p7-1227c

2012-10-21 Thread Raymond
http://.git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound.git;a=commitdiff;h=1f83ac5ac9fb3e8b2e053de380f55ba412228577;hp=8ed99d976812d1e14a254b9ac1fe6255af8270ff the alternative way is to check the internal Mic of the laptop when the HP laptop has line in in docking station -- You received this

[Bug 1041322] Re: Very low sound on HP p7-1227c

2012-10-21 Thread waterwingz
@Raymond : like I said earlier, the configuration detection code is very complicated. In my case, I don't have a laptop or a docking station so I'm not sure the link you posted will help me much. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 1041322] Re: Very low sound on HP p7-1227c

2012-10-20 Thread Raymond
do you have the same hp desktop as chris ? http://h2.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c03348828lang=encc=ustaskId=110contentType=SupportFAQprodSeriesId=5187022prodTypeId=12454 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 1041322] Re: Very low sound on HP p7-1227c

2012-10-20 Thread waterwingz
do you have the same hp desktop as chris ? http://h2.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c03348828lang=encc=ustaskId=110contentType=SupportFAQprodSeriesId=5187022prodTypeId=12454 Yes - that exact same model. -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 1041322] Re: Very low sound on HP p7-1227c

2012-10-20 Thread Raymond
usually notebook internal speaker 's pin default are [Fixed] Speaker at int and desktop 's line out jack 's pin default are [Jack] Line Out at ext rear if your desktop 's line out jacks are [Jack] Speaker , the driver assume that they are internal speaker of note book and create notebook specific

[Bug 1041322] Re: Very low sound on HP p7-1227c

2012-10-20 Thread waterwingz
@Raymond : the link you posted point to a similar problem. It appears that if the driver does not recognize the speakers connected to the rear panel green jack if does not set the GPIO pin to 1. I'll try some different speaker models to see if its a hardware issue with the USB powered ones I'm

[Bug 1041322] Re: Very low sound on HP p7-1227c

2012-10-20 Thread waterwingz
Update to post #20 : I tried another set of speakers - these ones are externally powered. Same problem and same solution to get them working. So its not a speaker hardware issue. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1041322] Re: Very low sound on HP p7-1227c

2012-10-20 Thread Raymond
why the driver need to differentiate hp 's laptop and desktop? http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound.git;a=commit;h=b0791dda813c179e539b0fc1ecd3f5f30f2571e2 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1041322] Re: Very low sound on HP p7-1227c

2012-10-20 Thread waterwingz
@raymond : I read through the function stac92xx_init() in the patch you linked above. That is a very complicated piece of code and I can see how a small hardware implementation difference on my motherboard might be the root cause of the problem. The only way for me to narrow down what is wrong

[Bug 1041322] Re: Very low sound on HP p7-1227c

2012-10-20 Thread waterwingz
I suspect the answer might be somewhere in here : http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux%2Fkernel%2Fgit%2Ftiwai%2Fsound.gita=searchh=HEADst=commits=IDT+codec but I'll be darned if I can find it ... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 1041322] Re: Very low sound on HP p7-1227c

2012-10-20 Thread Raymond
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43240 if envy17 need pin fixup to remove some redundant jacks ( 2 hp , 1 mic , 2 line out and 1 line in) why don't use pin fixup to change [Jack] Speaker to [Fixed] Speaker or check misc = no_presence instead of is_jack_detectable() since

[Bug 1041322] Re: Very low sound on HP p7-1227c

2012-10-20 Thread waterwingz
reply to post #25 Looking at the kernal change log, there have been many problems with pin fixups, power detection and jacks. The envy17 one you linked seems to be different from mine - its for a notebook having problems with internal speakers. As to why I don't use pin fixup, that requires

[Bug 1041322] Re: Very low sound on HP p7-1227c

2012-10-13 Thread waterwingz
Update to comment #13 above. 1) It appears that I will need to do a complete kernel compile in order to enable CONFIG_SND_HDA_PATCH_LOADER=y if I want to try early patching (its not enabled by default). 2) If I boot my box with no speakers connected and after booting completes I then plug in

[Bug 1041322] Re: Very low sound on HP p7-1227c

2012-10-13 Thread waterwingz
Update to comment #14 above. I can watch the status of the GPIO pin noted above on the code by using this command : cat /proc/asound/card0/codec#3 | grep 'IO\[0\]' If I boot with no speakers plugged in, and then plug into the green jack, I get normal sound and GPIO IO[0] data=1. If I then

[Bug 1041322] Re: Very low sound on HP p7-1227c

2012-10-13 Thread waterwingz
Update to comment #15 above. PROGRESS and some SUCCESS !! Downloaded the hda-verb utility from here : ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/tiwai/misc/hda-verb-0.4.tar.gz Extracted and compiled it. Issuing this command enables sound on my main speakers : sudo ./hda-verb /dev/snd/hwC0D3 0x01

[Bug 1041322] Re: Very low sound on HP p7-1227c

2012-10-12 Thread waterwingz
@raymond : thanks for looking at this. My alsa-info.txt file from alsa-info.sh is attached. The front headphone jack does indeed mute the rear speaker jacks when headphones are plugged in. But the volume on the headphones when I do that is extremely low. I don't know if my PC supports

[Bug 1041322] Re: Very low sound on HP p7-1227c

2012-10-12 Thread Raymond
for desktop. front playback volume, surround playback volume and side playback volume if the pin complex are [jack] line out instead of [jack] speaker those front line out jack kcontrol should be true after you plugged in the speakers at rear panel Simple mixer control 'Speaker',0

[Bug 1041322] Re: Very low sound on HP p7-1227c

2012-10-12 Thread Raymond
just change the device type of pin default of four pin complex of the output jack from AC_JACK_SPEAKER to AC_JACK_LINE_OUT /* device device types (0x0-0xf) */ enum { AC_JACK_LINE_OUT, AC_JACK_SPEAKER, AC_JACK_HP_OUT, AC_JACK_CD,

[Bug 1041322] Re: Very low sound on HP p7-1227c

2012-10-12 Thread Raymond
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound.git;a=blob_plain;f=Documentation/sound/alsa /HD-Audio.txt;hb=HEAD use early patching to fix those four pins -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1041322] Re: Very low sound on HP p7-1227c

2012-10-12 Thread waterwingz
@Raymond : trying to understand how to do everything you have suggested. It seems strange to me to convert the output pins from speaker to line out. I would expect the volume to be louder when the pins are set for speaker than when they are set for line out ? So converting them seems like the

[Bug 1041322] Re: Very low sound on HP p7-1227c

2012-10-11 Thread Raymond
can you post the output of alsa-info.sh ? if headphone is plugged , the driver auto mute the rear panel audio do your desktop support multi streaming in windows ? control.36 { iface CARD name 'Speaker Front Jack' value false

[Bug 1041322] Re: Very low sound on HP p7-1227c

2012-10-11 Thread Raymond
http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/sb/cs-020642.htm#multistream -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1041322 Title: Very low sound on HP p7-1227c To manage notifications

[Bug 1041322] Re: Very low sound on HP p7-1227c

2012-10-10 Thread waterwingz
Update to my previous comment #5. It looks like I get normal 2 channel stereo sound (full volume) from the side speaker jack and from the rear speaker jack (same thing from either). So regardless of the System - Sound setup, it get extremely low volume sound from the front speaker jack and full

[Bug 1041322] Re: Very low sound on HP p7-1227c

2012-10-08 Thread waterwingz
The Pin Default values in the dump you posted seem to correspond to the default values in use when the sound level is so low (i.e. when the outputs are configured as line-out rather than speaker) ? To change this, per your second post, I apparently need to change default device bit 23-20 of

[Bug 1041322] Re: Very low sound on HP p7-1227c

2012-09-01 Thread Raymond
you need to perform early patching to change the pin default of the four output jacks at rear panel from speaker to line out Node 0x0c [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400183: Stereo Amp-In Control: name=Speaker Front Jack, index=0, device=0 Amp-In caps: N/A Amp-In vals: [0x00 0x00] Pincap

[Bug 1041322] Re: Very low sound on HP p7-1227c

2012-09-01 Thread Raymond
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound.git;a=blob_plain;f=Documentation/sound/alsa /HD-Audio.txt;hb=HEAD change default device bit 23-20 of Pin Default from speaker (1) to line out (0) figure 74 and table 111 of hda specification -- You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 1041322] Re: Very low sound on HP p7-1227c

2012-08-27 Thread Chris
Anyone have a particular solution yet? Would updating to the latest Alsa 1.0.25 work? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1041322 Title: Very low sound on HP p7-1227c To manage

[Bug 1041322] Re: Very low sound on HP p7-1227c

2012-08-25 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: alsa-driver (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1041322 Title: