Hi Michael; I have removed PulseAudio and re-installed the firmware for cx23885.
On Sat, 2009-07-25 at 11:52 +0200, Michael Schwendt wrote: > On Sat, 25 Jul 2009 01:49:06 -0400, William wrote: dmesg now seems content. ]$ dmesg cx23885 driver version 0.0.1 loaded cx23885 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16 CORE cx23885[0]: subsystem: 0070:7801, board: Hauppauge WinTV-HVR1800 [card=2,autodetected] tveeprom 1-0050: Hauppauge model 78521, rev C1E9, serial# 4870798 tveeprom 1-0050: MAC address is 00-0D-FE-4A-52-8E tveeprom 1-0050: tuner model is Philips 18271_8295 (idx 149, type 54) tveeprom 1-0050: TV standards NTSC(M) ATSC/DVB Digital (eeprom 0x88) tveeprom 1-0050: audio processor is CX23887 (idx 42) tveeprom 1-0050: decoder processor is CX23887 (idx 37) tveeprom 1-0050: has radio cx23885[0]: hauppauge eeprom: model=78521 cx25840 3-0044: cx25 0-21 found @ 0x88 (cx23885[0]) cx25840 3-0044: firmware: requesting v4l-cx23885-avcore-01.fw cx25840 3-0044: loaded v4l-cx23885-avcore-01.fw firmware (16382 bytes) tuner 2-0042: chip found @ 0x84 (cx23885[0]) tda829x 2-0042: could not clearly identify tuner address, defaulting to 60 tda18271 2-0060: creating new instance TDA18271HD/C1 detected @ 2-0060 tda829x 2-0042: type set to tda8295+18271 cx23885[0]/0: registered device video0 [v4l2] usb-storage: device scan complete scsi 2:0:0:0: Direct-Access HP Photosmart C4280 1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0 cx23885[0]: registered device video1 [mpeg] cx23885_dvb_register() allocating 1 frontend(s) cx23885[0]: cx23885 based dvb card MT2131: successfully identified at address 0x61 DVB: registering new adapter (cx23885[0]) DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 0 (Samsung S5H1409 QAM/8VSB Frontend)... cx23885_dev_checkrevision() Hardware revision = 0xb1 cx23885[0]/0: found at 0000:02:00.0, rev: 15, irq: 16, latency: 0, mmio: 0xe5000000 cx23885 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64 IRQ 16/cx23885[0]: IRQF_DISABLED is not guaranteed on shared IRQs As best as I can tell, this dmesg corresponds to the sample dmesg given at http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hauppauge_WinTV-HVR-1800 > > > > amixer info - provides information about the default card. > > ]$ amixer info > > Card default 'pulse'/'PulseAudio' > > Mixer name : 'PulseAudio' > > Components : '' > > Controls : 4 > > Simple ctrls : 2 ]$ amixer info Card default 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xe5300000 irq 16' Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC883' Components : 'HDA:10ec0883,1458c603,00100002' Controls : 40 Simple ctrls : 22 > > > $ amixer contents > > numid=4,iface=MIXER,name='Master Playback Switch' > > ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1 > > : values=on > > numid=3,iface=MIXER,name='Master Playback Volume' > > ; type=INTEGER,access=rw------,values=2,min=0,max=65536,step=1 > > : values=57583,57583 > > numid=2,iface=MIXER,name='Capture Switch' > > ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1 > > : values=on > > numid=1,iface=MIXER,name='Capture Volume' > > ; type=INTEGER,access=rw------,values=2,min=0,max=65536,step=1 > > : values=65536,65536 > > > > This too suggests I should use 'Master' as the tvtime control/channel. > ]$ amixer contents numid=39,iface=MIXER,name='Master Playback Switch' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1 : values=on numid=38,iface=MIXER,name='Master Playback Volume' ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=1,min=0,max=31,step=0 : values=27 | dBscale-min=-46.50dB,step=1.50dB,mute=0 numid=11,iface=MIXER,name='Headphone Playback Switch' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=2 : values=off,off numid=40,iface=MIXER,name='PCM Playback Volume' ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---RW-,values=2,min=0,max=255,step=0 : values=255,252 | dBscale-min=-51.00dB,step=0.20dB,mute=0 numid=20,iface=MIXER,name='Front Mic Boost' ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=2,min=0,max=3,step=0 : values=0,0 | dBscale-min=0.00dB,step=10.00dB,mute=0 numid=21,iface=MIXER,name='Front Mic Playback Switch' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=2 : values=off,off numid=19,iface=MIXER,name='Front Mic Playback Volume' ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=2,min=0,max=31,step=0 : values=0,0 | dBscale-min=-34.50dB,step=1.50dB,mute=0 numid=2,iface=MIXER,name='Front Playback Switch' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=2 : values=on,on numid=1,iface=MIXER,name='Front Playback Volume' ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=2,min=0,max=31,step=0 : values=31,31 | dBscale-min=-46.50dB,step=1.50dB,mute=0 numid=4,iface=MIXER,name='Surround Playback Switch' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=2 : values=off,off numid=3,iface=MIXER,name='Surround Playback Volume' ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=2,min=0,max=31,step=0 : values=30,30 | dBscale-min=-46.50dB,step=1.50dB,mute=0 numid=7,iface=MIXER,name='Center Playback Switch' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1 : values=off numid=5,iface=MIXER,name='Center Playback Volume' ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=1,min=0,max=31,step=0 : values=29 | dBscale-min=-46.50dB,step=1.50dB,mute=0 numid=8,iface=MIXER,name='LFE Playback Switch' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1 : values=off numid=6,iface=MIXER,name='LFE Playback Volume' ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=1,min=0,max=31,step=0 : values=31 | dBscale-min=-46.50dB,step=1.50dB,mute=0 numid=15,iface=MIXER,name='Line Playback Switch' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=2 : values=on,on numid=14,iface=MIXER,name='Line Playback Volume' ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=2,min=0,max=31,step=0 : values=31,31 | dBscale-min=-34.50dB,step=1.50dB,mute=0 numid=13,iface=MIXER,name='CD Playback Switch' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=2 : values=on,on numid=12,iface=MIXER,name='CD Playback Volume' ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=2,min=0,max=31,step=0 : values=31,31 | dBscale-min=-34.50dB,step=1.50dB,mute=0 numid=17,iface=MIXER,name='Mic Boost' ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=2,min=0,max=3,step=0 : values=0,0 | dBscale-min=0.00dB,step=10.00dB,mute=0 numid=18,iface=MIXER,name='Mic Playback Switch' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=2 : values=on,on numid=16,iface=MIXER,name='Mic Playback Volume' ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=2,min=0,max=31,step=0 : values=0,0 | dBscale-min=-34.50dB,step=1.50dB,mute=0 numid=23,iface=MIXER,name='PC Speaker Playback Switch' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=2 : values=on,on numid=22,iface=MIXER,name='PC Speaker Playback Volume' ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=2,min=0,max=31,step=0 : values=31,31 | dBscale-min=-34.50dB,step=1.50dB,mute=0 numid=25,iface=MIXER,name='Capture Switch' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=2 : values=on,on numid=26,iface=MIXER,name='Capture Switch',index=1 ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=2 : values=off,off numid=27,iface=MIXER,name='Capture Volume' ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=2,min=0,max=31,step=0 : values=31,31 | dBscale-min=-12.00dB,step=1.50dB,mute=0 numid=28,iface=MIXER,name='Capture Volume',index=1 ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=2,min=0,max=31,step=0 : values=17,17 | dBscale-min=-12.00dB,step=1.50dB,mute=0 numid=35,iface=MIXER,name='IEC958 Default PCM Playback Switch' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1 : values=off numid=31,iface=MIXER,name='IEC958 Playback Con Mask' ; type=IEC958,access=r-------,values=1 : values=[AES0=0x0f AES1=0xff AES2=0x00 AES3=0x00] numid=32,iface=MIXER,name='IEC958 Playback Pro Mask' ; type=IEC958,access=r-------,values=1 : values=[AES0=0x0f AES1=0x00 AES2=0x00 AES3=0x00] numid=33,iface=MIXER,name='IEC958 Playback Default' ; type=IEC958,access=rw------,values=1 : values=[AES0=0x04 AES1=0x00 AES2=0x00 AES3=0x00] numid=34,iface=MIXER,name='IEC958 Playback Switch' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1 : values=off numid=37,iface=MIXER,name='IEC958 Capture Default' ; type=IEC958,access=r-------,values=1 : values=[AES0=0x04 AES1=0x00 AES2=0x00 AES3=0x00] numid=36,iface=MIXER,name='IEC958 Capture Switch' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1 : values=off numid=24,iface=MIXER,name='Channel Mode' ; type=ENUMERATED,access=rw------,values=1,items=2 ; Item #0 '6ch' ; Item #1 '8ch' : values=0 numid=29,iface=MIXER,name='Input Source' ; type=ENUMERATED,access=rw------,values=1,items=4 ; Item #0 'Mic' ; Item #1 'Front Mic' ; Item #2 'Line' ; Item #3 'CD' : values=2 numid=30,iface=MIXER,name='Input Source',index=1 ; type=ENUMERATED,access=rw------,values=1,items=4 ; Item #0 'Mic' ; Item #1 'Front Mic' ; Item #2 'Line' ; Item #3 'CD' : values=0 numid=10,iface=MIXER,name='Side Playback Switch' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=2 : values=off,off numid=9,iface=MIXER,name='Side Playback Volume' ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=2,min=0,max=31,step=0 : values=27,27 | dBscale-min=-46.50dB,step=1.50dB,mute=0 After trying each control, in the end, numid=14 'Line' was the best combination. The volume keys (+/-) were functional, the volume bar was not greyed out, and showed a volume setting of 100%. BUT, still no sound. See my post to Mikkel Ellertson in this thread for details of controls by trial and error. -- Regards Bill Fedora 11, Gnome 2.26.3 Evo.2.26.3, Emacs 22.3.1 -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines