subject:"\[Bug 1236965\] Re\: pulseaudio does not recognize internal speakers \[P180HMx, Realtek ALC892, Speaker, Internal\] volume slider problem"

Going through the comments, I hope I don't miss anything:

  I removed the -v argswitch from your test; not supported on my box.

Sorry, confused speaker-test with aplay. Aplay has a -v switch that can
give some debug information.

 1. both in stereo and surround profiles
 I don't understand what this means. Where do I specify my audio-profile?

There should be a way to select profile - in Gnome sound settings it's a
combobox called Mode:, in pavucontrol it's on the configuration tab.
However, now looking at your original PulseList.txt, the surround
profile does not even show up, so we need to look at that first. Without
that surround profile, anything that goes through pulseaudio will be
stereo only.

 2. In future tests, would pulseaudio -k suffice, rather than a full
reboot?

Yes. Just make sure pulseaudio actually does restart.

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[Bug 1236965] Re: pulseaudio does not recognize internal speakers [P180HMx, Realtek ALC892, Speaker, Internal] volume slider problem

try latest always driver


http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound.git/commit/sound/pci/hda/hda_generic.c?id=0c055b3413868227f2e85701c4e6938c9581f0e2

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound.git/commit/sound/pci/hda/hda_generic.c?id=975cc02a904ae385721f1bdb65eb1bcf707dfaf1

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[Bug 1236965] Re: pulseaudio does not recognize internal speakers [P180HMx, Realtek ALC892, Speaker, Internal] volume slider problem

Hi,

So there might be more than one bug here. As Raymond pointed out, the surround 
speakers get front channel output rather than surround channels. 
The patch I just posted fixes that, and to make it easier for you to test, I've 
also made a DKMS package. Please install it and reboot (or restart the entire 
alsa driver, but that might be tricky given intermodule dependencies).  

This dkms package is based on the latest upstream code, so it should
also fix the broken names ('Playback Volum' instead of 'Playback
Volume').

** Attachment added: oem-audio-hda-daily-lts-quantal-dkms_0.1_all.deb
   
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[Bug 1236965] Re: pulseaudio does not recognize internal speakers [P180HMx, Realtek ALC892, Speaker, Internal] volume slider problem

but subwoofer of some laptops are already using this feature to get the
front channel when playing stereo


you need a switch to enable this surround for those laptop with 5.1 internal 
speakers and external 5.1/7.1 Line out

for (i = 0; i  ARRAY_SIZE(mout-extra_out_nid); i++)
-  if (!mout-no_share_stream  mout-extra_out_nid[i]) {
-  if (!mout-no_share_stream  mout-extra_out_nid[i]) {
+  if (mout-internal_51_speaker) {
+  snd_hda_codec_setup_stream(codec,
+  mout-extra_out_nid[i],
+  stream_tag, i * 2, format);
+ }
+ else {
+
  snd_hda_codec_setup_stream(codec,
  mout-extra_out_nid[i],
  stream_tag, 0, format);
+}
+}

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Re: [Bug 1236965] Re: pulseaudio does not recognize internal speakers [P180HMx, Realtek ALC892, Speaker, Internal] volume slider problem

On 10/10/2013 09:16 AM, Raymond wrote:
 but subwoofer of some laptops are already using this feature to get the
 front channel when playing stereo

When playing stereo, chs = (i * 2) + 1 will be false and therefore it
will copy the front channel instead.


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[Bug 1236965] Re: pulseaudio does not recognize internal speakers [P180HMx, Realtek ALC892, Speaker, Internal] volume slider problem

when playing stereo, chs = (i * 2) + 1 will be false and therefore it
 will copy the front channel instead

the side effect of this copy front when you have 7.1 speaker with
desktop

the stereo sound is copied to all speakers

speaker-test -c2 -t wav -D hw:0

as pulseaudio did not mute the rear, center/lfe and side even when you
select stereo profile

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[Bug 1236965] Re: pulseaudio does not recognize internal speakers [P180HMx, Realtek ALC892, Speaker, Internal] volume slider problem

Okay, I have applied this dotconf patch and rebooted --
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-
driver/+bug/1236965/comments/13

I notice no changes when I run $ speaker-test -D default -t wav  -c 6 
This test is utilizing only the onboard speakers, I have not plugged *anything* 
into any of the 3.5mm jacks.  
I hear frontLeft/frontRight/Center loudly, rearLeft/rearRight 
quietly-but-audibly, and LFE-aka-subwoof-methinks not at all.  

When I look in sound-settings, speakers-built-in entry is gone again (formerly 
fixed by comment#32 in other bug-thread)
After messing around in sound-settings looking for the surround-mode-button, 
got stuck in spdif-only-mode (which does not use internal speakers at all and 
thus causes speaker-test to be silent on all six channels).  

$ ls ~/.pulse/client.conf
ls: cannot access /home/j/.pulse/client.conf: No such file or directory
$ echo autospawn = no  ~/.pulse/client.conf
$ ps aux | grep -i pulseaudio | grep -v grep 
j 2750  0.3  0.0 418188  6064 ?Sl  12:45   0:00 
/usr/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog
j 2754  0.0  0.0  95956  2980 ?S12:45   0:00 
/usr/lib/pulseaudio/pulse/gconf-helper
$ killall pulseaudio

$ ps aux | grep -i pulseaudio | grep -v grep 
(no output) 
$ espeak Hi 
(works)
$ speaker-test -D default -t wav  -c 6 
(works kinda... only frontLeft/frontRight make any noise) 

$ pulseaudio --start
$ ps aux | grep -i pulseaudio | grep -v grep 
j 2860  3.2  0.0 418188  5684 ?Sl  12:52   0:00 pulseaudio 
--start
j 2864  0.0  0.0  95956  2984 ?S12:52   0:00 
/usr/lib/pulseaudio/pulse/gconf-helper
$ espeak Hi
ALSA lib pcm.c:2217:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.rear
ALSA lib pcm.c:2217:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.center_lfe
ALSA lib pcm.c:2217:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.side
ALSA lib audio/pcm_bluetooth.c:1614:(audioservice_expect) BT_GET_CAPABILITIES 
failed : Input/output error(5)
ALSA lib audio/pcm_bluetooth.c:1614:(audioservice_expect) BT_GET_CAPABILITIES 
failed : Input/output error(5)
ALSA lib audio/pcm_bluetooth.c:1614:(audioservice_expect) BT_GET_CAPABILITIES 
failed : Input/output error(5)
ALSA lib audio/pcm_bluetooth.c:1614:(audioservice_expect) BT_GET_CAPABILITIES 
failed : Input/output error(5)
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:957:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) The dmix plugin supports only 
playback stream
Cannot connect to server socket err = No such file or directory
Cannot connect to server socket
jack server is not running or cannot be started
$ speaker-test -D default -t wav  -c 6 
(all silent) 

will try rebooting, and then start working my way through the recent
comments.  Should I apply david's dotdeb first, or should I try the
latest alsa driver raymond suggests first?  And, should I unapply the
patch from comment#13, tested here?

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[Bug 1236965] Re: pulseaudio does not recognize internal speakers [P180HMx, Realtek ALC892, Speaker, Internal] volume slider problem

Okay, upon reboot, I hear TheUbuntuDrumsOfSouthAfrica(tm) at the login screen, 
but when i get to the desktop, the sound-indicator-icon has three dashes coming 
out of the speaker, and when I open sound-settings I no longer see *any* 
entries 
under the output tab (I would expect to see spdif + with luck speakersBuitIn), 
nor any entries under the input tab either (I would expect to see 
internal_mic).  

$ ps aux | grep -i pulseaudio | grep -v grep
(no output -- so my editing of ~/.pulse/client.conf apparently kept it from 
starting) 

$ alsamixer
(looks fine) 

$ speaker-test -D default -t wav  -c 6 -l 1
speaker-test 1.0.25
Playback device is default
Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 6 channels
WAV file(s)
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
 4 - Center
 1 - Front Right
 3 - Rear Right
 2 - Rear Left
 5 - LFE
Time per period = 8.495962
(works for frontLeft/frontRight only, others silent) 

j@j-P180HMx:~$ espeak Hi
ALSA lib pcm.c:2217:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.rear
ALSA lib pcm.c:2217:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.center_lfe
ALSA lib pcm.c:2217:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.side
ALSA lib pulse.c:243:(pulse_connect) PulseAudio: Unable to connect: Connection 
refused
ALSA lib pulse.c:243:(pulse_connect) PulseAudio: Unable to connect: Connection 
refused
ALSA lib audio/pcm_bluetooth.c:1614:(audioservice_expect) BT_GET_CAPABILITIES 
failed : Input/output error(5)
ALSA lib audio/pcm_bluetooth.c:1614:(audioservice_expect) BT_GET_CAPABILITIES 
failed : Input/output error(5)
ALSA lib audio/pcm_bluetooth.c:1614:(audioservice_expect) BT_GET_CAPABILITIES 
failed : Input/output error(5)
ALSA lib audio/pcm_bluetooth.c:1614:(audioservice_expect) BT_GET_CAPABILITIES 
failed : Input/output error(5)
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:957:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) The dmix plugin supports only 
playback stream
Cannot connect to server socket err = No such file or directory
Cannot connect to server socket
jack server is not running or cannot be started
(complains ... but speakers output the word 'hi' anyways) 

$ pulseaudio --start
$ ps aux | grep -i pulseaudio | grep -v grep
j 2749  2.4  0.0 418188  5684 ?Sl  13:12   0:00 pulseaudio 
--start
j 2753  0.0  0.0  95956  2980 ?S13:12   0:00 
/usr/lib/pulseaudio/pulse/gconf-helper
$ speaker-test -D default -t wav  -c 6 -l 1
(fail -- completely silent) 
$ espeak Hi
ALSA lib pcm.c:2217:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.rear
ALSA lib pcm.c:2217:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.center_lfe
ALSA lib pcm.c:2217:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.side
ALSA lib audio/pcm_bluetooth.c:1614:(audioservice_expect) BT_GET_CAPABILITIES 
failed : Input/output error(5)
ALSA lib audio/pcm_bluetooth.c:1614:(audioservice_expect) BT_GET_CAPABILITIES 
failed : Input/output error(5)
ALSA lib audio/pcm_bluetooth.c:1614:(audioservice_expect) BT_GET_CAPABILITIES 
failed : Input/output error(5)
ALSA lib audio/pcm_bluetooth.c:1614:(audioservice_expect) BT_GET_CAPABILITIES 
failed : Input/output error(5)
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:957:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) The dmix plugin supports only 
playback stream
Cannot connect to server socket err = No such file or directory
Cannot connect to server socket
jack server is not running or cannot be started
(fail -- completely silent) 

However, as soon as I ran pulseaudio --start, the speaker-icon in the systray 
changed from triple-dash to triple-rparens.  
I still only see spdif in the output tab (spkr-built-in definitely gone ... and 
maybe no surround-profile which ought to be there if I understand david 
correctly?), but at least I see something.  Input-tab also now show 
internal-mic again, as expected.  

Since this patch from comment#13 does not seem to be helping, I'm going
to revert it for the moment, and try some of the other suggestions.

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[Bug 1236965] Re: pulseaudio does not recognize internal speakers [P180HMx, Realtek ALC892, Speaker, Internal] volume slider problem

Rrr.  Methinks that using ubuntu-software-update overwrote my manually-applied 
dotconf patches.  
I have re-applied the workaround from bug#946232 comment#32, and the patch from 
bug#1236965 comment#13.  

j@j-P180HMx:~$ ls -l 
/usr/share/pulseaudio/alsa-mixer/paths/analog-output-speaker.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3261 Sep 26 04:06 
/usr/share/pulseaudio/alsa-mixer/paths/analog-output-speaker.conf
j@j-P180HMx:~$ ls -l 
/usr/share/pulseaudio/alsa-mixer/paths/analog-input-internal-mic.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3231 Sep 26 04:06 
/usr/share/pulseaudio/alsa-mixer/paths/analog-input-internal-mic.conf
j@j-P180HMx:~$ cp 
/usr/share/pulseaudio/alsa-mixer/paths/analog-output-speaker.conf 
~/tmpUspapaos2.bak
j@j-P180HMx:~$ grep -v required-any = any 
/usr/share/pulseaudio/alsa-mixer/paths/analog-output-speaker.conf  
~/tmpUspapaos2.conf
j@j-P180HMx:~$ sudo cp ~/tmpUspapaos2.conf 
/usr/share/pulseaudio/alsa-mixer/paths/analog-output-speaker.conf
j@j-P180HMx:~$ grep required-any = any 
/usr/share/pulseaudio/alsa-mixer/paths/analog-output-speaker.conf
j@j-P180HMx:~$ cp 
/usr/share/pulseaudio/alsa-mixer/paths/analog-input-internal-mic.conf 
~/tmpUspapaiim2.bak
j@j-P180HMx:~$ grep -v required-any = any 
/usr/share/pulseaudio/alsa-mixer/paths/analog-input-internal-mic.conf  
~/tmpUspapaiim2.conf
j@j-P180HMx:~$ sudo cp ~/tmpUspapaiim2.conf 
/usr/share/pulseaudio/alsa-mixer/paths/analog-input-internal-mic.conf
j@j-P180HMx:~$ grep required-any = any 
/usr/share/pulseaudio/alsa-mixer/paths/analog-input-internal-mic.conf
j@j-P180HMx:~$ ps aux | grep pulse | grep -v grep
j 2749  0.1  0.0 418188  6136 ?Sl  13:12   0:00 pulseaudio 
--start
j 2753  0.0  0.0  95956  2980 ?S13:12   0:00 
/usr/lib/pulseaudio/pulse/gconf-helper
j@j-P180HMx:~$ pulseaudio -k
j@j-P180HMx:~$ ps aux | grep pulse | grep -v grep
j@j-P180HMx:~$ pulseaudio --start
j@j-P180HMx:~$ ps aux | grep pulse | grep -v grep
j 2836  3.6  0.0 418172  5644 ?Sl  13:22   0:00 pulseaudio 
--start
j 2840  0.0  0.0  95956  2980 ?S13:22   0:00 
/usr/lib/pulseaudio/pulse/gconf-helper
j@j-P180HMx:~$ pulseaudio -k
j@j-P180HMx:~$ ps aux | grep pulse | grep -v grep
j@j-P180HMx:~$ sudo nano 
/usr/share/pulseaudio/alsa-mixer/paths/analog-output-speaker.conf
(apply patch#13) 
j@j-P180HMx:~$ pulseaudio --start
j@j-P180HMx:~$  speaker-test -D default -t wav  -c 6 -l 1
(frontLeft/Center/FrontRight loud, rearLeft/RearRight quieter, LFE dead silent) 
j@j-P180HMx:~$ ls -l 
/usr/share/pulseaudio/alsa-mixer/paths/analog-output-speaker.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3943 Oct 10 13:25 
/usr/share/pulseaudio/alsa-mixer/paths/analog-output-speaker.conf
j@j-P180HMx:~$ ls -l 
/usr/share/pulseaudio/alsa-mixer/paths/analog-input-internal-mic.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3060 Oct 10 13:22 
/usr/share/pulseaudio/alsa-mixer/paths/analog-input-internal-mic.conf

So, we are back to where we are supposed to be.  Built-in-spkrs *do* show in 
sound-settings again.  
Sorry about the noise.  Is there a way to pin these dotconfs so that 
ubuntu-auto-update will leave them be?

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[Bug 1236965] Re: pulseaudio does not recognize internal speakers [P180HMx, Realtek ALC892, Speaker, Internal] volume slider problem

@Raymond in #24: are you using latest alsa driver since you cannot
playback 4 or 6 channles ?

First of all, no, I'm using the stock 3.5.x series kernel that comes with
Ubuntu 12.04.2
There are some instructions over here, from 2010, involving synaptic and
Crackle-of-the-Day alsa drivers.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Audio/InstallingLinuxAlsaDriverModules
Should I try installing, using these instructions? Are there more
recently-updated instructions?

Second of all, in *some* tests I can play back more than 2 channels, but in
others I cannot; it depends on the args passed to speaker-test as to whether I
hear more than two channels (and on whether pulseaudio is running/patched).
Note that I am only and always doing tests with the 5.1 built-in onboard
internal speakers at the moment.
I have not tried doing any tests, at any point, with 7.1
external-speakers-connected-via-3.5mm-jacks.

@Raymond in #24: using hda-emu , max channels is already 6
but channel still 0 for audio output 0x3 and 0x4
headphone , line out and all speakers get the front only

So, you are running some tests on your end with
https://github.com/tiwai/hda-emu ?
And passing in the alsa-info.txt that I generated. Since applying the dotconf
patches,
I'm not sure the output will be the same anymore. Just in case, I'll run it
again, see attached.
Do you want me to try running hda-emu on this end?

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[Bug 1236965] Re: pulseaudio does not recognize internal speakers [P180HMx, Realtek ALC892, Speaker, Internal] volume slider problem

@Raymond in #25 , can you explain what you want me to do here a little
more? I do not really understand your request.

@David in #26, Where do I specify my audio-profile? There should be
a way to select profile - in Gnome sound settings it's a combobox called
Mode:

I do not see this combobox of which you speak. Are you talking about
the righthand pane of the output-tab, when I have clicked on speakers-
built-in? It still believes there are only two channels.

@David in #26, in pavucontrol it's on the config tab.

Here there are two dropdowns, one for the 'built-in audio' which is the
realtek alc892, with the default settings Analog Stereo Duplex, the
others options being Analog Stereo Output, Digital Stereo (IEC 598)
Output Plus Analog Stereo Input, Digital Stereo (IEC 598) Output, Analog
Stereo Input, Off. (in other words no mention of internal 5.1 onboard
speakers that I can tell).

The other dropdown, for the hdmi-oriented soundcard-chip on the discrete
gpu, defaults to Digital Stereo (HDMI) Output, with the only other
option being Off.

@Raymond in #27, sorry, I am not sure I know what you want me to do. Can you
spell it out a bit more please?
In particular, do you suggest that I follow the 2010 instructions for
installing the local alsa crackle-of-dawn driver... or does the dotdeb which
david provided contain the changes you were wanting me to make?

@David in #29, have installed the dotdeb. This also required that I first $
sudo apt-get install dkms -- see attached build-log.
Will reboot, and then let you know what happens in the next comment. Stay
tuned for the next exciting episode.

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[Bug 1236965] Re: pulseaudio does not recognize internal speakers [P180HMx, Realtek ALC892, Speaker, Internal] volume slider problem

this is before I ran pulseaudio --start , roughly the same timeframe
that I was getting write-errors from speaker-test

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[Bug 1236965] Re: pulseaudio does not recognize internal speakers [P180HMx, Realtek ALC892, Speaker, Internal] volume slider problem

this is when pulseaudio was running, and 5.1 was configured properly,
and everything was working reasonably well

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[Bug 1236965] Re: pulseaudio does not recognize internal speakers [P180HMx, Realtek ALC892, Speaker, Internal] volume slider problem

Upon booting with dkms+dotdeb#29 installed, had triple-dash by spkr-icon in 
systray (still have autospawn=no).  
Ran espeak, worked (same errors as usual).  
Ran speaker-test, found new and interesting problems.  
$ speaker-test -D default -t wav  -c 6 -l 1

speaker-test 1.0.25

Playback device is default
Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 6 channels
WAV file(s)
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
 4 - Center
Write error: -32,Broken pipe
Write error: -32,Broken pipe
 1 - Front Right
Write error: -32,Broken pipe
Write error: -32,Broken pipe
 3 - Rear Right
Write error: -32,Broken pipe
Write error: -32,Broken pipe
 2 - Rear Left
Write error: -32,Broken pipe
Write error: -32,Broken pipe
 5 - LFE
Write error: -32,Broken pipe
Time per period = 26.014328

FrontLeft and FrontRight functioned... there was also some audible pop-
pop sounds during the test, and FrontRight was not a clean playback-
attempt (it paused-slash-glitched in the middle of the words).   See
also, errors above.  Alsa-info.txt attached

Next, started up pulseaudio, which caused the systray-spkr-icon to have
rparens again.

j@j-P180HMx:~$ ps aux | grep -i pulseaudio | grep -v grep
j@j-P180HMx:~$ pulseaudio --start
j@j-P180HMx:~$ ps aux | grep -i pulseaudio | grep -v grep
j 3032  7.5  0.0 418176  5664 ?Sl  14:41   0:00 pulseaudio 
--start
j 3036  0.0  0.0  95956  2980 ?S14:41   0:00 
/usr/lib/pulseaudio/pulse/gconf-helper

espeak still works (albeit still with the usual errors)
$ speaker-test -D default -t wav  -c 6 -l 1

speaker-test 1.0.25

Playback device is default
Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 6 channels
WAV file(s)
Rate set to 48000Hz (requested 48000Hz)
Buffer size range from 32 to 349525
Period size range from 10 to 116509
Using max buffer size 349524
Periods = 4
was set period_size = 87381
was set buffer_size = 349524
 0 - Front Left
 4 - Center
 1 - Front Right
 3 - Rear Right
 2 - Rear Left
 5 - LFE
Time per period = 10.817687
(this test worked much better -- no  broken-pipe-write-errors for starters, 
plus all sounds were clear and non-glitchy) 
(still silent for LFE, and still quiter-than-maybe-is-proper for rearLeft and 
rearRight, however).  

Opening up sound-settings from the systray, we see new and interesting content 
in the lefthand and righthand panels.  
the output tab now offers: 
 digital output (spdif) built-in audio[been around a long time but 
relatively useless with nothing plugged in] 
 analog output built-in audio[newly visible now that 
dotdeb#29 is installed] 
 speaker built-in audio   [visible due to 
workaround#32 from other thread... but righthand panel now improved] 

the righthand panel for spdif shows: 
balance, greyed-out fade, greyed-out subwoofer, test sound btn (when clicked 
offers only frontLeft/frontRight subtests) 

the righthand panel for the new analog-output entry shows: 
balance, fade (non-grey), subwoofer (non-grey), mode dropdown (default Analog 
Surround 4.1 Output but also offers 4.0 5.0 5.1 options), test sound btn (when 
clicked has frontLeft/frontRight/rearLeft/rearRight/subwoofer with 4.1 in 
combobox, selecting 5.1 in combobox adds FrontCenter as a subtest).  Clicking 
all the subtest-buttons with 5.1 in the combobox is successful, with 
much-louder-volume from rearRight/rearLeft speakers, and finally some sound 
from the subwoofer.  All the subtests have spoken lines, except for the 
subwoofer which makes pink noise, but methinks that is just a missing wav-file. 
 

the righthand panel for the speaker-built-in-audio entry shows: 
almost identical to the analog-input entry... and in fact, if you change from 
4.1 to 5.1 in the analog-entry, the speaker-entry combobox also changes, and 
ditto if you make the change in speaker-entry, the analog-entry follows along.  
The only difference I noticed was that the dropdown for speaker-built-in has 
4.1 + 5.0 + 4.0 + AnalogStereoOutpu + 5.1 whereas analog-entry dropdown simply 
has 4.1 + 5.0 + 4.0 + AnalogStereoOutpu + 5.1 

Leaving the dropdown set to 5.1, and the speaker-built-in-audio as the
selected output-device, I closed sound-settings.

$ speaker-test -D default -t wav  -c 6 -l 1
speaker-test 1.0.25
Playback device is default
Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 6 channels
WAV file(s)
Rate set to 48000Hz (requested 48000Hz)
Buffer size range from 32 to 349525
Period size range from 10 to 116509
Using max buffer size 349524
Periods = 4
was set period_size = 87381
was set buffer_size = 349524
 0 - Front Left
 4 - Center
 1 - Front Right
 3 - Rear Right
 2 - Rear Left
 5 - LFE
Time per period = 9.360410
(a... for the first time, all six channels were nice and loud... LFE was 
verbalized as Rear Center) 
(that one seemed to be coming from the same

[Bug 1236965] Re: pulseaudio does not recognize internal speakers [P180HMx, Realtek ALC892, Speaker, Internal] volume slider problem

@Raymond #33 , when I execute that test, I hear sound out of the
appropriate speakers (front left comes out of FrontLeft).  This is
with the dotdeb installed, and profile set to 5.1 surround

$ speaker-test -c2 -t wav -D hw:0
speaker-test 1.0.25
Playback device is hw:0
Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 2 channels
WAV file(s)
Rate set to 48000Hz (requested 48000Hz)
Buffer size range from 64 to 16384
Period size range from 32 to 8192
Using max buffer size 16384
Periods = 4
was set period_size = 4096
was set buffer_size = 16384
 0 - Front Left
 1 - Front Right
Time per period = 2.731614


p.s.  this test, I'm pretty sure is not exercising my subwoofer... it says 
'rear center' and seems to come from the same physical speaker as the 'front 
center' output comes from.  Is there some lower-level command I can use to 
generate a pure tone from the subwoofer, so I can compare and contrast the 
location?  

$ speaker-test -c6 -t wav -D hw:0 -s 6
speaker-test 1.0.25
Playback device is hw:0
Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 6 channels
WAV file(s)
Rate set to 48000Hz (requested 48000Hz)
Buffer size range from 22 to 5461
Period size range from 11 to 2730
Using max buffer size 5460
Periods = 4
was set period_size = 1365
was set buffer_size = 5460
  - LFE

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[Bug 1236965] Re: pulseaudio does not recognize internal speakers [P180HMx, Realtek ALC892, Speaker, Internal] volume slider problem

whether patch at comment 13 really need depend on the naming of the
volume control

for a notebook with internal 5.1 speakers need a 8 or 10 channels hda
codec, it is rather strange that it cannot provide external 5.1/7.1 with
three/four jacks

so far those 10 channels hda codecs still does not have 6 or 7 volume
controls for internal 5.1 and external 5.1/7.1

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[Bug 1236965] Re: pulseaudio does not recognize internal speakers [P180HMx, Realtek ALC892, Speaker, Internal] volume slider problem

Raymond:  for a notebook with internal 5.1 speakers ... it is rather
strange that it cannot provide external 5.1/7.1 with three/four jacks

The user manual says it *can* do both

1)  internal 5.1 using the onboard speakers, or alternatively 
2)  external 7.1 output using the four 3.5mm jacks.  

But in fact I have not *tested* whether it can do #2 properly, i.e.
external 7.1 output, because until dotdeb#29 was installed, I could
never get all the #1 internal onboard speakers to work.

Are you seeing stuff in the alsa-info that make you think 7.1 is not
working?  (I have not tested that config remember.)

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[Bug 1236965] Re: pulseaudio does not recognize internal speakers [P180HMx, Realtek ALC892, Speaker, Internal] volume slider problem

you have to follow up with Takashi Iwai if you want support of external
5.1/7.1

badness 0x8020 = two BAD_NO_DAC + 0x20

== lo_type=0, wired=0, mio=1, badness=0x8020
 multi_outs = 17/0/0/0 : 5/2/3/0 (type LO)
   out path: depth=3 :05:0f:17
 multi_ios(2) = 1a/18 : 2/3
   mio path: depth=3 :02:0c:1a
   mio path: depth=3 :03:0d:18
 hp_outs = 1b/0/0/0 : 4/0/0/0
   hp path: depth=3 :04:0e:1b
 spk_outs = 14/16/15/0 : 0/0/3/0
   spk path: depth=3 :03:0d:15


/* badness definition */
enum {
/* No primary DAC is found for the main output */
BAD_NO_PRIMARY_DAC = 0x1,
/* No DAC is found for the extra output */
BAD_NO_DAC = 0x4000,
/* No possible multi-ios */
BAD_MULTI_IO = 0x120,
/* No individual DAC for extra output */
BAD_NO_EXTRA_DAC = 0x102,
/* No individual DAC for extra surrounds */
BAD_NO_EXTRA_SURR_DAC = 0x101,
/* Primary DAC shared with main surrounds */
BAD_SHARED_SURROUND = 0x100,
/* No independent HP possible */
BAD_NO_INDEP_HP = 0x10,
/* Primary DAC shared with main CLFE */
BAD_SHARED_CLFE = 0x10,
/* Primary DAC shared with extra surrounds */
BAD_SHARED_EXTRA_SURROUND = 0x10,
/* Volume widget is shared */
BAD_SHARED_VOL = 0x10,
};

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[Bug 1236965] Re: pulseaudio does not recognize internal speakers [P180HMx, Realtek ALC892, Speaker, Internal] volume slider problem

you have to follow up with Takashi Iwai if you want support of external
5.1/7.1

Okay -- but help me understand what you think I should do next.  See my 
questions in 
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1236965/comments/38

You have give me links to several patchfiles, and suggested I compile my own 
alsa driver.  
Is that still what I should try now?  Is there a howto which explains the steps 
to take?  

I can see in comment#45 you are showing me an enum from some C code...
but where should I put it?

Thanks for your patience.  I'm trying to catch up with where you are
telling me to go.  :-)

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[Bug 1236965] Re: pulseaudio does not recognize internal speakers [P180HMx, Realtek ALC892, Speaker, Internal] volume slider problem

Here is the current state.  This is a big improvement over what I
started out with, where sound-settings would not show anything but spdif
(and since that was not plugged into anything no sound could be
heard...)

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[Bug 1236965] Re: pulseaudio does not recognize internal speakers [P180HMx, Realtek ALC892, Speaker, Internal] volume slider problem

the name of this volume control is confusing since only line out is
connected to this audio output

Node 0x05 [Audio Output] wcaps 0x41d: Stereo Amp-Out
  Control: name=PCM Playback Volume, index=0, device=0
ControlAmp: chs=3, dir=Out, idx=0, ofs=0
  Device: name=ALC892 Analog, type=Audio, device=0
  Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x40, nsteps=0x40, stepsize=0x03, mute=0
  Amp-Out vals:  [0x2d 0x2d]
  Converter: stream=8, channel=0
  PCM:
rates [0x560]: 44100 48000 96000 192000
bits [0xe]: 16 20 24
formats [0x1]: PCM
  Power states:  D0 D1 D2 D3 EPSS
  Power: setting=D0, actual=D0

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[Bug 1236965] Re: pulseaudio does not recognize internal speakers [P180HMx, Realtek ALC892, Speaker, Internal] volume slider problem

the name of this volume control is confusing since only line out is
connected to this audio output

Node 0x05 [Audio Output] wcaps 0x41d: Stereo Amp-Out
  Control: name=PCM Playback Volume, index=0, device=0
ControlAmp: chs=3, dir=Out, idx=0, ofs=0
  Device: name=ALC892 Analog, type=Audio, device=0
  Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x40, nsteps=0x40, stepsize=0x03, mute=0
  Amp-Out vals:  [0x2d 0x2d]
  Converter: stream=8, channel=0
  PCM:
rates [0x560]: 44100 48000 96000 192000
bits [0xe]: 16 20 24
formats [0x1]: PCM
  Power states:  D0 D1 D2 D3 EPSS
  Power: setting=D0, actual=D0

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[Bug 1236965] Re: pulseaudio does not recognize internal speakers [P180HMx, Realtek ALC892, Speaker, Internal] volume slider problem

here is my old codecgraph.png , from when no patches were installed

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[Bug 1236965] Re: pulseaudio does not recognize internal speakers [P180HMx, Realtek ALC892, Speaker, Internal] volume slider problem

here is the current one, with dotdeb#29 installed.

it looks like 0x05 leads eventually to [Jack] Line out at external rear
stereo

Am I reading it correctly?  Do you not think it should look like that?

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[Bug 1236965] Re: pulseaudio does not recognize internal speakers [P180HMx, Realtek ALC892, Speaker, Internal] volume slider problem

This should be Front Playback Switch  in current implementation or Side 
Playback Switch when 7.1 is supported


Node 0x17 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x40058d: Stereo Amp-Out
  Control: name=PCM Playback Switch, index=0, device=0
ControlAmp: chs=3, dir=Out, idx=0, ofs=0
  Control: name=Line Out Jack, index=0, device=0
  Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
  Amp-Out vals:  [0x00 0x00]
  Pincap 0x0036: IN OUT Detect Trigger
  Pin Default 0x01011414: [Jack] Line Out at Ext Rear
Conn = 1/8, Color = Black
DefAssociation = 0x1, Sequence = 0x4
  Pin-ctls: 0x40: OUT
  Unsolicited: tag=02, enabled=1
  Power states:  D0 D1 D2 D3 EPSS
  Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
  Connection: 1
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[Bug 1236965] Re: pulseaudio does not recognize internal speakers [P180HMx, Realtek ALC892, Speaker, Internal] volume slider problem

the current implementation is based on the jack retasking standard of
5.1 support with 3 audio jack (line out, mic and line in ) at rear panel
of desktop

http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/sb/CS-034198.htm

it is not easy to assign your line out jack as side channel without
changing the logic in function fill_multi_ios() in hda_generic.c


it still not support of  7.1 for those 5 jacks at rear panel (e.g. Intel dh67bl 
alc892 without grey jack)


still no channel mode switch from 6 to 8

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/878345

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[Bug 1236965] Re: pulseaudio does not recognize internal speakers [P180HMx, Realtek ALC892, Speaker, Internal] volume slider problem

if only external 5.1 is needed, you may use hda-jack-retask or early
patching to make two internal speakers not connected and reboot

this is similar to the standard 3stack model of desktop

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[Bug 1236965] Re: pulseaudio does not recognize internal speakers [P180HMx, Realtek ALC892, Speaker, Internal] volume slider problem

I'm wading through the comments here, let me know if I'm missing
something...

Anyway, if PulseAudio is not running, don't expect this to work:

 1) the sound preferences dialog
 2) pavucontrol (naturally)
 3) A little unsure about speaker-test with -D default. -D default means to 
go through pulseaudio normally, but if pulseaudio's not running, it should 
automatically reroute itself. To be specific you can use either -D pulse 
(always goes through pulseaudio, will complain if it's not running) or -D 
plughw:PCH (where PCH is the card name) to always bypass pulseaudio.

  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Audio/InstallingLinuxAlsaDriverModules
 Should I try installing, using these instructions? Are there more 
 recently-updated instructions?

Sorry, the support has been discontinued of this method. I've now
updated the wiki page(s) to reflect this.

The DKMS package I gave you is the better way to upgrade your ALSA
drivers. The patch I sent was applied upstreamed yesterday, so automatic
DKMS builds will pick this up from today too.

 Sorry about the noise. Is there a way to pin these dotconfs so that
ubuntu-auto-update will leave them be?

Not really. I've brought it up for some quick discussion upstream a
while ago but I don't think it went anywhere.

Anyway, with my suggested patch to the pulseaudio conf files (that adds
Speaker Front etc sections), you should no longer need any workaround
from bug 946232. Sorry if this was not clear.

 2) external 7.1 output using the four 3.5mm jacks. But in fact I have not 
 *tested* whether it can do #2 properly, i.e. external 
 7.1 output, because until dotdeb#29 was installed, I could never get all the 
 #1 internal onboard speakers to work. Are you 
 seeing stuff in the alsa-info that make you think 7.1 is not working? (I have 
 not tested that config remember.)

Raymond seems very much into analyzing why the driver doesn't currently
support external 7.1, and he's posting his thoughts about why. I'm more
into trying to get your 5.1 internal speakers up and running because
that's the problem you ask about.

So, given that your system has 
 * DKMS package with latest driver installed (the one I gave you) and
 * PulseAudio patch for Speaker Front

...both installed, where do we stand? Everything working as it should,
except the subwoofer?

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[Bug 1236965] Re: pulseaudio does not recognize internal speakers [P180HMx, Realtek ALC892, Speaker, Internal] volume slider problem

1.  Do we *know* that external 7.1 does not currently work, with
dotdeb#29 installed?  I have not tested it.  Is there a vu-meter app
that will show me when external 7.1 jacks are being correctly exercised,
without needing to plug in all the physical 3.5mm wires that actual 7.1
external testing would typically necessitate?

2.  dotdeb#29 and dotconf#13 are both installed, and seem to be working
-- I am a little worried that my next ubuntu update will wipe them out,
however (the dotconf change seems especially likely to suffer this
fate).

3.  I'm not 100% positive the subwoofer is failing to woof... all the
speakers are within a few inches of each other.  But yes, I currently
believe that 'LFE' which is now verbalized as 'rear center' is
incorrectly outputting through the physical '(front) Center' speaker,
instead of the desired physical subwoof.   Do you have some sample 5.1
audio-files which exercise each speaker in turn?  Or is that no
different than speaker-test with six channels specified

4.  Should I 'unapply' the comment#32 workaround, or no need to mess
with that?

5.  I need to delete ~/.pulse/pulse.conf so that pulseaudio will be
automatically active when the machine boots.

6.  I am willing to compile an alsa driver, or whatever, if that will
help Raymond test his theories.  I'm not sure how to make a custom dkms
dotdeb package of my own, however.  See also point one above -- maybe it
is already working, we just don't know it yet.

7.  Raymond mentioned the bug where plugging in the hdfons fails to
auto-mute the internal speakers; that was marked as fixed in 12.04, and
indeed it works for me with dotdeb#29 installed (and also worked
before).

8.  Raymond thinks that 'PCM' for out-node 0x05 is a dumb name... and I
tend to agree.  Back before workaround#32, however, when the machine
first booted it was defaulting to using that node as the default audio-
sink, and then sound-settings was getting me stuck with node 0x06 aka
spdif which is not plugged into anything as the 'selected' new default
audio-sink.  Following the dark lines in codecgraph's SVG output, node
0x05 pcm_out is connected via mixer#0x0f over to pin#0x17 which is
labelled jack line out at ext rear stereo, in out detect trigger.  Is
that a problem?

0x02_out = speaker front , mix 0x0c, pin 0x14 fixed speaker at int atapi hp 
eapd , recursive via mix 0x0b/0x22/0x23
0x03_out = speaker clfe , mix 0x0d , ping 0x15 fixed spkr at int atapi , 
recursive via mix 0x0b/0x22/0x23
0x04_out = speaker surround, mix 0x0e , pin 0x16 fixed spkr at int atapi , 
recursive via mix 0x0b/0x22/0x23
0x05_out = pcm , mix 0x0f , pin 0x17 jack line out at ext rear , recursive via 
mix 0x0b/0x22/0x23
pin 0x1A line in at ext rear , connects 'recursively' to the main four outputs 
via mix 0x0B 
pin 0x18 mic at ext rear , connects 'recursively' to the main four outputs via 
mix 0x0B 

0x06_digital_out = spdif iec958 , no mix shown , pin 0x1e jack spdif out at ext 
rear digital 
0x10_digital_out = noName_notEnabled , no mix shown , pin 0x11 N/A spkr at ext 
rear digital 
0x25_out = headphones , mix 0x26 , pin 0x1B jack hp out at ext rear hp eapd 
0x09_in = capture , mix 0x22, pin 0x12 fixed mic at int atapi 
0x0A_digital_in = noName_notEnabled , no mix shown , pin 0x1F N/A spkr at ext 
rear digital 
0x08_in = noNameMaybeEnabled? , greyed connection to mix 0x23 , greyed 
connection to pin 0x19/0x1c/0x1d (spkr*3)

9.  Insert your issue here.

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[Bug 1236965] Re: pulseaudio does not recognize internal speakers [P180HMx, Realtek ALC892, Speaker, Internal] volume slider problem

1. Given what both Raymond and I see in hda-emu, I believe 7.1 (through
four external jacks) does not work. Any vu-meter would probably skip
enough layers to make the test not reliable.

3. I believe the speaker test in Sound Settings outputs a rumble
rather than Rear Center, if that helps.

4. Do as you wish. I should upstream my Speaker Front stuff to
PulseAudio anyhow.

8. I agree - PCM is a bad name. It should be something like Line Out
Front instead. Maybe I should try changing that too, but that will
bring in a new name for which we don't have support in PulseAudio, so
that would need an additional patch for PulseAudio too.

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[Bug 1236965] Re: pulseaudio does not recognize internal speakers [P180HMx, Realtek ALC892, Speaker, Internal] volume slider problem

On page 85 of p180hm_svc_manual.pdf , there is a diagram that shows how the 
subwoofer and center-speaker are wired up.  
ALC892 pin 4344 aka 'port G' is hooked into the PI5A3158, and from there into 
the TPA2008 amp... 
http://www.pericom.com/products/signal-switch-ic-multiplexers/?part=PI5A3158 
Dual single-pole dual-throw mux/de-mux switch  The wire controlling the 
PI5A3158 is called 'DOLBY_SEL' 

The control-signal is emitted by the IT8519 chip, on pg90 of the pdf,
which is the keyb/smbus/lpc/gpio/uart/rtc/adc/dac/etc chip.

There is a similar PI5A3158 chip used to wire up the surround-out-left and 
surround-out-right speakers, aka rearLeft/rearRight.  
And the control wire has the same label... so maybe we are already properly 
controlling DOLBY_SEL for rearLeft/rearRight, since those seem to work fine, 
and we therefore just need to apply the same sort of control when trying to 
activate frontCenter/subwoofer?

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[Bug 1236965] Re: pulseaudio does not recognize internal speakers [P180HMx, Realtek ALC892, Speaker, Internal] volume slider problem

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound.git/commit/Documentation/sound/alsa
/HD-Audio-Models.txt?id=1a97b7f22774b454531f013638b181803fba470f

- targa-8ch-dig Targa/MSI with 8-channel (MSI GX620)

refer to MSI GX620 user manual

Mic In: Used for an external microphone.
Connect the Center and Subwoofer speakers
here.

Line In: Used for an external audio device.
Connect the Rear speakers here.

Headphone out/SPDIF out : Used for speakers
or headphones. The SPDIF connector is also
provided for digital audio transmission to external
speakers through an optical fiber cable.
Connect the Front speakers here.

Line Out: A connector for speakers.
Connect the Surround speakers here.

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[Bug 1236965] Re: pulseaudio does not recognize internal speakers [P180HMx, Realtek ALC892, Speaker, Internal] volume slider problem

2013-10-09 Thread David Henningsson

 So, similar to what happens when I test 9ch, but with the numbering a
bit odd. Is it supposed to be out-of-order like that?

I think this is by design, it's meant to walk around the room in a
circle or something.

Anyway, I've made a patch for PulseAudio that I'd like you to test. In
short, edit /usr/share/pulseaudio/alsa-mixer/paths/analog-output-
speaker.conf, then restart your computer and test if there's any
difference, both in stereo and surround profiles.

Here are the sections that should be added to analog-output-
speaker.conf:

[Jack Speaker Front Phantom]
required-any = any
state.plugged = unknown
state.unplugged = unknown

[Element Speaker Front]
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all-front
override-map.2 = front-left,front-right
required-any = any
 
[Element Speaker Surround]
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all-rear
override-map.2 = rear-left,rear-right
required-any = any
 
[Element Speaker Side]
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all-side
override-map.2 = side-left,side-right
 
[Element Speaker CLFE]
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all-center
override-map.2 = all-center,lfe

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[Bug 1236965] Re: pulseaudio does not recognize internal speakers [P180HMx, Realtek ALC892, Speaker, Internal] volume slider problem

2013-10-09 Thread David Henningsson

Btw, before I forget about it: These names are missing characters in the
end. It has probably been fixed in later kernels.

name 'Speaker Surround Playback Volum'
name 'Speaker Surround Playback Switc'

...it can cause these alsamixer controls not to be picked up by
PulseAudio. Maybe it causes them not to show up in alsamixer either, but
not sure about that.

However, having skimmed through your report, I'm a little worried about
that you can't seem to get sound out of anything but the front speakers,
is this correct? Your report only indicates which ones are silent and
which ones aren't, not where each one comes out.

With all alsamixer controls at good values, this command should give you
sound out of the speakers, one by one:

speaker-test -v -D plughw:PCH -t wav -c 6

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[Bug 1236965] Re: pulseaudio does not recognize internal speakers [P180HMx, Realtek ALC892, Speaker, Internal] volume slider problem

speaker-test -c4 -t wav -Dhw:0,0
speaker-test 1.0.25
Playback device is hw:0,0
Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 4 channels
WAV file(s)
Channels count (4) not available for playbacks: Invalid argument
Setting of hwparams failed: Invalid argument

it is because max_channels is still 2 when speakers are not in
multi_outs

you need the driver to put those four jack at same location into
multi_outs to set max_channels to 8


https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound.git/commit/sound/pci/hda/hda_generic.c?id=a07a949be6eb1c9aab06adaadce72dbd27b7d9cb

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[Bug 1236965] Re: pulseaudio does not recognize internal speakers [P180HMx, Realtek ALC892, Speaker, Internal] volume slider problem

if you have configured and compiled alsa driver with debug=verbose


the driver actually try to put mic and line in into multi_out but it did not 
select it as best config

== lo_type=0, wired=0, mio=1, badness=0x8020
multi_outs = 17/0/0/0 : 5/2/3/0 (type LO)
  out path: depth=3 :05:0f:17
multi_ios(2) = 1a/18 : 2/3
  mio path: depth=3 :02:0c:1a
  mio path: depth=3 :03:0d:18
hp_outs = 1b/0/0/0 : 4/0/0/0
  hp  path: depth=3 :04:0e:1b
spk_outs = 14/16/15/0 : 0/0/3/0
  spk path: depth=3 :03:0d:15

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[Bug 1236965] Re: pulseaudio does not recognize internal speakers [P180HMx, Realtek ALC892, Speaker, Internal] volume slider problem

your Clevo P180HMX are similar to Clevo P170HM

http://mailman.alsa-project.org/pipermail/alsa-
devel/2011-November/045709.html

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[Bug 1236965] Re: pulseaudio does not recognize internal speakers [P180HMx, Realtek ALC892, Speaker, Internal] volume slider problem

clevo web site only have p180hm user manual


http://www.clevo.com.tw/en/e-services/download.asp

2-12Audio Features

Setup for 5.1 or 7.1 Surround Sound

To setup your system for 5.1 or 7.1 surround sound you will need to
connect the audio cables to the Headphone-Out, Line-In, Microphone-In
jack and S/PDIF-Out jacks (note: the S/PDIF jack is used for 7.1
surround sound only).


5.Plug the front speaker cables into the Headphone-Out Jack. 

•Line-In Jack = Rear Speaker Out 
•Microphone-In Jack = Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out 
•S/PDIF-Out Jack = Side Speaker Out (for 7.1 Surround Sound Only

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[Bug 1236965] Re: pulseaudio does not recognize internal speakers [P180HMx, Realtek ALC892, Speaker, Internal] volume slider problem

After composing a long and thoughful comment, with incredible pearls of
wisdom, including a short and easy-to-implement plan for sustainable
peace in the middle east within the year, I clicked the button to attach
a screenshot, and got an error HTTP 414 Request-URI Too Large, The
requested URL's length exceeds the capacity limit for this server.
Apache/2.2.14 (Ubuntu) Server at api.launchpad.net Port 443.  When I
clicked the back-button, the page reloaded, and -- although firefox
*tries* to retain textarea content for me -- launchpad managed to delete
it.  I was so angry, that I have now completely forgotten the inspired
details of my peace plan!  Please fix this thing, so that next time
inspiration strikes me, your software will not be responsible for
endless turmoil and bloodshed and bitterness.  Workaround:  always
remember to click attach-button *first* and then and only then compose
long thoughtful comment, which works fine.  While I'm complaining:  why
is there no button to include multiple attachments in a single
submission?  Makes me have to piddle around zipping up my screenshots
(or pasting multiple screenshots into a bigger PNG that is hand-
edited...) or submit each upload as a separate comment.  I also want a
pony.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:PONY

Since I composed some of my commentary in an external text-editor, here
you go.  I'm still working my way through your questions; these are just
some quick answers to the low-hanging fruit.  Gratitude for your help.

David:  worried about that you can't seem to get sound out of anything but the 
front speakers, is this correct?  
No... not really.  I can get sound out of 'Center' as well, in some tests.  I 
also get considerably-quieter-but-still-audible sound out of 
'siderear_leftright' named channels... but note that only five+plus+subwoofer 
physical speakers exist... not sure how to interpret that mismatch.  It is 
difficult for me to pinpoint the physical location of 'siderear_leftright' 
audio, but it is not coming from frontLeft or frontRight, that much is clear.  
('Center' also seems distinct.)  That said, I'm pretty sure I never get any 
audio at all from the subwoofer, in tests I have run so far.  I removed the -v 
argswitch from your test; not supported on my box. 

$ speaker-test --help
speaker-test 1.0.25
Usage: speaker-test [OPTION]... 
-h,--help   help
-D,--device playback device
-r,--rate   stream rate in Hz
-c,--channels   count of channels in stream
-f,--frequency  sine wave frequency in Hz
-F,--format sample format
-b,--buffer ring buffer size in us
-p,--period period size in us
-P,--nperiods   number of periods
-t,--test   pink=use pink noise, sine=use sine wave, wav=WAV file
-l,--nloops specify number of loops to test, 0 = infinite
-s,--speakersingle speaker test. Values 1=Left, 2=right, etc
-w,--wavfileUse the given WAV file as a test sound
-W,--wavdir Specify the directory containing WAV files
Recognized sample formats are: S8 S16_LE S16_BE FLOAT_LE S32_LE S32_BE

$ speaker-test  -D plughw:PCH -t wav -c 6
speaker-test 1.0.25
Playback device is plughw:PCH
Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 6 channels
WAV file(s)
Rate set to 48000Hz (requested 48000Hz)
Buffer size range from 64 to 16384
Period size range from 32 to 8192
Using max buffer size 16384
Periods = 4
was set period_size = 4096
was set buffer_size = 16384
 0 - Front Left  [loud, from frontLeft located southwest of 
Z-key on keyb.] 
 4 - Center  [nothing]
 1 - Front Right  [loud, from frontRight located southeast of 
M-key on keyb.]
 3 - Rear Right  [nothing]
 2 - Rear Left  [nothing]
 5 - LFE[nothing]
Time per period = 8.363885^C

Note that e.g. my 9ch test-run *does* produce sound from
center/rearRight/rearLeft speakers.

Raymond:  use hda-jack-retask to remove the line out jack and force the driver 
to put three speakers in multi_outs 
I have heard of hda-jack-retask , and it may help us here.  What exactly did 
you have in mind?  Do you want me to run some specific command, and then run 
some specific test?  

Raymond:  retask line out is not sufficicent, must also use hint to disable 
Do you want me to put the text you posted into some file somewheres?  
(multi_io= false \n autoconfig: ... Best config: ...) 

Raymond:  the driver need to assign DAC to 5.1/7.1 output before assign DAC to 
the headphone 
So, should I patch some file, to remove the snd_kcontrol_new alc883_targa_mixer 
lines of code?  Steps please? 

Takashi in Feb'12: ...auto-parser now. We can remove all alc*_quirks.c 
- targa-8ch-dig Targa/MSI with 8-channel (MSI GX620)
- laptop-eapd 3-jack with SPDIF I/O and EAPD (Clevo M540JE, M550JE)
- clevo-m540r Clevo M540R (6ch + digital)
- clevo-m720 Clevo M720 laptop series

What is this auto-parser that Takashi used to eliminate quirks for
targa-8ch-dig and the various Clevo ALC883 units?  Does my

[Bug 1236965] Re: pulseaudio does not recognize internal speakers [P180HMx, Realtek ALC892, Speaker, Internal] volume slider problem

The service manual (link I posted earlier has PDF for download) has this.
pg14 says:  External 7.1CH Audio Output Supported by Headphone, Microphone, 
Line-In and [spdif]Surround-Out Jacks 
pg15 says:  HDA compliant, S/PDIF digital output, five speakers, one subwoofer, 
built-in mic, THX TruStudio Pro 
pg17 shows four jacks as circle#2/3/4/5 -- currently I do not have anything 
plugged into these jacks 
pg17 shows frontLeft/frontRight as circle#1 -- these are 2W speakers (and work 
well) 
pg16 shows rearLeft/rearRight as circle#3 -- these are 1.5W speakers (and seem 
too quiet... when they are exercised at all by testing so far) 
pg19 shows subwoofer as circle#1 -- this is the 2W subwoof (I have never got 
this to produce any noise, I'm reasonably certain) 
Not shown explicitly in the manual... but known to alsamixer and produces good 
volume... is the 'Center' speaker, also 2W.  Methinks this one is under the 
touchpad/palmrest area, which is close enough to the frontLeft/frontRight 
speakers that it might be hard for me to tell it was working, as opposed to, 
say, pulseaudio driving frontLeft at 50% and frontRight at 50% to 'simulate' a 
center-channel-speaker.  

Reseller page over here gives wattages -- 
http://xoticpcforums.com/showthread.php?12026-Sager-NP8180-%28Clevo-P180HM%29-Owners-Lounge
Audio specs:  THX TruStudio Pro 5.1 HD audio with two 1.5W, three 2W speakers, 
and one 2W sub-woofer 

Raymond:  To setup your system for   [external]   5.1 or 7.1 surround
sound you will need to connect the audio cables to the Headphone-Out,
Line-In, Microphone-In jack and S/PDIF-Out jacks (note: the S/PDIF jack
is used for 7.1 surround sound only).

I believe that is correct for *external* speakers, but I have not used
the laptop that way, yet.  In all my tests so far, I have only been
using the 5.1 onboard speakers, not external speakers.  Well,
correction:  I have plugged some simple one-jack headphones into the
hdfon jack, to see if that did the right thing; it seemed fine.  (Some
other alc892 systems have trouble muting and/or re-enabling the internal
speakers when you plug and unplug headphones using the hdfon-jack.)
Finally, note that there is a third audio-system potentially involved
here, which is hdmi-out -- the videocard has a separate audio-chipset
for that purpose, which I have not tested.

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[Bug 1236965] Re: pulseaudio does not recognize internal speakers [P180HMx, Realtek ALC892, Speaker, Internal] volume slider problem

Raymond:  your Clevo P180HMX are similar to Clevo P170HM

Yes, they are very similar systems:  same ODM, same HM67 chipset, same
cpu choices, same gpu choices (albeit 1 slot only), same bios vendor and
flash-size, similar ports/sdxc/keyb/tpad/wcam/lan/wlan/bt.  4 so-dimms
vs 3, 17.3 LCD (w/ optional 3D) vs 18.4, 2+1 raid0/1 bays vs 3+1
raid0/1/5, 2*usb2 vs 4*usb2, no eCard slot, 77WHr vs 89WHr, 4kg vs 6kg.

As far as the audio is concerned, cursory examination says they are very
similar, both using ALC892, same number and type of onboard speakers,
same number and type of onboard jacks, same style of 7.1 external output
support.  The only difference I noticed is that the P170HM says it has a
3-watt subwoofer, and I've heard mine has a 2-watt subwoofer.

The post you mentioned from Nov'11 suggested that the work on supporting
the P170HM was unfinished; does anybody know what the current status is
for supporting the P170HM audio stack?  Maybe we can piggyback off that.

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[Bug 1236965] Re: pulseaudio does not recognize internal speakers [P180HMx, Realtek ALC892, Speaker, Internal] volume slider problem

David, I'm applying your patch now, and preparing to reboot (lots of
stuff open at the moment... will take a bit to get it all closed out and
saved and such).  Two questions:

1.  both in stereo and surround profiles

I don't understand what this means.  Where do I specify my audio-
profile?

2.  In future tests, would pulseaudio -k suffice, rather than a full
reboot?

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[Bug 1236965] Re: pulseaudio does not recognize internal speakers [P180HMx, Realtek ALC892, Speaker, Internal] volume slider problem

Looking at the P170HM in a little more detail, there are some difference
in the audio subsystems.  My p180hm uses TPA2008 amplifier for the
subwoofer-slash-center output (and from the block diagram on pg56 of the
pdf below it looks like there is only one physical speaker ... so maybe
I'm confused and my laptop has no physically distinct 'center' speaker
for 5.1 but really only has 4.1 onboard?  and maybe when I hear sound
from the 'Center' channel what is making noise is the subwoofer?)  For
the other speakers, there is a TPA6017 amp for the leftRear/rightRear
speakers, and another TPA6017 amp for the leftFront/rightFront speakers,
plus connections for the internal mic and the external quad-jack.
Schematic for the alc892 is on pg84.

By contrast, the p170hm block diagram on pg60 of the other pdf below
shows a similar wiring-layout, again with the ALC892 at the center, but
this time with three TI TPA2008d2 amps for frontLeft/frontRight +
surroundLeft/surroundRight + center/subwoofer, and distinct connections
for the internal mic and the  external quad-jack.  Schematic for the
alc892 is on pg90.

http://repo.palkeo.com/clevo-mirror/P18xHM/P18xHM_ESM.zip  --  this is my 18 
laptop 
http://repo.palkeo.com/clevo-mirror/P170HM/P17xHM_ESM.zip  --  this is the 
similar 17 laptop

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[Bug 1236965] Re: pulseaudio does not recognize internal speakers [P180HMx, Realtek ALC892, Speaker, Internal] volume slider problem

are you using latest alsa driver since you cannot playback 4 or 6
channles ?


using hda-emu , max channels is already 6 but channel still 0 for audio output 
0x3 and 0x4
headphone , line out and all speakers get the front only


 PCM 0 p 48000 6 16
Open PCM ALC892 Analog for play
Available PCM parameters:
  channels: 2/6
  formats: S16_LE S32_LE
  rates: 44100 48000 96000 192000
Prepare PCM, rate=48000, channels=6, format=16 bits
PCM format_val = 0x15
hda_codec_cleanup_stream: NID=0x6
hda_codec_setup_stream: NID=0x5, stream=0x1, channel=0, format=0x15
send: NID=0x5, VERB=0xf06(get_channel_streamid), PARM=0x0
receive: 0x0
send: NID=0x5, VERB=0x706(set_channel_streamid), PARM=0x10
send: NID=0x5, VERB=0xa00(get_stream_format), PARM=0x0
receive: 0x0
send: NID=0x5, VERB=0x200(set_stream_format), PARM=0x15
hda_codec_setup_stream: NID=0x25, stream=0x1, channel=0, format=0x15
send: NID=0x25, VERB=0xf06(get_channel_streamid), PARM=0x0
receive: 0x0
send: NID=0x25, VERB=0x706(set_channel_streamid), PARM=0x10
send: NID=0x25, VERB=0xa00(get_stream_format), PARM=0x0
receive: 0x0
send: NID=0x25, VERB=0x200(set_stream_format), PARM=0x15
hda_codec_setup_stream: NID=0x2, stream=0x1, channel=0, format=0x15
send: NID=0x2, VERB=0xf06(get_channel_streamid), PARM=0x0
receive: 0x0
send: NID=0x2, VERB=0x706(set_channel_streamid), PARM=0x10
send: NID=0x2, VERB=0xa00(get_stream_format), PARM=0x0
receive: 0x0
send: NID=0x2, VERB=0x200(set_stream_format), PARM=0x15
hda_codec_setup_stream: NID=0x4, stream=0x1, channel=0, format=0x15
send: NID=0x4, VERB=0xf06(get_channel_streamid), PARM=0x0
receive: 0x0
send: NID=0x4, VERB=0x706(set_channel_streamid), PARM=0x10
send: NID=0x4, VERB=0xa00(get_stream_format), PARM=0x0
receive: 0x0
send: NID=0x4, VERB=0x200(set_stream_format), PARM=0x15
hda_codec_setup_stream: NID=0x3, stream=0x1, channel=0, format=0x15
send: NID=0x3, VERB=0xf06(get_channel_streamid), PARM=0x0
receive: 0x0
send: NID=0x3, VERB=0x706(set_channel_streamid), PARM=0x10
send: NID=0x3, VERB=0xa00(get_stream_format), PARM=0x0
receive: 0x0
send: NID=0x3, VERB=0x200(set_stream_format), PARM=0x15
PCM Clean up
hda_codec_cleanup_stream: NID=0x5
hda_codec_cleanup_stream: NID=0x25
hda_codec_cleanup_stream: NID=0x2
hda_codec_cleanup_stream: NID=0x4
hda_codec_cleanup_stream: NID=0x3
Close PCM

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[Bug 1236965] Re: pulseaudio does not recognize internal speakers [P180HMx, Realtek ALC892, Speaker, Internal] volume slider problem

to achieve

Plug the front speaker cables into the Headphone-Out Jack.

assign HP pin as first pin in multi_outs and get 0x2 as dac which share
with speaker 0x14

assign two mio pins and share dac 0x03 and 0x04 with speaker 0x15 and
0x16

assign line out pin for side channel


either 

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound.git/commit/sound/pci/hda?id=f811c3cf8fae63ecc8a937ba7376490e2565f8f1

-   spec-gen.add_out_jack_modes = 1;
+   spec-gen.add_jack_modes = 1;

create the headphone Jack mode to switch HP pin as HP or line out
 

or

use a switch to change HP to use 0x25 for headphone playback volume and
use 0x02 front volume for extvernal speaker


multi_outs = 1b/0/0/17 : 2/3/4/5 
   out_path: depth=3 :02:0c:1b
   out path: depth=3 :05:0f:17
 multi_ios(2) = 1a/18 : 2/3
   mio path: depth=3 :03:0d:1a
   mio path: depth=3 :04:0e:18

 hp_outs = 1b/0/0/0 : 25/0/0/0
   hp path: depth=3 :25:26:1b

spk_outs = 14/16/15/0 : 2/4/3/0
   spk path: depth=3 :02:0c:14
   spk path: depth=3 :04:0e:16
   spk path: depth=3 :03:0d:15

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[Bug 1236965] Re: pulseaudio does not recognize internal speakers [P180HMx, Realtek ALC892, Speaker, Internal] volume slider problem

Please see attached textfile.  Some of it is likely redundant with the
auto-uploads collected by ubuntu-bug aka appport.  I've tried to put the
stuff I think is likely to be relevant at the top.

** Attachment added: additional info about my audio system, and my 
difficulties
   
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1236965/+attachment/3867260/+files/bug_pulseaudio_1236965.txt

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[Bug 1236965] Re: pulseaudio does not recognize internal speakers [P180HMx, Realtek ALC892, Speaker, Internal] volume slider problem

post the output of alsa-info.sh


https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Audio/AlsaInfo


do you laptop have 5.1 internal speaker and support 7.1 external speaker 
(analog) ?

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[Bug 1236965] Re: pulseaudio does not recognize internal speakers [P180HMx, Realtek ALC892, Speaker, Internal] volume slider problem

Hi Raymond, sorry about that, I thought I had posted it in the other
thread.  Please see attached.

The laptop has 5.1 physical speakers onboard, which I have test

and

there is some kind of unusual 7.1 output facility (I have never tried
it) which involves using a large number of the output-jacks in some
unholy combination  :-)There are four 3.5mm jacks for
hdfon/mic/spdif/LineOut on the righthand side of the laptop

and

there is some audio-processing-chipset on the MXM-physical-format
videocard, used for hdmi-related audio-out (there is an hdmi-out jack on
the lefthand side of the laptop).  I have also never tested this.

** Attachment added: alsa-info from prior to workaround-script execution
   
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[Bug 1236965] Re: pulseaudio does not recognize internal speakers [P180HMx, Realtek ALC892, Speaker, Internal] volume slider problem

autoconfig: line_outs=1 (0x17/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0) type:line
   speaker_outs=3 (0x14/0x16/0x15/0x0/0x0)
   hp_outs=1 (0x1b/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
   mono: mono_out=0x0
   dig-out=0x1e/0x0
   inputs:
 Internal Mic=0x12
 Mic=0x18
 Line=0x1a


== Best config: lo_type=0, wired=1, mio=0
multi_outs = 17/0/0/0 : 5/0/0/0 (type LO)
  out path: depth=3 :05:0f:17
hp_outs = 1b/0/0/0 : 25/0/0/0
  hp  path: depth=3 :25:26:1b
spk_outs = 14/16/15/0 : 2/4/3/0
  spk path: depth=3 :02:0c:14
  spk path: depth=3 :04:0e:16
  spk path: depth=3 :03:0d:15


seem best config is not the above if it support external 7.1 

multi_outs should contain hp , line in , mic and line out to support 7.1
by retasking mic and line in as output


 Pin Default 0x01211480: [Jack] HP Out at Ext Rear
Conn = 1/8, Color = Black
DefAssociation = 0x8, Sequence = 0x0


 Pin Default 0x0181146f: [Jack] Line In at Ext Rear
Conn = 1/8, Color = Black
DefAssociation = 0x6, Sequence = 0xf

 Pin Default 0x01a11c60: [Jack] Mic at Ext Rear
Conn = 1/8, Color = Black
DefAssociation = 0x6, Sequence = 0x0

Pin Default 0x01011414: [Jack] Line Out at Ext Rear
Conn = 1/8, Color = Black
DefAssociation = 0x1, Sequence = 0x4

does the user manual indicate the channel map for those jacks since they
don't have same defassociation and accsending sequence  ?


when hp and line out at same location , there is no point to mute the line out 
when headphone is plugged 


Simple mixer control 'Auto-Mute Mode',0
  Capabilities: enum
  Items: 'Disabled' 'Speaker Only' 'Line Out+Speaker'
  Item0: 'Line Out+Speaker'

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[Bug 1236965] Re: pulseaudio does not recognize internal speakers [P180HMx, Realtek ALC892, Speaker, Internal] volume slider problem

why do your test with 9 channels ?

you should test only 2 , 4 , 6 or 8 channels

speaker-test -c2 -t wav -Dhw:0,0

speaker-test -c4 -t wav -Dhw:0,0

speaker-test -c6 -t wav -Dhw:0,0

seem the driver did not create channel mode switch  to retask the jack
for external 7.1

speaker-test -c8 -t wav -Dhw:0,0


I guess the config is similar to targa-8ch-dig (notebook with 4 jacks)

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound.git/commit/?id=eb844d51a0ce9fad316da803f1bbe53d323b

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[Bug 1236965] Re: pulseaudio does not recognize internal speakers [P180HMx, Realtek ALC892, Speaker, Internal] volume slider problem

a dirty work-around may be to use hda-jack-retask to remove the line out
jack and force the driver to put three speakers in multi_outs ,

when only one line out is in multi_outs, speakers were created as extra
out which get the front channel

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[Bug 1236965] Re: pulseaudio does not recognize internal speakers [P180HMx, Realtek ALC892, Speaker, Internal] volume slider problem

I was using 9 channels, in the posted test-run, because I was getting
weird errors and out-of-orderings (so I'd been trying random numbering
to see what I could get to work).  Here is what happens when I run with
8ch instead of 9ch right now:

j@j-P180HMx:/usr/share/sounds/speech-dispatcher$ speaker-test -c 8 -l 1 
-Ddefault
speaker-test 1.0.25
Playback device is default
Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 8 channels
Using 16 octaves of pink noise
Rate set to 48000Hz (requested 48000Hz)
Buffer size range from 24 to 262144
Period size range from 8 to 87382
Using max buffer size 262144
Periods = 4
was set period_size = 65536
was set buffer_size = 262144
 0 - Front Left[loud]
 4 - Center   [loud]
 1 - Front Right[loud]
 7 - Side Right[quiet_but_audible]
 3 - Rear Right[quiet_but_audible]
 2 - Rear Left[quiet_but_audible]
 6 - Side Left[quiet_but_audible]
 5 - LFE  [silent] 
Time per period = 25.117010

So, similar to what happens when I test 9ch, but with the numbering a
bit odd.  Is it supposed to be out-of-order like that?

Here is what happens when I run the commands you specified -- note that
specifying another device-name *can* work.

$ speaker-test -c2 -t wav -Dhw:0,0
speaker-test 1.0.25
Playback device is hw:0,0
Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 2 channels
WAV file(s)
Rate set to 48000Hz (requested 48000Hz)
Buffer size range from 64 to 16384
Period size range from 32 to 8192
Using max buffer size 16384
Periods = 4
was set period_size = 4096
was set buffer_size = 16384
 0 - Front Left 
[works]
 1 - Front Right   
[works]
Time per period = 2.731724
^C

$ speaker-test -c4 -t wav -Dhw:0,0
speaker-test 1.0.25
Playback device is hw:0,0
Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 4 channels
WAV file(s)
Channels count (4) not available for playbacks: Invalid argument
Setting of hwparams failed: Invalid argument

j@j-P180HMx:~$ speaker-test -c6 -t wav -Dhw:0,0
speaker-test 1.0.25
Playback device is hw:0,0
Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 6 channels
WAV file(s)
Channels count (6) not available for playbacks: Invalid argument
Setting of hwparams failed: Invalid argument

j@j-P180HMx:~$ speaker-test -c8 -t wav -Dhw:0,0
speaker-test 1.0.25
Playback device is hw:0,0
Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 8 channels
WAV file(s)
Channels count (8) not available for playbacks: Invalid argument
Setting of hwparams failed: Invalid argument

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[Bug 1236965] Re: pulseaudio does not recognize internal speakers [P180HMx, Realtek ALC892, Speaker, Internal] volume slider problem

Re:  maybe like the targa-8ch?  I am not sure on that, it seems to have
2 speakers plus subwoofer on some laptops (e.g. MSI 660R laptop), and
uses ALC882 chipset.  However, I *did* notice in the patch you mentioned
that there have been quirks for Clevo ALC882 units in the past -- maybe
those can help?

My model has the ALC892 codec-chipset.  Here is the service manual with
schematics, made available by one of the Clevo reseller folks in the
USA, which may have the details you need.  My unit was from Malibal,
another retailer, but is substantially identical.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/sager-clevo-reviews-owners-
lounges/611401-official-sager-np8180-clevo-p180hm-owners-
lounge-53.html#post8239603

PDF is about 5mb.  On page eleven of the pdf-file (aka printed page ix
roman numerals) you will see the table of contents.  HTH.

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[Bug 1236965] Re: pulseaudio does not recognize internal speakers [P180HMx, Realtek ALC892, Speaker, Internal] volume slider problem

seem retask line out is not sufficicent, must also use hint to disable

multi_io = false

autoconfig: line_outs=3 (0x14/0x16/0x15/0x0/0x0) type:speaker
   speaker_outs=0 (0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
   hp_outs=1 (0x1b/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
   mono: mono_out=0x0
   dig-out=0x1e/0x0
   inputs:
 Internal Mic=0x12
 Mic=0x18
 Line=0x1a


== Best config: lo_type=1, wired=1, mio=1
multi_outs = 14/16/15/0 : 2/4/3/0 (type SP)
  out path: depth=3 :02:0c:14
  out path: depth=3 :04:0e:16
  out path: depth=3 :03:0d:15
hp_outs = 1b/0/0/0 : 5/0/0/0
  hp  path: depth=3 :05:0f:1b

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