2010/8/20 Rick Sewill <rsew...@gmail.com> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 08/19/2010 01:08 PM, Zoltan Hoppar wrote: > > Hi, > > > > This is an smaller problem around pulseaudio. I couldn't explain why is > > so, but I think this is an PA bug. Currently the playback works every > > way but, recording not. When I try to use Empathy jabber voice call > > option to my partner, then rings out with voice, but after pick up - for > > an shiny brief moment - the mic works, after that no more - and pops out > > an error that "couldn't link source" (maybe the thread makes itsef > > suicide, perhaps?). After that I have made an second try - I have > > attached an USB soundcard - what is widely usable on many linux (it uses > > Cystal Sound chipset). The result was disappointing - here the mic > > worked as should, but I heard no voice in my headphone, nor even at my > > speakers. > > Anybody could confirm this is an bug? Is there a known solution? > > > > PS: If needed, I'm ready to debug. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Zoltan > > > > -- > > PGP: 06853DF7 > > > > Usually, when I say things about Pulse Audio, others gently correct me. > > Sounds like you have two separate problems...without the USB sound card, > your microphone stops working. > > With the USB sound card, your speakers/headphones stop working. > > I think you need to debug each problem separately. > > Do you have pavucontrol installed? > rpm -q -i pavucontrol -- yum install pavucontrol >
Yes. The whole PA set. > > I'd check what pavucontrol tells you about the volume settings for your > input devices and output devices. Please make sure nothing is muted. > > Checked twice. Nothing is turned off. > When you add the USB sound card, I'd expect separate controls for the > second sound card. > > I only have one sound card...I'd expect Pulse Audio to supply a way to > select the sink (speaker/headphone) and the source (microphone) to use > when you have multiple sound cards. I'm not sure how to select the > source or sink when one has multiple sound cards. Hopefully, others > will answer. > > Before running empathy, does your microphone work when you do not have > the USB sound card? There is no sign, to there is some activity on monitors. For the stereo analog device monitoring - it's pulsing as should, but for mic - it's only seems for me nothing happens. > After running empathy, do you need to reboot to get > your microphone to work? No. > If you look at the pavucontrol settings for > the microphone before starting empathy and compare those settings after > you start empathy, what changes? > Nothing. I could control the volume up to 4x to the default, but nothing changes. If I call my partner through empathy, then, I could hear him, but I couldn't answer - he says he only hears from me garbage noice, or snatches. > > Before running empathy, your speaker/headphones work when you have a > second sound card? When the second usb card is inserted, and switching to the output, and input - strangely the situation flips. There is totally silence from speakers, but mic works. The problem gets harder, when I say that I have also an integrated mic next to the built-in cam, and there is no any control/adjust it/switch between the headphone mic and the built-in one. > After running empathy, do you need to reboot to have > your speaker/microphones work? Sometimes Empathy Voip part immediatelly brokes, when the call is received - or sent and picked up. Sometimes when I call - then doesn't get's broken, just works without my mic. But when gets broken, yes - I need to restart the whole machine, or kill the whole empathy - to release from freeze. > What pavucontrol settings change for > your speaker/headphones? > > I always look at http://www.pulseaudio.org/wiki/PerfectSetup when I have > problems with Pulse Audio...nothing jumps out at me that may help you. > I'm curious what does Empathy think it's using for sound? Is it Alsa or > what? > > It's alsa, with the control of PA - I think. I have installed earler alsa and oss compatibility, Jack, and ESD too - sometimes earlier this repaired the PA. But this time not. Also I know perfectSetup, I always begin here - when problems appearing around PA. > Is there anything in /var/log/messages from pulseaudio when you run > empathy? > > Some bug reports suggest doing "pulseaudio -vvv". Normally, pulseaudio > is running as a user startup application (or so I think). Can one do > "kill pulseaudio" > "pulseaudio -vvv > somefile.txt" > and see if there are any useful pulseaudio messages. > I have no idea what pulseaudio -vvv produces...it may be lots of output. > pulseaudio -vvv may have so many messages audio quality will be bad. > Here is the output from pulseaudio -vvv: ------------------------------------------------------------ [zol...@localhost ~]$ pulseaudio -vvv I: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_NICE, (31, 31)) meghiúsult: A művelet nem engedélyezett I: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_RTPRIO, (9, 9)) meghiúsult: A művelet nem engedélyezett D: core-rtclock.c: Timer slack is set to 50 us. D: core-util.c: RealtimeKit worked. I: core-util.c: Successfully gained nice level -11. I: main.c: PulseAudio 0.9.21 D: main.c: Összeépítő számítógép: i386-redhat-linux-gnu D: main.c: Összeépítési CFLAGS jelzők: -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m32 -march=i686 -mtune=atom -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -Wall -W -Wextra -pipe -Wno-long-long -Winline -Wvla -Wno-overlength-strings -Wunsafe-loop-optimizations -Wundef -Wformat=2 -Wlogical-op -Wsign-compare -Wformat-security -Wmissing-include-dirs -Wformat-nonliteral -Wold-style-definition -Wpointer-arith -Winit-self -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wfloat-equal -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -Wredundant-decls -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-noreturn -Wshadow -Wendif-labels -Wcast-align -Wstrict-aliasing=2 -Wwrite-strings -Wno-unused-parameter -ffast-math -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fno-common -fdiagnostics-show-option D: main.c: Kiszolgáló: Linux i686 2.6.33.6-147.2.4.fc13.i686 #1 SMP Fri Jul 23 17:27:40 UTC 2010 D: main.c: 2 CPU található a rendszerben. I: main.c: Oldalméret: 4096 bájt D: main.c: Összeépítés Valgrind támogatással: Nem D: main.c: Futás Valgrind üzemmódban: no D: main.c: Running in VM: no D: main.c: Optimalizált összeépítés: Igen D: main.c: Minden érvényesítés engedélyezve. I: main.c: Számítógép-azonosító: 87b15e3e2ba84de6c2bb975f00000010. I: main.c: Munkamenet-azonosító: 87b15e3e2ba84de6c2bb975f00000010-1282313019.361607-323207233. I: main.c: A futásidőben használt mappa: /home/zoltan/.pulse/87b15e3e2ba84de6c2bb975f00000010-runtime. I: main.c: Az állapottároló mappa: /home/zoltan/.pulse. I: main.c: A modulok mappája: /usr/lib/pulse-0.9.21/modules. I: main.c: Futás rendszer üzemmódban: no E: pid.c: Daemon already running. E: main.c: A „pa_pid_file_create()” calling failed: no --------------------------------------------EOF------------------------------------------------------------- > > My best guess, if the pavucontrols look correct after running empathy, > but the microphone or speakers/headphones stop working, I'd suspect > Pulse Audio or Alsa or both. If the volume controls are being changed, > I'd wonder what empathy is doing. > Nothing happens. Just the garbage noice gets louder on this side. Well - also I have given a chance also to an podcast recorder wich uses PA. It's called pulsecaster, but records only empty files, and very tiny noice.... > > I haven't tried empathy yet...I should. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAkxt59kACgkQyc8Kn0p/AZRxvQCeO2FsDl69Z74BgFSlbumycOzZ > y3sAn2MeH/H1jcY7nxt8Dn+uluaICbPH > =JgtC > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > -- > users mailing list > users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > I hope this info helps, but if the driver has failed around the chip then - it means - I couldn't do much. Thanks for help, Zoltan -- PGP: 06853DF7
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