F10: new kernel breaks audio (snd-hda-intel)

[Paulo Cavalcanti]

On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 1:57 AM, Endy <endy at digitalgrotto.net> wrote:

> stan wrote:
>
>> Alfredo Ferrari wrote:
>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I have a Dell D830, with F10 fully up-to-date. The kernel update of two
>>> days ago (2.6.27.9-159.fc10) has broken audio on this machine.
>>>
>>> If I reboot on the previous kernel, 2.6.27.7-134.fc10, audio works like a
>>> charm. With the new kernel everything works with no error message, however
>>> no sound is output, like the volume is muted or set to very low values.
>>> I have checked all volume sliders, both for pulseaudio and alsa and all
>>> of them are at maximum and unmuted. I am using the PAE kernel if that
>>> matters.
>>>
>>> The audio driver is snd-hda-intel, and the output of lspci -v reads:
>>>
>>> 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio
>>> Controller (rev 02)
>>>         Subsystem: Dell Device 01fe
>>>        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21
>>>        Memory at f6ffc000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
>>>        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
>>>        Capabilities: [60] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+
>>> Count=1/1 Enable-
>>>        Capabilities: [70] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI
>>> 00
>>>        Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel <?>
>>>        Capabilities: [130] Root Complex Link <?>
>>>        Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
>>>        Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
>>>
>>> Is anybody else having the same problem?
>>>
>>>                            Thanks
>>>                        Alfredo Ferrari
>>>
>>
>> I didn't have exactly that problem with the 159 kernel.  I was able to
>> play sound but it was slowed down by about 1/3 to 1/2.  I couldn't find a
>> reason, and wasn't sure it was the kernel, but when I, like you, reverted to
>> the 134 kernel sound began working just fine.  I don't use pulseaudio.
>>
>> The 159 kernel seemed to work fine other than that.
>>
>>  I can report another issue with the snd-hda-intel driver....I am using a
> Dell Vostro 1400 laptop and using the 159 kernel the lineout does not work.
>  If the speakers are plugged in, there is no sound whatsoever and I checked
> every possible mixer setting.  Unplugging the cable to the speakers,
> however, results in sound coming out of the laptop speakers after a
> noticeable pause.  Reverting back to the 134 kernel, these issues go away.
>
>
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I also have the Dell Vostro 1400. This is fixed in the latest tarball.

However, this laptop also has some other issues:

http://mailman.alsa-project.org/pipermail/alsa-devel/2008-December/013570.html


-- 
Paulo Roma Cavalcanti
LCG - UFRJ
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