[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#239575: #239575

[Eric Lavarde]

Hi,

libasound2     1.0.6-3

Actually, I found a workaround to my problem under:
http://www.mail-archive.com/gentoo-user@gentoo.org/msg39015.html

It reads:
> I upgraded to KDE 3.2 (also had an upgrade to alsa-driver .9.8) and afterward 
> had bad sound.  (I have a Creative PCI 128 card, or something like that, that 
> linux identifies as an Ensoniq 5880, for which alsa uses the ens1371 card 
> drivers, whatever)
> 
> If I turned up the volume (on the speaker) I got  a lot of hiss and static on 
> the left channel.  Even when I turned the volume in kmix all the way down       
> (should be just silence) I would get hiss, static and whatever was playing 
> (like a song on xmms) 
> 
> After trying a lot of complex things, the solution was pretty simple, click 
> the little Advanced box in kmix, and uncheck the button for IEC958.
> 

That's what I did and it solved also my problem, though I would be 
pretty happy to have some explanations on the why. I tried also with 
alsamixer and (M)ute on IEC958 works as well, and the setup did survive 
an "alsactl store/restore" cycle. So it looks good for me.

So, for me, the severity can be reduced. I do still think that the 
problem needs to be fixed (for new users), or at least documented.

Cheers, Eric

Thomas Hood wrote:
> What version of libasound2 are you using?
> 
> 

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