[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#375892: alsa-base: Problem recording sound with AD1885

[Eeltje de Vries]

Package: alsa-base
Version: 1.0.11-2
Severity: normal

When using ALSA you can not choose an appropriate source to record a sound and
you can not adjust the volume to record.
 
If you check the source CD you can not record any sound (I used Audacity
to record). When using only alsamixergui you can not record anything.

When you also use kmix then you can also check "Capture". Then you can record
sound, but the volume can not be adjusted with any slider of alsamixer or kmix.

Moreover, both CD and Capture are then checked (which shouldn't be possible).

When I do use kernel 2.6.12 and the OSS driver via82cxxx (and via82cxxx_audio)
(and not ALSA) everything behaves as it should. In stead of "Capture" then I 
have "IGain". This source can be checked for recording. When using ALSA the
source "Capture" can not be checked in alsamixergui, although it can be checked
in kmix.

I do not know where the problem is really located, but I suppose that ALSA is 
cause of the problem.

It concerns the Analog Devices chip AD1885, the card is VIA 82C686A/B rev20.


-- Package-specific info:
--- Begin additional package status ---
Gewenst=(U)Onbekend/Installeren/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Niet/geInstalleerd/Config/Uitgepakt/(F)config-mislukt/Half-geinst
|/ Fout?=(geen)/Hold/Reinst nodig/X=beide (Status,Fout: hoofdlett=ernstig)
||/ Naam           Versie         Omschrijving
+++-==============-==============-============================================
ii  libasound2     1.0.11-3       ALSA library
--- End additional package status ---
--- Begin /proc/asound/version ---
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.10rc3 (Mon Nov 07 13:30:21 2005 UTC).
--- End /proc/asound/version ---
--- Begin /proc/asound/cards ---
0 [rev20          ]: VIA686A - VIA 82C686A/B rev20
                     VIA 82C686A/B rev20 with AD1885 at 0xdc00, irq 10
--- End /proc/asound/cards ---
--- Begin /dev/snd/ listing ---
totaal 0
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  0 2006-06-28 21:43 controlC0
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 24 2006-06-28 21:43 pcmC0D0c
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 16 2006-06-28 21:43 pcmC0D0p
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  1 2006-06-28 21:43 seq
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 33 2006-06-28 21:43 timer
--- End /dev/snd/ listing ---

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-k7
Locale: LANG=nl_NL at euro, LC_CTYPE=nl_NL at euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)

Versions of packages alsa-base depends on:
ii  linux-sound-base           1.0.11-2      base package for ALSA and OSS soun
ii  lsof                       4.77.dfsg.1-3 List open files
ii  module-init-tools          3.2.2-3       tools for managing Linux kernel mo
ii  modutils                   2.4.27.0-6    Linux module utilities

Versions of packages alsa-base recommends:
pn  alsa-utils                    <none>     (no description available)

Versions of packages libasound2 depends on:
ii  libc6                         2.3.6-15   GNU C Library: Shared libraries

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