Bug#398808: [Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#398808: Cannot record audio with ??SB Live ! 24 Bit?? and snd-ca0106 module

[Elimar Riesebieter]

On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 the mental interface of
Andreas Glaeser told:

> Package: alsa-base
> Version: 1.0.13-1
> 
> Versions of dependencies of alsa-base:
> ii  linux-sound-ba 1.0.13-1
> ii  lsof           4.77.dfsg.1-3
> ii  module-init-to 3.2.2-3
> ii  modutils       2.4.27.0-6
> 
> Audio playback with ??SoundBlaster Live! 24 Bit??-HD audio soundcard and
> ??snd-ca0106?? module works fine in Etch. But it is still not possible to
> record anything. Although some improvements have been made already. In
> alsamixer there are several capture-channels visible: IEC958 i, IEC958
> o, AC97 in, SRC out , i2s in and i2s mixer. It is possible to choose one
> of the channels using the arrow-keys and space, but it is not possible
> to raise the volume of the selected capture-channel. One of the
> playback-channels is called Mic/Line. This can be used to toggle between
> ??Line in?? and ??Mic in??.
> ??Gnome Sound Recorder?? (GSR) shows the following sources to be selected
> from under ??Record from input??: IEC958 in, IEC958 out, AC97 in, SRC out,
> i2s in and i2s mixer out.
> The source-selection made in alsamixer overrides the selection from GSR.
> When there is another source selected in alsamixer while GSR is opened
> there are as a strange side effect all the available audio-sources under
> ??Record from input?? listed twice. When this is repeated, then all
> sources are visible three times, and so on.
> When I choose ??Open Volume Control?? from the ??File?? menu only ??CAPTURE
> feedback?? is shown there under ??Playback??; under ??Options?? there can
> once again be chosen between ??Line in?? and ??Mic in??.
> All the files created when trying to record something contain only
> silence.
> I was unsure whether to file this against ??alsa-driver??, but did not do
> so, because this is a non existent package.
> The Kernel version is 2.6.16-2-k7.

This package will be removed in future.

> 
> detch:/home/andreas# lsmod | grep snd
> snd_ca0106             26916  1
> snd_rawmidi            22496  1 snd_ca0106
> snd_seq_device          8332  1 snd_rawmidi
> snd_ac97_codec         82848  1 snd_ca0106
> snd_pcm_oss            44128  0
> snd_mixer_oss          15744  1 snd_pcm_oss
> snd_pcm                74504  3 snd_ca0106,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
> snd_timer              20420  1 snd_pcm
> snd                    46400  10
> snd_ca0106,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
> soundcore               8736  1 snd
> snd_ac97_bus            2112  1 snd_ac97_codec
> snd_page_alloc          9864  2 snd_ca0106,snd_pcm

Could you please test Version: 1.0.13-2 and perhaps yes a newer
kernel or better build drivers out of package alsa-source 1.0.13-2?

Sorry for the late response, but ..... ;)

Elimar


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