[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#460410: Bug#460410: alsa-base: snd_hda_intel for SigmaTel STAC9205 kills beeper speaker on dell laptop

[Tim Connors]

On Sat, 12 Jan 2008, Elimar Riesebieter wrote:

> On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 the mental interface of
> Tim Connors told:
>
> > Package: alsa-base Version: 1.0.15-3 Severity: normal
> [...]
> > But as soon as I do something involving the sound card or mixer --
> > play a sound, reduce the volume, etc, the pc speaker immediately
> > goes away.  Obviously snd_hda_intel is turning off some mixer
> > hardware somewhere once it receives a demand.
> >
> >
> > Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
> >   Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
> >   Playback channels: Mono
> >   Mono: Playback [off]
> [...]
> > Simple mixer control 'Analog Loopback',0
> >   Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
> >   Playback channels: Mono
> >   Mono: Playback [off]
>
> What happens if you unmute these both?
>

No change.  If all of the captures and mux settings are up, then
the analogue switch leads to a lot of noise (but not feedback).

-- 
TimC
Probably best see a real doctor and not take too much diagnostic advice
from a bunch of sysadmins who consider the body a meat computer that
needs debugging.   -- Anthony de Boer on possible nerve damage in ASR