<div dir="ltr"> <div class="gmail_extra"> <div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div> > > > > Running an older ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS 32 bit build because a > > > > specially patched rtai kernel is mandatory for one app. However, > > > > I am booted to a 32bit 3.12.6 build ATM. > > > > > > > > The Audigy2 Value (SBO-400) card, and my amps/3way speaker all > > > > went south for the winter in a space of about 3 weeks, so I > > > > bought another amplified 3way kit and switched the audio back to > > > > the intel HDA facilities on this motherboard. > > > > > > > > Is there anyplace where I might find another 20 db of gain? Its > > > > so quiet, even a youtube video would never get me accused of > > > > disturbing the peace. > > > > > > Please post the output of alsa-info.sh > > > > Seem you have set up to use AC97 front audio panel in BIOS setup </div>Humm, no such beast as an FP audio breakout here. </blockquote><div> </div><div>no jack detection when Misc = NO_PRESENCE </div><div> Node 0x11 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x40018d: Stereo Amp-Out Control: name="Headphone Playback Switch", index=0, device=0 ControlAmp: chs=3, dir=Out, idx=0, ofs=0 Control: name="Front Headphone Phantom Jack", index=0, device=0 Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1 Amp-Out vals: [0x00 0x00] Pincap 0x0000373f: IN OUT HP Detect Trigger ImpSense Vref caps: HIZ 50 GRD 80 100 Pin Default 0x02214130: [Jack] HP Out at Ext Front Conn = 1/8, Color = Green DefAssociation = 0x3, Sequence = 0x0 Misc = NO_PRESENCE Pin-ctls: 0xc0: OUT HP VREF_HIZ Unsolicited: tag=00, enabled=0 Connection: 1 0x22 </div><div>how accurate are the Impedance sense of jack detection of the rear panel ? <a href="https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66621#c41">https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66621#c41</a> </div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> <div> > Post the output of > > pactl list </div> Sink #0 State: RUNNING Name: alsa_output.pci-0000_00_06.1.analog-stereo Description: Internal Audio Analog Stereo Driver: module-alsa-card.c Sample Specification: s16le 2ch 44100Hz Channel Map: front-left,front-right Owner Module: 4 Mute: no Volume: 0: 100% 1: 100% 0: 0.00 dB 1: 0.00 dB balance 0.00 Base Volume: 100% 0.00 dB Monitor Source: alsa_output.pci-0000_00_06.1.analog-stereo.monitor Latency: 122184 usec, configured 200000 usec Flags: HARDWARE HW_MUTE_CTRL HW_VOLUME_CTRL DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY Properties: alsa.resolution_bits = "16" device.api = "alsa" device.class = "sound" alsa.class = "generic" alsa.subclass = "generic-mix" <a href="http://alsa.name" target="_blank">alsa.name</a> = "AD1988B Analog" <a href="http://alsa.id" target="_blank">alsa.id</a> = "AD1988B Analog" alsa.subdevice = "0" alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0" alsa.device = "0" alsa.card = "0" alsa.card_name = "HDA NVidia" alsa.long_card_name = "HDA NVidia at 0xfe020000 irq 20" alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel" device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:06.1" sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:06.1/sound/card0" device.bus = "pci" <a href="http://device.vendor.id" target="_blank">device.vendor.id</a> = "10de" <a href="http://device.vendor.name" target="_blank">device.vendor.name</a> = "nVidia Corporation" <a href="http://device.product.id" target="_blank">device.product.id</a> = "0371" <a href="http://device.product.name" target="_blank">device.product.name</a> = "MCP55 High Definition Audio" device.form_factor = "internal" device.string = "front:0" device.buffering.buffer_size = "65536" device.buffering.fragment_size = "32768" device.access_mode = "mmap+timer" <a href="http://device.profile.name" target="_blank">device.profile.name</a> = "analog-stereo" device.profile.description = "Analog Stereo" device.description = "Internal Audio Analog Stereo" alsa.mixer_name = "Analog Devices AD1988B" alsa.components = "HDA:11d4198b,104381f6,00100400" module-udev-detect.discovered = "1" device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci" Ports: analog-output: Analog Output (priority. 9900) analog-output-headphones: Analog Headphones (priority. 9000) Active Port: analog-output Sink #1 State: RUNNING Name: alsa_output.pci-0000_03_00.1.hdmi-stereo Description: High Definition Audio Controller Digital Stereo (HDMI) Driver: module-alsa-card.c Sample Specification: s16le 2ch 44100Hz Channel Map: front-left,front-right Owner Module: 5 Mute: no Volume: 0: 100% 1: 100% 0: 0.00 dB 1: 0.00 dB balance 0.00 Base Volume: 100% 0.00 dB Monitor Source: alsa_output.pci-0000_03_00.1.hdmi-stereo.monitor Latency: 122243 usec, configured 200000 usec Flags: HARDWARE DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY Properties: alsa.resolution_bits = "16" device.api = "alsa" device.class = "sound" alsa.class = "generic" alsa.subclass = "generic-mix" <a href="http://alsa.name" target="_blank">alsa.name</a> = "HDMI 0" <a href="http://alsa.id" target="_blank">alsa.id</a> = "HDMI 0" alsa.subdevice = "0" alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0" alsa.device = "3" alsa.card = "1" alsa.card_name = "HDA NVidia" alsa.long_card_name = "HDA NVidia at 0xf9ffc000 irq 16" alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel" device.bus_path = "pci-0000:03:00.1" sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0f.0/0000:03:00.1/sound/card1" device.bus = "pci" <a href="http://device.vendor.id" target="_blank">device.vendor.id</a> = "10de" <a href="http://device.vendor.name" target="_blank">device.vendor.name</a> = "nVidia Corporation" <a href="http://device.product.id" target="_blank">device.product.id</a> = "0be3" <a href="http://device.product.name" target="_blank">device.product.name</a> = "High Definition Audio Controller" device.string = "hdmi:1" device.buffering.buffer_size = "65536" device.buffering.fragment_size = "32768" device.access_mode = "mmap+timer" <a href="http://device.profile.name" target="_blank">device.profile.name</a> = "hdmi-stereo" device.profile.description = "Digital Stereo (HDMI)" device.description = "High Definition Audio Controller Digital Stereo (HDMI)" alsa.mixer_name = "Nvidia GPU 0b HDMI/DP" alsa.components = "HDA:10de000b,10de0101,00100200" module-udev-detect.discovered = "1" device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci" Sink #2 State: IDLE Name: combined Description: Simultaneous output to Internal Audio Analog Stereo, High Definition Audio Controller Digital Stereo (HDMI) Driver: module-combine.c Sample Specification: s16le 2ch 44100Hz Channel Map: front-left,front-right Owner Module: 10 Mute: no Volume: 0: 54% 1: 54% 0: -16.05 dB 1: -16.05 dB balance 0.00 Base Volume: 100% 0.00 dB Monitor Source: combined.monitor Latency: 164535 usec, configured 200000 usec Flags: DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY Properties: device.class = "filter" device.description = "Simultaneous output to Internal Audio Analog Stereo, High Definition Audio Controller Digital Stereo (HDMI)" device.icon_name = "audio-card" Owner Module: 10 Client: n/a Sink: 0 Sample Specification: s16le 2ch 44100Hz Channel Map: front-left,front-right Mute: no Volume: 0: 100% 1: 100% 0: 0.00 dB 1: 0.00 dB balance 0.00 Buffer Latency: 0 usec Sink Latency: 121689 usec Resample method: trivial Properties: <a href="http://media.name" target="_blank">media.name</a> = "Simultaneous output on Internal Audio Analog Stereo" media.role = "filter" <a href="http://module-stream-restore.id" target="_blank">module-stream-restore.id</a> = "sink-input-by-media- role:filter" Sink Input #1 Driver: module-combine.c Owner Module: 10 Client: n/a Sink: 1 Sample Specification: s16le 2ch 44100Hz Channel Map: front-left,front-right Mute: no Volume: 0: 100% 1: 100% 0: 0.00 dB 1: 0.00 dB balance 0.00 Buffer Latency: 0 usec Sink Latency: 121844 usec Resample method: trivial Properties: <a href="http://media.name" target="_blank">media.name</a> = "Simultaneous output on High Definition Audio Controller Digital Stereo (HDMI)" media.role = "filter" <a href="http://module-stream-restore.id" target="_blank">module-stream-restore.id</a> = "sink-input-by-media- role:filter" Card #0 Name: alsa_card.pci-0000_00_06.1 Driver: module-alsa-card.c Owner Module: 4 Properties: alsa.card = "0" alsa.card_name = "HDA NVidia" alsa.long_card_name = "HDA NVidia at 0xfe020000 irq 20" alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel" device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:06.1" sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:06.1/sound/card0" device.bus = "pci" <a href="http://device.vendor.id" target="_blank">device.vendor.id</a> = "10de" <a href="http://device.vendor.name" target="_blank">device.vendor.name</a> = "nVidia Corporation" <a href="http://device.product.id" target="_blank">device.product.id</a> = "0371" <a href="http://device.product.name" target="_blank">device.product.name</a> = "MCP55 High Definition Audio" device.form_factor = "internal" device.string = "0" device.description = "Internal Audio" module-udev-detect.discovered = "1" device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci" Profiles: output:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority. 6000) output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Duplex (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority. 6060) output:analog-surround-40: Analog Surround 4.0 Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority. 700) output:analog-surround-40+input:analog-stereo: Analog Surround 4.0 Output + Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority. 760) output:analog-surround-41: Analog Surround 4.1 Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority. 800) output:analog-surround-41+input:analog-stereo: Analog Surround 4.1 Output + Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority. 860) output:analog-surround-50: Analog Surround 5.0 Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority. 700) output:analog-surround-50+input:analog-stereo: Analog Surround 5.0 Output + Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority. 760) output:analog-surround-51: Analog Surround 5.1 Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority. 800) output:analog-surround-51+input:analog-stereo: Analog Surround 5.1 Output + Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority. 860) output:analog-surround-71: Analog Surround 7.1 Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority. 700) output:analog-surround-71+input:analog-stereo: Analog Surround 7.1 Output + Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority. 760) output:iec958-stereo: Digital Stereo Duplex (IEC958) (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority. 5500) output:iec958-stereo+input:analog-stereo: Digital Stereo (IEC958) Output + Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority. 5560) input:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 0, sources: 1, priority. 60) off: Off (sinks: 0, sources: 0, priority. 0) Active Profile: output:analog-stereo </blockquote><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div>it is strange that the state of two sinks are RUNNING (sink #0 and sink # 1) </div><div class="gmail_quote"> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> > > pulseaudio verbose log root@coyote:/home/gene/Downloads# pulseaudio verbose log E: main.c: Too many arguments. </blockquote><div> </div><div>pulseaudio -vvvv </div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> <div>> > Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0 > Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum > Playback channels: Mono > Mono: Playback [off] > Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Default PCM',0 Capabilities: pswitch > pswitch-joined penum Playback channels: Mono > Mono: Playback [on] > > Turn off IEC958 Default PCM If you are not using iec958 > > Analog output node 0x03 support rates [0x7ff]: 8000 11025 16000 22050 > 32000 44100 48000 88200 96000 176400 192000 > > but only support rates [0x7e0]: 44100 48000 88200 96000 176400 192000 > when share with digial output node 0x02 </div></blockquote><div> </div><div>alsamixer -c1 <div> </div>Did you test with 16 bit or 24 bit audio ? </div><div> </div>analog output can support 8000, 11025, 16000, 22050 and 32000 when you turn off "IEC958 Default PCM" </div><div class="gmail_quote"> <div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> <div> > > pcm playback volume (softvol plugin also support gain) in hda-Intel.conf </div>And where do I hack on the above stuffs? </blockquote><div> <a href="http://git.alsa-project.org/?p=alsa-lib.git;a=blob_plain;f=src/conf/cards/HDA-Intel.conf;hb=HEAD" target="_blank">http://git.alsa-project.org/?p=alsa-lib.git;a=blob_plain;f=src/conf/cards/HDA-Intel.conf;hb=HEAD</a> </div><div>just change "PCM Playback Volume" similar to "Digital Capture Volume" which has both atten and gain </div><div>but it won't have any effect if you are not using front device </div><div> </div></div> </div></div>