"Creative Audigy 2 ZS Notebook" and the volume control of Ubuntu 9.10 - ALSA profile

[Mastermolch]

Binary package hint: gnome-media

edit: the description was not right

Hello,

i wondered why i m not able to get any sound from my microphone. I need to run the "alsamixer" console program the push up the level of the "Analog MIx" to get any line in or microphone input. Outherwise I wouldnt record any sound from my line in/mic. First I thought it is a problem with the new volume control, that these features are not implemented, but after some reading time i knew it should work. Users from the gnome channel from freenode told me to make a bugreport about the ALSA profile of my card. The "Analog Mix" in capture should be set to maximum level by default.
There is also a problem with the sound output if i try to use 5.1 sound. If I change "front/rear" or the "balance" to one end of the control, I get a hard whistling noise. I think that shouldnt happen. The sound is completly stuttering if I set 4.1 output and with 5.1 a volume level under 25% dosnt work. I get no sound than.

I am using now the Ubuntu Karmic Koala RC with all updates.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Oct 28 00:05:32 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-volume-control
Package: gnome-media 2.28.1-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: gnome-media
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
XsessionErrors:
 (gnome-settings-daemon:1746): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (gnome-settings-daemon:1746): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1859): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
 (nautilus:1846): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed
 (gnome-panel:1845): Gtk-WARNING **: gtk_widget_size_allocate(): attempt to allocate widget with width -2 and height 24

[Mastermolch (molchx)]

A picture of the audio settings output window with the Andigy 2 enabled.

[Mastermolch (molchx)]

Please ignore my second comment with the audiosettings picture. I just didnt know where to choose the 5.1 sound output, but I found it unter "Hardware>Profile".

Here is a sound sample what happens when i use the "front/rear" control and so on. I recorded it with a microphone and Audacity. I played a track of free music on jamendo.

What i did:
balance right
balance left
front
rear
subwoofer maximum
subwoofer minimum