HDA hardware incorrectly identified

[Jon Smirl]

Binary package hint: pulseaudio

Ubuntu 9.04 beta is using pulseaudio 0.9.10

When it start I get this in the log:
Apr 2 08:53:51 terra pulseaudio[6570]: ltdl-bind-now.c: Failed to
find original dlopen loader.
Apr 2 08:53:51 terra pulseaudio[6572]: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_NICE,
(31, 31)) failed: Operation not permitted
Apr 2 08:53:51 terra pulseaudio[6572]: main.c:
setrlimit(RLIMIT_RTPRIO, (9, 9)) failed: Operation not permitted
Apr 2 08:53:51 terra pulseaudio[6572]: alsa-util.c: Device hw:0,0,0
doesn't support 6 channels, changed to 2.
Apr 2 08:53:51 terra pulseaudio[6572]: alsa-util.c: Device hw:0,0,1
doesn't support 6 channels, changed to 2.
Apr 2 08:53:51 terra pulseaudio[6572]: alsa-util.c: Device hw:0,0,2
doesn't support 6 channels, changed to 2.
Apr 2 08:53:52 terra pulseaudio[6572]: alsa-util.c: Device hw:1
doesn't support 44100 Hz, changed to 16000 Hz.
Apr 2 08:53:52 terra pulseaudio[6572]: alsa-util.c: Device hw:1
doesn't support 6 channels, changed to 1.

This is clearly wrong for my devices....

jonsmirl@terra:/proc/asound/card0/pcm1p/sub0$ cat hw_params
access: MMAP_INTERLEAVED
format: S16_LE
subformat: STD
channels: 2
rate: 44100 (44100/1)
period_size: 448
buffer_size: 4480

hw:0 is the six channel analog out
hw:1 is the S/PDIF

I believe this was working ok in Ubuntu 8.04 (at least there were no
messages in the log).

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: pulseaudio 0.9.10-2ubuntu9.3
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/sbin:/opt/OSELAS.Toolchain-1.1.1/powerpc-603e-linux-gnu/gcc-4.1.2-glibc-2.5-kernel-2.6.18/bin
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: pulseaudio
Uname: Linux 2.6.29-jds x86_64

[Jon Smirl (jonsmirl)]

This entry is messed up...

iec958:CARD=Q9000,DEV=0
   QuickCam Pro 9000, USB Audio
   IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output

The 16K, 1 channel that pulse is picking up is the mic from my USB
camera. The description appears to be wrong but the sound is coming
out the S/PDIF correctly.

iec958 should be on CARD=Intel, not CARD=Q9000.

Intel = HDA hardware
Q9000 = Quick Cam Pro with just a mic.

So how do I debug this?

jonsmirl@terra:/proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/sub0$ aplay -L
front:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
   HDA Intel, STAC92xx Analog
   Front speakers
surround40:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
   HDA Intel, STAC92xx Analog
   4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
   HDA Intel, STAC92xx Analog
   4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
   HDA Intel, STAC92xx Analog
   5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
   HDA Intel, STAC92xx Analog
   5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
   HDA Intel, STAC92xx Analog
   7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
hdmi:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
   HDA Intel
   HDMI Audio Output
null
   Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
front:CARD=Q9000,DEV=0
   QuickCam Pro 9000, USB Audio
   Front speakers
surround40:CARD=Q9000,DEV=0
   QuickCam Pro 9000, USB Audio
   4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=Q9000,DEV=0
   QuickCam Pro 9000, USB Audio
   4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=Q9000,DEV=0
   QuickCam Pro 9000, USB Audio
   5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=Q9000,DEV=0
   QuickCam Pro 9000, USB Audio
   5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=Q9000,DEV=0
   QuickCam Pro 9000, USB Audio
   7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
iec958:CARD=Q9000,DEV=0
   QuickCam Pro 9000, USB Audio
   IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output
jonsmirl@terra:/proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/sub0$
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[Jon Smirl (jonsmirl)]

Previous comment is incorrect, I was booted on 8.04. But pulse is still getting it wrong.

On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 9:54 AM, Jon Smirl <email address hidden> wrote:
> This may be alsa related:
>
> This entry is messed up...
>
> iec958:CARD=Q9000,DEV=0
> QuickCam Pro 9000, USB Audio
> IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output

I was booted on 8.04 when I ran that command. It is correct on 9.04. But pulse is still getting it wrong.
This is on 9.04.

jonsmirl@terra:~$ aplay -L
front:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, STAC92xx Analog
    Front speakers
surround40:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, STAC92xx Analog
    4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, STAC92xx Analog
    4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, STAC92xx Analog
    5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, STAC92xx Analog
    5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, STAC92xx Analog
    7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
iec958:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, STAC92xx Digital
    IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output
null
    Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
jonsmirl@terra:~$

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Apr 2 06:21:57 terra pulseaudio[6322]: alsa-util.c: Device hw:1 doesn't support 44100 Hz, changed to 16000 Hz.
Apr 2 06:21:57 terra pulseaudio[6322]: alsa-util.c: Device hw:1 doesn't support 2 channels, changed to 1.
Apr 2 06:21:57 terra pulseaudio[6322]: module-alsa-source.c: Your kernel driver is broken: it reports a volume range from 18.00 dB to 18.00 dB which makes no sense.
Apr 2 06:21:57 terra kernel: e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: RX/TX
Apr 2 10:22:09 terra pulseaudio[6322]: module-alsa-sink.c: Increasing minimal latency to 8.00 ms
Apr 2 10:22:10 terra pulseaudio[6322]: module-alsa-sink.c: Increasing minimal latency to 16.00 ms
Apr 2 10:22:10 terra pulseaudio[6322]: module-alsa-sink.c: Increasing wakeup watermark to 7.98 ms
Apr 2 10:22:11 terra pulseaudio[6322]: module-alsa-sink.c: Increasing wakeup watermark to 8.00 ms
Apr 2 10:22:12 terra pulseaudio[6322]: module-alsa-sink.c: Increasing minimal latency to 32.00 ms
Apr 2 10:22:12 terra pulseaudio[6322]: module-alsa-sink.c: Increasing wakeup watermark to 16.01 ms
Apr 2 10:22:26 terra kernel: process `skype' is using obsolete setsockopt SO_BSDCOMPAT
Apr 2 10:24:41 terra pulseaudio[6322]: module-alsa-sink.c: Increasing wakeup watermark to 22.00 ms
Apr 2 10:25:01 terra pulseaudio[6322]: module-alsa-sink.c: Increasing minimal latency to 64.00 ms
Apr 2 10:25:07 terra pulseaudio[6322]: module-alsa-sink.c: Increasing wakeup watermark to 43.99 ms

[Jon Smirl (jonsmirl)]

I believe I've found a fix for this. This is broken in pulse 9.14 used in 9.04 beta

In module_hal_detect.c...

    device = libhal_device_get_property_int(u->context, udi, "alsa.device", &error);
    if (dbus_error_is_set(&error) || (device != 0)) {
        goto fail;

The check for (device != 0) should not be there. My device is device #1.

[Jon Smirl (jonsmirl)]

Lennart does not like this fix. He has fixed it differently in current pulseaudio git.

[Daniel T Chen (crimsun)]

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On Thu, 2 Apr 2009, Jon Smirl wrote:

> Lennart does not like this fix. He has fixed it differently in current
> pulseaudio git.

Err, was it committed in the past five minutes? I certainly don't see it
in git HEAD. The fix I pulled is c3b0d841d19898cd268a65173b6c0ca5f88a64c7.

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[Jon Smirl (jonsmirl)]

I just managed to get pulse git head building. He has taken a completely different approach to fixing this. The code was already in git.

If you start the pavucontrol app there is a new tab for Configuration. Under that tab you can choose from a drop down...

analog in + sdif out
stereo out
...

This is a way better solution it reads the valid configs out of the HDA hardware and then lets you choose.

Any hope of getting a more recent pulse in? Not being able to easily get S/PDIF working with pulse on Ubuntu has been bugging me for three years.

[Daniel T Chen (crimsun)]

We're way past FeatureFreeze. I wish I could just ask for 0.9.15 to replace the existing 0.9.14, but our release managers may have a cakefest. In any event, Luke (themuso) does package 0.9.15 in his PPA.

[Jon Smirl (jonsmirl)]

That patch above is in the category of it makes my system work but it breaks other systems. So he has everyone turned off.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package pulseaudio - 1:0.9.14-0ubuntu17

---------------
pulseaudio (1:0.9.14-0ubuntu17) jaunty; urgency=low

  [ Daniel T Chen ]
  * debian/pulseaudio.init:
    - Actually create /var/run/pulse, and make handling of /restart
      more robust (LP #317921)
    - Add /status check for system-wide daemon instance
      (LP: #298299)
  * Backport from upstream git HEAD:
    - 0046_ignore_hal_no_such_cap.patch,
    - 0047_pick_up_all_cards.patch (LP: #353807),
    - 0048_fix_stuck_prebuf.patch (LP: #355825)

  [ Luke Yelavich ]
  * debian/control: Drop recommends from the pulseaudio-module-x11 package. if
    they were dropped previously, they were re-added somehow, so lets get rid
    of them once and for all.

 -- Luke Yelavich <email address hidden> Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:51:59 +1000