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sr #102951: Cannot get Aureal AU8810 soundcard to work

Submitter:  Srikanth Kurdukar <linchip>
Submitted:  Sun 28 Mar 2004 04:10:21 AM UTC
   
 
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Tue 25 Oct 2005 07:33:16 AM UTC, comment #50: 

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?postid=843999

You are using VIA chipsets, have you try PCI latency fix ?

http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/*checkout*/alsa/alsa-kernel/Documentation/ALSA-Configuration.txt?rev=1.92


http://www.dayc.vispa.com/guides/vortex.htm

Anonymous
Wed 19 Oct 2005 03:00:49 AM UTC, comment #49: 

Q :  The suspend function does not work on my L8400B notebook under NT4 environment, why?
A : BIOS 0106 does not include the suspend function (S3,S4) because Aureal audio driver is unable to support it. Please note that CPU doze mode and Local standby (HDD, LCD standby mode) can still work.


ADVANCED FEATURES
Q : How to install audio && modem driver on Windows 2000?

A: This Win2K build (any latest win2K build for that matter) comes with an installed Aureal vortex WDM driver. For proper operation, you need to uninstall the existing WDM driver from the O/S and install the update.

Before installation, set the folder options to show all hidden folders. You can set it from file manager -> Folder option -> View-> enable "show all hidden folders".

1. Uninstall

   1. Uninstall the Multifunction adapters -> "Vortex Multifunction PCI Parent" You can uninstall the adapter from Win2000's Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> System -> Hardware -> Device Manager -> Multifunction adapter -> Vortex Multifunction PCI Parent.
   2. Delete the following files, please go to C:\winnt\inf directory
      "Wdma_aur.inf"
      "wdma_aur.pnf",
      "Adm_mult.inf",
      &quto;Adm_mult.pnf",
      &quto;Adm_port.inf",
      "Adm_port.pnf".
   3. Rename the 'driver.cab' file to be 'driver.cat' from c:\winnt\driver cache\i386 directory.
   4. Delete the 'Adm8810.sys' 'Admjoy.sys' two files from c:\winnt\system32\dllcache directory.
   5. Delete the 'Adm8810.sys' 'Admjoy.sys' two files from c:\winnt\system32\drivers directory.
   6. You will see the "Windows File Protection" message pop up. Please click [cancel] button and then [yes] button to remove the driver.
   7. Reboot.

2. Install

   1. After reboot the notebook, window 2000 will auto detect the Multifunciton adapter.
   2. Follow the installation.
   3. In the middle of the installation, it will ask the following files:

      "ksuser.dll", "ks*.dll", "portcls.sys", "*.drv", and "aurealgm.arl"

      Ksuser.dll -> c:\winnt\system32
      ks*.dll -> c:\winnt\system32\drivers
      *.drv -> c:\winnt\system32
      portcls.sys ->c:\winnt\system32\drivers
      Aurealgm.arl ->'the driver location'.
      Adm8810.sys ->'the driver location'
      Amdjoy.sys ->'the driver location'

   4. Finish the installation and Reboot.

Anonymous
Mon 17 Oct 2005 04:37:24 PM UTC, comment #48: 


> 00:0b.0 Class 0401: 12eb:0003 (rev 02)
> Subsystem: 12eb:0003
> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11
> Memory at e2800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
> I/O ports at b800 [size=8]
> I/O ports at b400 [size=8]
> Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2


Your au8810 is Vortex Advantage which do not has SPDIF, the black 4-pin socket is Analog CD-IN.

http://savannah.nongnu.org/patch/?func=detailitem&item_id=3948

It even work on AMD64, do your motherboard use VIA chipset ?

 Anonymous
Sun 19 Jun 2005 02:53:15 AM UTC, comment #47: 

Please try patch #4107 if you are using Kernel 2.6.x


Anonymous
Thu 20 Jan 2005 04:12:43 AM UTC, comment #46: 

EN_CODEC1 instead of ( EN_CODEC0 | EN_CODEC1) should only written to VORTEX_CODEC_EN only if au88x0 has a quad codec.

vortex_codec_init()
{
...

hwwrite(vortex->mmio, VORTEX_CODEC_EN,
hwread(vortex->mmio, VORTEX_CODEC_EN) | EN_CODEC);

...
}


http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/alsa/alsa-kernel/pci/au88x0/au8810.h?rev=1.3&view=markup

#define VORTEX_CODEC_CTRL 0x29184
#define VORTEX_CODEC_EN 0x29190
#define EN_CODEC0 0x00000300
#define EN_AC98 0x00000c00 /* Modem AC98 slots. */
#define EN_CODEC1 0x00003000
#define EN_CODEC (EN_CODEC0 | EN_CODEC1)
#define EN_SPORT 0x00030000
#define EN_SPDIF 0x000c0000

 Anonymous
Thu 13 Jan 2005 09:33:08 AM UTC, comment #45: 

For au8810, only SQ1500 has the SPDIF

The following is wrong !!!

The registry value "DigitalJackEnable" of Win9x driver skip the initialization of SPDIF if it is not SQ1500

#ifndef CHIP_AU8820
vortex_eq_init(vortex);
vortex_spdif_init(vortex, 48000, 1);
vortex_Vort3D(vortex, 1);
#endif


Anonymous
Thu 22 Jul 2004 05:24:55 PM UTC, comment #44: 

.<dev_name> (Dot Device)

.dev_name
 

Directs the VMM to send a Debug_Query message to the given virtual device. If the virtual device supports a debugging interface, it displays information about its operating state.

dev_name
Can be the name of any virtual device.

Because virtual devices are not required to support the Debug_Query message, many do not produce debugging output. If a virtual device does generate output, it is typically device specific and not normally useful in a typical debugging situation.

Examine the sample virtual devices to determine how to use the Trace_Out macro, and the In_Debug_Chr service to generate useful debugging information.

 Anonymous
Wed 21 Jul 2004 01:33:19 PM UTC, comment #43: 

It seem that au10core.vxd also contain menu to dump I/O access log

support #102992

 Anonymous
Tue 13 Jul 2004 03:33:35 PM UTC, comment #42: 

It look like "vortex: unknown irq source 4" is quite common to au8810

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?postid=1015555#post1015555

 Anonymous
Wed 23 Jun 2004 06:38:18 PM UTC, comment #41: 


#define VORTEX_CTRL 0x2a00c

#define     CTRL_MODEM_PORT  0x00003000  //  2e8,2f8,3e8,3f8

Anonymous
Thu 10 Jun 2004 08:52:34 AM UTC, comment #40: 



support #103015

It seem that the spdif setting at 44100 may be wrong, would any one who has SQ1500 confirm about this ?

 Anonymous
Thu 10 Jun 2004 05:49:28 AM UTC, comment #39: 


It is strange that D3hot+ on your au8810 when au88x0 do not has any power management code.

http://www.alsa-project.org/~iwai/writing-an-alsa-driver/c1458.htm

Set the power-state as D3hot by calling snd_power_change_state().

Anonymous
Tue 08 Jun 2004 06:35:50 AM UTC, comment #38: 



http://www.gamepc.com/labs/view_content.asp?id=pciscr2k&page=1

http://www.3dnews.ru/reviews/multimedia/aureal_vortex_8810/

http://www.ixbt.com/multimedia/advantage-board.html

 Anonymous
Tue 08 Jun 2004 05:26:58 AM UTC, comment #37: 

It seem that au8810 do not has 3D HW registers

NR_A3D 0x10

http://www.gamepc.com/labs/view_content.asp?id=pciscr2k

Are there any debugging routine in the driver to test the existence of those 3D HW registers ?

(writing data to 3D HW registers and read them back )

 Anonymous
Wed 02 Jun 2004 04:08:54 AM UTC, comment #36: 

MPU401 ACPI

http://www.mail-archive.com/alsa-devel@lists.sourceforge.net/msg11763.html

 Anonymous
Tue 01 Jun 2004 05:05:18 AM UTC, comment #35: 

To JimDog,

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?postid=913723#post913723

Your CD player output analog signal to headphone jack in front panel and through cable from CD player to CD IN (black socket) of AC97 mixer.

http://bbs.gzeasy.com/index.php?showtopic=56821

The linux software only perform play/pause/stop/fastforward function of CD player.

You need an audio cable if you want to listen CD music.

or

http://www.linuxgazette.com/node/view/1429

You can also use speaker-test in alsa-util-1.0.5 to test the speaker or aplay to play wav file.


Anonymous
Mon 31 May 2004 02:49:16 AM UTC, comment #34: 

au8810/au8830 have 256K memory mapped I/O and au8820 has 128K memory mapped I/O.

What are the usage of those 16 bytes I/O ports ?

Are these used as SB leagcy ports or Modem ports ?

Memory at e2800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
I/O ports at b800 [size=8]
I/O ports at b400 [size=8]

 Anonymous
Mon 31 May 2004 01:59:52 AM UTC, comment #33: 

There is a known bug (sound playing fast) for au88x0 in alsa-driver-1.0.4

You should update your kernel to 2.6.7-rc2 if you are using kernel 2.6.5 / 2.6.6

For those using alsa-driver-1.0.4 and kernel 2.4.x, you should upgrade to alsa-driver-1.0.5


Anonymous
Sun 30 May 2004 03:54:38 AM UTC, comment #32: 

To LC,

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?postid=843999#post843999

It look like you have also installed alsa oss emulation.

snd_pcm_oss 50052 0
snd_mixer_oss 17696 2 snd_pcm_oss


There is no need to install oss emulation unless you have an application which do not support alsa. Most applications such as xmms, mplayer, gxine have native alsa support. you just need to configure those multimedia applications to use alsa instead of oss.

au8810/au8830 has 10 bands hardware equalizer, you will need to use alsamixer to enable/bypass hardware EQ and change the gain of 10 controls of hardware EQ since those oss mixer cannot control the Vortex hardware EQ.

The Vortex hardware EQ is much better than the software EQ of xmms.

 Anonymous
Fri 28 May 2004 04:03:03 PM UTC, comment #31: 

If you take a look at ac97_codec.c

http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/*checkout*/alsa/alsa-kernel/pci/ac97/ac97_codec.c?rev=1.135

and ac97_patch.c

http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/*checkout*/alsa/alsa-kernel/pci/ac97/ac97_patch.c?rev=1.52

and page 25 , 26 of STAC9704

http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa/ftp/manuals/sigmatel/9704spec.PDF

static int snd_ac97_try_volume_mix(ac97_t * ac97, int reg)
{
unsigned short val, mask = 0x8000;

if (! snd_ac97_valid_reg(ac97, reg))
return 0;

switch (reg) {
case AC97_MASTER_TONE:
return ac97->caps & 0x04 ? 1 : 0;
case AC97_HEADPHONE:
return ac97->caps & 0x10 ? 1 : 0;

You will notice that the optional true line level out (ac97 register 04) may not appear in alsamixer. It depends on whether bit4 of reset (ac97 register 0) is on or off.

ac97_codec.c will create a headphone control for ac97 register 04 if it is on,

If bit4 is off, you will not able to unmute it by alsamixer since there is no patch for stac9704 in ac97_patch.c to create this LNLVL_OUT control

For those who still cannot get any sound from your au8810, please check which codec is used by your au8810 using "cat /proc/asound/au8810/codec97#0/ac97#0-0" and values of ac97 registers using "cat /proc/asound/au8810/codec97#0/ac97#0-0+regs"

 Anonymous
Fri 28 May 2004 07:46:43 AM UTC, comment #30: 

It seem that the adb routes table is not cleaned up after you use some alsa applications to play music. (e.g. XMMS)

They call snd_pcm_open() once at the start of the program.

They call snd_pcm_hw_params_alloca() and set up the hardware parameters such as channels,rate,format,period size,buffer size using snd_pcm_hw_params(), snd_pcm_sw_params() before they call snd_pcm_prepare() to play each song from play list.

However they never call snd_pcm_hw_free() and they just call snd_pcm_close() before they exit.


snd_vortex_pcm_hw_params() can free adb routes of previous song and allocate new adb routes when they play next song.

snd_vortex_pcm_hw_free() is never invoked since some alsa applications never call snd_pcm_hw_free()

This means some adb routes are not removed.

I think snd_vortex_pcm_close() should do error recovery for this issue before it close the substream when invoked by snd_pcm_close().

 Anonymous
Fri 28 May 2004 01:03:17 AM UTC, comment #29: 

You also need alsa-utils in addition to alsa-driver and alsa-lib

Some kernel 2.6.x distrubtion do not has alsa-utils. Use alsamixer instead of oss mixer to change volume.

All volume are muted by default at bootup, alsamixer allow you to change setting but it don't save setting.

You need to use alsactl to save mixer setting before shutdown and restore the setting after boot-up.


You must recompile the kernel 2.6.x after the patch

http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php?page=Using+alsactl+to+preserve+volume+state

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?s=&postid=957844#post957844

Anonymous
Thu 27 May 2004 03:50:02 AM UTC, comment #28: 

Another difference between alsa-driver and alsa-kernel

http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/alsa/alsa-driver/pci/au88x0/Attic/au88x0_game.c?r1=1.1&r2=1.2

http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/*checkout*/alsa/alsa-kernel/pci/au88x0/au88x0_game.c?rev=1.3

It seem that some of the fixes in alsa-driver are not applied in alsa-kernel.

http://www.mail-archive.com/alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net/msg09645.html

https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/bug_view_page.php?bug_id=0000248

 Anonymous
Wed 26 May 2004 01:51:43 AM UTC, comment #27: 

Another difference between alsa-driver and alsa-kernel

http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/*checkout*/alsa/alsa-driver/pci/au88x0/Attic/au88x0_pcm.c?rev=1.3

   case SNDRV_PCM_TRIGGER_STOP:
        // do something to stop the PCM engine
        printk(KERN_INFO "vortex: stop %d\n", dma)
if (VORTEX_PCM_TYPE(substream->pcm) != VORTEX_PCM_WT) {
            stream->fifo_enabled = 0;
            vortex_adbdma_stopfifo(chip, dma);
        }

http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/*checkout*/alsa/alsa-kernel/pci/au88x0/au88x0_pcm.c?rev=1.1

case SNDRV_PCM_TRIGGER_STOP:
// do something to stop the PCM engine
printk(KERN_INFO "vortex: stop %d\n", dma)
stream->fifo_enabled = 0;
if (VORTEX_PCM_TYPE(substream->pcm) != VORTEX_PCM_WT)
vortex_adbdma_pausefifo(chip, dma);
vortex_adbdma_stopfifo(chip, dma);

Anonymous
Tue 25 May 2004 04:56:39 PM UTC, comment #26: 

Althought ac97_codec.c has CONFIG_PM, but au88x0 driver do not support power managment. you will need to disable power management ACPI in your bios or kernel.

http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/openvortex-dev/2004-01/msg00007.html
https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/bug_view_page.php?bug_id=0000296

The common point of the three au8810 users ( -LC, Kovacs Krisztian and jontamask )

Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold-)
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

 Anonymous
Tue 25 May 2004 03:21:36 AM UTC, comment #25: 

There are "4 ch" and QUAD PCI SONND CARD" in the box of SQ1500

http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/akiba/hotline/991106/newitem.html#19

00:0b.0 Class 0401: 12eb:0003 (rev 02)
Subsystem: 12eb:0003
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11

The Subsystem Vendor ID is also 12eb (Aureal)

Is your sound card SQ1500 with quad AC97 Codec ?

Please post the result of "cat /proc/asound/au8810/codec97#0/ac97#0-0" to check your au8810 has a stereo or quad codec

( May be SQ1500 is the one and only one au8810 with quad )

 Anonymous
Tue 25 May 2004 01:43:44 AM UTC, comment #24: 

The SDAC Mixer Volume control is missing due to a recent patch of ac97_codec.c and ac97_patch.c

It looks like a bug in

snd_ac97_rename_vol_ctl(ac97, "Headphone Playback", "Sigmatel Surround Playback");

do not create SDAC mixer volume control ( ac97 register 04 )

http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/alsa/alsa-kernel/pci/ac97/ac97_codec.c?r1=1.132&r2=1.133


http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/alsa/alsa-kernel/pci/ac97/ac97_patch.c?r1=1.49&r2=1.50


The SDAC Mixer Volume control change the SDAC volume when PCM out path is Pre-3D.

The SDAC Master Volume control change the SDAC volume when PCM out path is Post-3D.

http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa/ftp/ manuals/sigmatel/9708spec.PDF

Anonymous
Mon 24 May 2004 08:23:13 AM UTC, comment #23: 


https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/bug_view_page.php?bug_id=0000296

00:0c.0 Multimedia audio controller: Aureal Semiconductor AU8810 Vortex Digital
Audio Processor (rev 03)
        Subsystem: Aureal Semiconductor AU8810 Vortex Digital Audio Processor
 
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold-)
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV5 [RIVA TNT2/TNT2 Pro] (rev 15) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
        Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc. AGP-V3800 SDRAM

        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11

It seem that au8810 and nVidia TNT2 share IRQ 11.

It strange that your au8810 have D2+,D3hot+ since au88x0 driver do not support power management ( I have not seen any code for power suspend/resume )?

Anonymous
Mon 24 May 2004 07:06:17 AM UTC, comment #22: 

It you cannot get sound only from XMMS,
this is because the XMMS use set_buffer_time_near() and set_period_time_near() which may not obtain a workable period size for certian combination of buffer time and period time ( au88x0 require the period size must be a power of 2).

XMMS cannot play mono sound mono U8 8000Hz/11025Hz wav file on my au8830.

* WARNING *: alsa_setup(): Set buffer time failed: Invalid argument.

You must re-compile xmms alsa plugin using the version of alsa-lib which match the version of alsa-driver.

Have you try other application such as aplay, mplayer, gxine alsaplayer ?

 Anonymous
Mon 17 May 2004 05:28:01 PM UTC, comment #21: 

There is one and only one au8810 have coaxial spdif ( SQ1500 ).

The other au8810 such as Advantage, V512, asus lp8400b do not have spdif

http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/*checkout*/alsa/alsa-kernel/pci/au88x0/au88x0_core.c?rev=1.4

#ifndef CHIP_AU8820
vortex_eq_init(vortex);
vortex_spdif_init(vortex, 48000, 1);
vortex_Vort3D(vortex, 1);
#endif

 Anonymous
Mon 17 May 2004 10:21:41 AM UTC, comment #20: 

You must recompile xmms using alsa-lib-1.0.4 CVS if you are using alsa-driver-1.0.4/alsa-kernel/pci/au88x0 CVS.


Anonymous
Mon 17 May 2004 05:28:03 AM UTC, comment #19: 

How do we know 24 is the correct number ?

173 = ( 0x282b4 - 0x28000 ) / 4

http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/*checkout*/alsa/alsa-driver/pci/au88x0/Attic/au8810.h?rev=1.1

#define VORTEX_ADB_RTBASE 0x28000
#define VORTEX_ADB_RTBASE_SIZE (VORTEX_ADB_CHNBASE - VORTEX_ADB_RTBASE)
#define VORTEX_ADB_CHNBASE 0x282b4
#define VORTEX_ADB_CHNBASE_SIZE (ADB_MASK - VORTEX_ADB_RTBASE_SIZE)
#define ROUTE_MASK 0xffff
#define SOURCE_MASK 0xff00
#define     ADB_MASK   0xff
#define ADB_SHIFT 0x8

http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/*checkout*/alsa/alsa-kernel/pci/au88x0/au8810.h?rev=1.3


#define VORTEX_ADB_RTBASE 0x28000
#define VORTEX_ADB_RTBASE_COUNT 173
#define VORTEX_ADB_CHNBASE 0x282b4
#define VORTEX_ADB_CHNBASE_COUNT 24
#define ROUTE_MASK 0xffff
#define SOURCE_MASK 0xff00
#define     ADB_MASK   0xff
#define ADB_SHIFT 0x8

 Anonymous
Fri 14 May 2004 05:37:19 PM UTC, comment #18: 

Did you get any sound when you use aplay to play any mono/stereo wav files ?

Did you use default in device setting in XMMS ?

What is the buffer time, period time and mmap mode in Advanced 
Setting (ALSA 1.2.10 output plugin) ?


http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/*checkout*/alsa/alsa-kernel/pci/au88x0/au88x0_core.c?rev=1.4

handled = 0;
// Attend every interrupt source.
if (unlikely(source & IRQ_ERR_MASK)) {
if (source & IRQ_FATAL) {
printk(KERN_ERR "vortex: IRQ fatal error\n");
}
if (source & IRQ_PARITY) {
printk(KERN_ERR "vortex: IRQ parity error\n");
}
if (source & IRQ_REG) {
printk(KERN_ERR "vortex: IRQ reg error\n");
}
if (source & IRQ_FIFO) {
printk(KERN_ERR "vortex: IRQ fifo error\n");
}
if (source & IRQ_DMA) {
printk(KERN_ERR "vortex: IRQ dma error\n");
}
handled = 1;
}

 Anonymous
Mon 26 Apr 2004 08:32:21 AM UTC, comment #17: 

Uncomment those printk statements in functions
snd_vortex_pcm_trigger();
snd_vortex_pcm_pointer();
inside au88x0_pcm.c to determine whether the PCM engine start/stop and data transfer properly using Scatter Gather buffer.

If you still cannot fix "vortex: IRQ reg error"

You will need to find out the difference between

(stable version) ALSA-driver 1.0.2

http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/alsa/alsa-driver/pci/au88x0/Attic/

and (unstable version) ALSA-kernel 1.0.4

http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/alsa/alsa-kernel/pci/au88x0/
 
--------------------------------------------------------

http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/*checkout*/alsa/alsa-driver/pci/au88x0/Attic/au88x0_core.c?rev=1.3

void vortex_fifo_init(vortex_t *vortex) {
.
.
.
    /* below is weird stuff... */
#ifndef CHIP_AU8820
    hwwrite(vortex->mmio, 0xf8c0, 0xd03); 0x0843 0xd6b
#else
hwwrite(vortex->mmio, 0x17000, 0x61);
hwwrite(vortex->mmio, 0x17004, 0x61);
hwwrite(vortex->mmio, 0x17008, 0x61);
#endif
}

http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/*checkout*/alsa/alsa-kernel/pci/au88x0/au88x0_core.c?rev=1.4

void vortex_fifo_init(vortex_t *vortex) {
.
.
.
#ifdef CHIP_AU8820
hwwrite(vortex->mmio, 0xf8c0, 0xd03); 0x0843 0xd6b
#else
#ifdef CHIP_AU8830
hwwrite(vortex->mmio, 0x17000, 0x61); /* wt a */
hwwrite(vortex->mmio, 0x17004, 0x61); /* wt b */
#endif
hwwrite(vortex->mmio, 0x17008, 0x61); /* adb */
#endif
}

 Anonymous
Sun 25 Apr 2004 06:30:03 PM UTC, comment #16: 

Try the latest patch

http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/openvortex-dev/2004-04/msg00002.html

or

Do the graphical equalizer (Spectrum Analyser) in vortexcontrol ( support #103017 ) display EQ Peaks from the hardware equalizer of AU8810/AU8830 ?


Anonymous
Tue 20 Apr 2004 02:01:16 AM UTC, comment #15: 

I am another individual who is experiencing this problem, and there's been a lot of discussion, but no real clear answer.  My XMMS and alsa-lib are current, using 2.6.5 release, and not getting any au8810 sound.  What's the status on this now?

 Anonymous
Wed 14 Apr 2004 07:49:07 AM UTC, comment #14: 

update xmms to 1.2.10 and recompile xmms

xmms-alsa plugin depends on alsa-lib

 Anonymous
Sun 11 Apr 2004 09:54:39 AM UTC, comment #13: 

Refer to mailing list, two users with asus l8400b notebook (AU8810 onboard) can use alsa driver but another user with au8810 sound card have irq problem.

http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/openvortex-dev/2004-01/msg00003.html

It seem that irq related to aureal modem.

http://usa.asus.com/download/notebook/nb-l8400b.htm

 Anonymous
Thu 08 Apr 2004 04:51:58 AM UTC, comment #12: 

It seem that vortex_Vort3D_connect() mess up the adb route table of au8810 and au8830.

Anonymous
Tue 06 Apr 2004 11:07:58 AM UTC, comment #11: 

You have to select default or hw:0,0 as audio device in xmms-alas output plugin.

The specturm analyser of xmms appear to be "working" but there will be no sound from speaker if you select wt hw:0.2 or a3d hw:0,3

 Anonymous
Sun 04 Apr 2004 12:18:39 PM UTC, comment #10: 

"amixer contents"

There will be no sound if you enable Hardware Equalizer and the scale of 10-bands Equalizers is set to zero in alsamixer or amixer.

You can disable Hardware Equalizer (Pass through) or set the scale of 10-bands Equalizer to middle.

Anonymous
Sun 04 Apr 2004 05:09:07 AM UTC, comment #9: 

Are you using ALSA or OSS as output plugin in xmms ?

ALSA OSS emulation seem to be disabled on Kernel 2.6

You need to use aplay (alsa-utils) to play .wav sound and arecord to record sound from mic.

 Anonymous
Sun 04 Apr 2004 04:54:20 AM UTC, comment #8: 

Do you au8810 sound card work properly in Windows ? ( This ensure your hardware is OK )

Is your card SQ1500 (coxial out) or Advantage ?

http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/akiba/hotline/991106/newitem.html
http://www.dearhoney.idv.tw/MUSEUM/soundcard-07.php

Do your au8810 has a quad codec ?
Please post the result of "cat /proc/asound/au8810/codec97#0/ac97#0-0" and "cat /proc/asound/au8810/codec97#0/ac97#0-0+regs".

I notice the alsa driver try to output the sound to both AC97 codec and SDPIF out at the same time for au8810 and au8830. ( Please check the volume of mixer in and mixer output value. )

Refer to the mailing list, Philipp can use the alsa-driver version of aureal driver on his asus notebook (onboard au8810) but also fail to use the alsa-kernel version of aureal driver (The alsa-kernel version has experimental support for wavetable)

http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/openvortex-dev/2004-03/msg00039.html

You will need to find out how to disable those routines related to wavetable and which part of the code causing  "vortex: IRQ reg error" by comparing the alsa-kernel version with alsa-driver version http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/alsa/alsa-driver/pci/au88x0/Attic/

or

You can try the alsa-driver-1.0.2 on Kernel 2.4

http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/openvortex-dev/2004-03/msg00028.html

 Anonymous
Sun 04 Apr 2004 01:30:34 AM UTC, comment #7: 

I applied the two patches you had mentioned & recompiled the kernel. Checked the mixer settings - mute & volume (un-muted & increased the volume), but I still don't hear the sound. I don't get any error messages when I play a sound file in XMMS, I even see the "sprectrum analyzer" work. Could this be a problem with the card itself (the connectors that I use to connect to the speaker). I cannot think of anything else. The only problem I see is the error message at system bootup - vortex: IRQ reg error.

If there isn't anything else for me to try I will go ahead and buy a new card.

--LC

 Anonymous
Sat 03 Apr 2004 04:57:39 AM UTC, comment #6: 

I will apply those two patches and see. Meanwhile, here is the output of "lcpci -vn" for Class 0401:

00:0b.0 Class 0401: 12eb:0003 (rev 02)
Subsystem: 12eb:0003
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11
Memory at e2800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
I/O ports at b800 [size=8]
I/O ports at b400 [size=8]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2

Thanks.
--LC

 Srikanth Kurdukar <linchip>
Sat 03 Apr 2004 04:16:42 AM UTC, comment #5: 

You have to increase the master volume and pcm volume after  you unmute the mixer in alsamixer.

You need to fix those bug described in the patch

http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/openvortex-dev/2004-03/msg00032.html

Please post the result of you Media Controller (Class 0401) using "lspci -vn".

You will also need VIA workaround patch if your motherboard is using VIA chipset ?

http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/openvortex-dev/2004-03/index.html

Anonymous
Fri 02 Apr 2004 04:08:17 PM UTC, comment #4: 

I downloaded the latest source, compiled and tried again (as per the comments below). I still can't hear the sound. The only difference from before was that the message "<3>bad adb fifo reset" is now gone. Here is what I see now:

Vortex: init.... <6>done.
vortex: revision = 0x2, device = 3
vortex: Erratum workaround enabled.
vortex: IRQ reg error

What other checks can I perform to see what the problem is? I can give you any other information if you need. Please help! Thanks.

--LC

 Srikanth Kurdukar <linchip>
Sun 28 Mar 2004 07:22:39 AM UTC, comment #3: 

http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/*checkout*/alsa/alsa-driver/pci/au88x0/Attic/au8810.h?content-type=text%2Fplain&rev=1.1

#define NR_ADB 0x10

 Anonymous
Sun 28 Mar 2004 07:17:10 AM UTC, comment #2: 

There are 16 "bad adb fifo reset" error messages when vortex_fifo_init() try to init 32 memory-mapped i/o ports.


In au8810.h

#define NR_OF_ADB 0x20

In au88x0_core.c

static void vortex_fifo_init(vortex_t * vortex)
{
int x;
unsigned long addr;

/* ADB DMA channels fifos. */
addr = VORTEX_FIFO_ADBCTRL + ((NR_ADB - 1) * 4);
for (x = NR_ADB - 1; x >= 0; x--) {
hwwrite(vortex->mmio, addr, (FIFO_U0 | FIFO_U1));
if (hwread(vortex->mmio, addr) != (FIFO_U0 | FIFO_U1))
printk(KERN_ERR "bad adb fifo reset!");
vortex_fifo_clearadbdata(vortex, x, FIFO_SIZE);
addr -= 4;
}

 Anonymous
Sun 28 Mar 2004 04:12:27 AM UTC, comment #1: 

Forgot to add this:

I am running 2.6.5-rc2 kernel on Slackware 9.1

 Srikanth Kurdukar <linchip>
Sun 28 Mar 2004 04:10:21 AM UTC, original submission:  

I hear no sound at all. I have followed all the instructions, made sure lsmod shows the snd-au8810 module loaded, un-muted the sound via mixer, but I still hear no sound at all. dmesg shows some errors, not sure if that is the problem:

Vortex: init.... <3>bad adb fifo reset!<3>bad adb fifo reset!<3>bad adb fifo reset!<3>bad adb fifo reset!<3>bad adb fifo reset!<3>bad adb fifo reset!<3>bad adb fifo reset!<3>bad adb fifo reset!<3>bad adb fifo reset!<3>bad adb fifo reset!<3>bad adb fifo reset!<3>bad adb fifo reset!<3>bad adb fifo reset!<3>bad adb fifo reset!<3>bad adb fifo reset!<3>bad adb fifo reset!<6>done.
vortex: revision = 0x2, device = 3
vortex: Erratum workaround enabled.
vortex: IRQ reg error

Please help! Thanks.

--LC

Srikanth Kurdukar <linchip>

 

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