[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#375892: alsa-base: Problem recording sound with AD1885

Elimar Riesebieter riesebie at lxtec.de
Thu Jun 29 18:07:59 UTC 2006


On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 the mental interface of
Eeltje de Vries told:

> Package: alsa-base
> Version: 1.0.11-2
> Severity: normal
> 
> When using ALSA you can not choose an appropriate source to record a sound and
> you can not adjust the volume to record.
>  
> If you check the source CD you can not record any sound (I used Audacity
> to record). When using only alsamixergui you can not record anything.
> 
> When you also use kmix then you can also check "Capture". Then you can record
> sound, but the volume can not be adjusted with any slider of alsamixer or kmix.
> 
> Moreover, both CD and Capture are then checked (which shouldn't be possible).
> 
> When I do use kernel 2.6.12 and the OSS driver via82cxxx (and via82cxxx_audio)
> (and not ALSA) everything behaves as it should. In stead of "Capture" then I 
> have "IGain". This source can be checked for recording. When using ALSA the
> source "Capture" can not be checked in alsamixergui, although it can be checked
> in kmix.
> 
> I do not know where the problem is really located, but I suppose that ALSA is 
> cause of the problem.
> 
> It concerns the Analog Devices chip AD1885, the card is VIA 82C686A/B rev20.
[...]

> Versions of packages alsa-base recommends:
> pn  alsa-utils                    <none>     (no description available)

Please install alsa-utils and try again.

Elimar

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