[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#410163: alsa-base: Recording with Intel 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) needs additional module parameter

[Fabian Fagerholm]

Package: alsa-base
Version: 1.0.13-3
Severity: normal

The audio device described by lspci below needs the following in
/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base:

options snd-hda-intel model=ref

Otherwise sound recording through the microphone jack doesn't work.

This is the lspci entry:

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
		Subsystem: Fujitsu Limited. Unknown device 1326
		Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
		Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
		Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
		Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 169
		Region 0: Memory at b0000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
		Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
				Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=55mA PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+)
				Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
		Capabilities: [60] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-
				Address: 0000000000000000 Data: 0000
		Capabilities: [70] Express Unknown type IRQ 0
				Device: Supported: MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, ExtTag-
				Device: Latency L0s <64ns, L1 <1us
				Device: Errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported-
				Device: RlxdOrd- ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop+
				Device: MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 128 bytes
				Link: Supported Speed unknown, Width x0, ASPM unknown, Port 0
				Link: Latency L0s <64ns, L1 <1us
				Link: ASPM Disabled CommClk- ExtSynch-
				Link: Speed unknown, Width x0
		Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
		Capabilities: [130] Unknown (5)

The machine in question is a Fujitsu-Siemens P7120. The driver should
probably auto-detect the particular model of this chipset, but
apparently it doesn't. The above options line fixes the recording.

See also:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1357412#post1357412

-- Package-specific info:
--- Begin additional package status ---
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name           Version        Description
+++-==============-==============-============================================
ii  libasound2     1.0.13-1       ALSA library
--- End additional package status ---
--- Begin /proc/asound/version ---
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.12rc1 (Thu Jun 22 13:55:50 2006 UTC).
--- End /proc/asound/version ---
--- Begin /proc/asound/cards ---
 0 [Intel          ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
                      HDA Intel at 0xb0000000 irq 169
--- End /proc/asound/cards ---
--- Begin /dev/snd/ listing ---
total 0
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  0 2007-02-08 11:11 controlC0
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 24 2007-02-08 11:11 pcmC0D0c
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 16 2007-02-08 11:11 pcmC0D0p
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 25 2007-02-08 11:11 pcmC0D1c
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 30 2007-02-08 11:11 pcmC0D6c
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 22 2007-02-08 11:11 pcmC0D6p
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 33 2007-02-08 11:11 timer
--- End /dev/snd/ listing ---

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-3-686
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages alsa-base depends on:
ii  linux-sound-base           1.0.13-3      base package for ALSA and OSS soun
ii  lsof                       4.77.dfsg.1-3 List open files
ii  module-init-tools          3.3-pre3-1    tools for managing Linux kernel mo
ii  modutils                   2.4.27.0-6    Linux module utilities

Versions of packages alsa-base recommends:
ii  alsa-utils                    1.0.13-2   ALSA utilities

Versions of packages libasound2 depends on:
ii  libc6                       2.3.6.ds1-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries

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