[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#469093: Bug#469093: alsa-source: Surround Option Gone After upgrade

[Elyk Samoht]

forwarded 469093 https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/view.php?id=3913
thanks

I haven't checked with the recently-released 1.0.21 yet (I tend to wait until the new alsa releases make it into debian before installing them), but with 1.0.20 this bug is still present. I filed a bug over at alsa-project.org (https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/view.php?id=3913) which I realize I neglected to mark in this bug report here. The response I received there was that Dell has set an option in the bios indicating that the line-in jack was only to be used for input, despite the actual capabilities of the hardware - and from their perspective the drivers are behaving correctly by not enabling that option. I was able to hack around the additional checks in 1.0.16, (my modifications are posted on the alsa-project.org bug report) but that workaround was broken by other changes in 1.0.17 that I haven't been able to find. My current workaround is to keep a copy of linux 2.6.24 installed, which contains the alsa code from around version 1.0.15, and use that when I want to achieve surround sound.

On Friday 04 September 2009 8:45:39 am Elimar Riesebieter wrote:
> * Kyle Kearney [080302 16:51 -0800]
> > Package: alsa-source
> > Version: 1.0.16-1
> > Severity: important
> > 
> > On receiving the update to alsa-source this morning, I recompiled the 
> > alsa drivers with module assistant. After a reboot, the surround volume 
> > control is gone from both kmix and gnome volume control, as is the "line 
> > in as output" option. Both were present by default with my previous 
> > installation of alsa-source 1.0.15-(1-4).
> > 
> 
> We're still at 1.0.20. Ist this bug still valid for you?
> 
> Elimar
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