Suse 10.1: need to use a mic integrated with the screen of Campaq v3018tu
Hi Friends,
I have just installed OpenSUSE 10.1 on a Compaq v3018tu laptop. Wow, this OS is cool except for these 2 problems. 1) If I want to use headphones, after plugging in a headphone cable in the headphone's port, sound comes to headphones but it keeps on coming from the laptop's integrated speakers. too which didn't use to happen using windows. 2) There's no way I can record my voice. I really need this as I use skype all the time. I have tried using both the Integrated mic (with the screen) and plugging in an external mic in the mic port with no luck. The motherboard is Intel 945 GM configuration and the sound card as shown in Yast2 82801G (ICH7 family) High Definition Audio Controller Sound playback is fine. I don't get any errors but can't get my voice recorded. If anyone has came across such a situation, please let me know what should I do to make these things work? Thanks in advance. Manish |
I have the same audio chip on my laptop and there is absolutely no problem with it. I suggest that you have a look at the sound controls in KMix and try to mute/unmute different channels to see if there is any difference. Also check that the IEC985 switch is not enabled (as it is only useful for S/PDIF, afaik). If you have no luck, then you should request help from compaq as they may have implemented a cheaper, software based sound control system.
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When I run Kmix, I see these tabs only
Output: Here I see PCM Input: Here I see capture Switches: Here I see 2 options. a) Line b) Mic And for Line and Mic, there's no option available to adjust them whereas for the rest, there's a vertical bar which I can use to adjust them. Does it mean that capture from Line and Mic is disabled? |
In the Output tab there is only PCM ??? That's weird. Maybe you have a chip that was made with few hardware controls to be cheaper, or you have a broken alsa installation.
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No offences, but how would anyone assume that it's cheaper without confirming the price with the owner? I have gone through other forums and I have noticed such weird problems with similar chips when they use SUSE 10.1. Anyway, I am gonna try reinstalling alsa and see if there's any difference. Thanks for all your help. Manish |
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For ALSA driver ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/drive...1.0.13.tar.bz2 For ALSA libs ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/lib/a...1.0.13.tar.bz2 For ALSA utils ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/utils...1.0.13.tar.bz2 And followed the instructions to compile them using this link http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc...dule=hda-intel Now, I see only PCM and input tabs on the volume control. I also see the bars to adjust the Line and Mic volumes howver, even if I try to change them, they always stay at 100%. The capture tab is not visible now. Playback is fine for some applications like Mplayer, XMMS, etc. But, when I run alsaconf, I get these errors Code:
Loading driver... |
Just curious to know. Has anyone else came across the same issue? Was anyone able to resolve it?
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Finally, I made is work to record my voice using the integrated mic.
I downloaded these packages and complied them using the same procedure which I followed last time (in my last posts) For ALSA driver Code:
ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/driver/alsa-driver-1.0.14rc2.tar.bz2 Code:
ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/lib/alsa-lib-1.0.14rc2.tar.bz2 Code:
ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/utils/alsa-utils-1.0.14rc2.tar.bz2 Perhaps even after compiling these packages, the system was lacking some configuration. I was about to switch back to windows so, I took a risk and installed "alsa" package over the current alsa compilation using yast2 (which I have configured to get packages from Packman's repository since the beginning) Then I went to yast2 -> Hardware -> Sound, and configured it with success (which gave me errors at previous attempt) I don't exactly know what happened now, but, I am able to record my voice using all the applications including skype. Now, I don't have to switch to windows which I was about to do today itself. :) |
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