[artix-general] artix-general Digest, Vol 19, Issue 3

[Javier]

On 9/20/20 2:37 AM, charliebrownau via artix-general wrote:
> Gday
> Does the OS pickup the audio chipset for the laptop ?

What alsa complains about is an intel HDA sound card:

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alsa-lib main.c:983:(snd_use_case_mgr_open) error: failed to import hw:0 use case configuration -2
Found hardware: "HDA-Intel" "Conexant CX20724" "HDA:14f150f4,103c8079,00100101 HDA:80862809,80860101,00100000" "0x103c" "0x8079"
Hardware is initialized using a generic method
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And the linux module corresponds to the intel HDA sound card as well:

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00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio (rev 21) (prog-if 80)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company EliteBook 840 G3
        Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
        Latency: 64
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 131
        IOMMU group: 8
        Region 0: Memory at e1244000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Region 4: Memory at e1230000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=55mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+)
                Status: D0 NoSoftRst+ PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
        Capabilities: [60] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
                Address: 00000000fee003b8  Data: 0000
        Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
        Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel, snd_soc_skl
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I'm not sure about "conexant", since this is the 1st time I see that message from alsa.  On Arch I never saw such message, and the alsa settings recovery was always successful.

> Check using hardware info or lspci command
> 
> HP EliteBook 840 G3 audio is using - Conexant ISST HD Audio Driver 2015
> ref - https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/hp-elitebook-840-g3-notebook-pc/7815294
> 
> I am using Artix with Presonus Audiobox USB (recording interface)

It's possible to use an USB sound device, but I prefer to take advantage of the laptop sound card, and use a headset which I plug into the headset jack.

> 
> Mine doesnt work with ALSA sound volume/mixer either

Well, alsa sound works fine.  What's wrong is that on boot, the alsa settings are not getting recovered.  Not sure if you got that message I sent, where I clarified it was my bad to point out sound wasn't working.  Not sure what's going on with the restore though...

> 
> I recommend using
> * LibreWolf for Browser Sound (works with ALSA) -
> https://librewolf-community.gitlab.io/

Firefox also works fine with alsa (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Firefox/Tweaks#Get_ALSA_working_back).

> * SMplayer for movies/media

I've been using smplayer as well for quite a while.

> * Strawberry for podcasts - https://www.strawberrymusicplayer.org/

I don't pay attention to podcasts, but for music player I use mpd + ncmpcpp

> 
> Also try to get people to migrate from Skype+Zoom

For work, I can't get rid of zoom and SFB one (Skype for Business), neither slack...

> over to Jitsi meet - No program needed, its all via free https server
> - https://meet.jit.si/

I have used Jitsi, but unfortunately barely since pretty much no contact of mine uses it.

> 
> 
> Regards
> Charliebrownau
> Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email.

I'm not sure what might be going on.  Not sure if an issue from the init system (using S6), or if an issue with the alsa-utils package, or with some other alsa related package...

Thanks !

-- 
Javier

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