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

[Javier]

On 9/20/20 3:33 AM, Javier via artix-general wrote:
> 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:
> 
> -----------------
> 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
> -----------------
> 
> And the linux module corresponds to the intel HDA sound card as well:
> 
> -----------------
> 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
> -----------------
> 
> 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...

Sorry, rather I suspect not an init (S6) package related issue, given "alsactl restore" just fails, as shown in the original thread, and sound just works fine any ways.

Thanks !

-- 
Javier

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