From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 479F41381F3 for ; Tue, 4 Jun 2013 07:12:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 84DB5E0957; Tue, 4 Jun 2013 07:12:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-f172.google.com (mail-wi0-f172.google.com [209.85.212.172]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 19ACEE07ED for ; Tue, 4 Jun 2013 07:12:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wi0-f172.google.com with SMTP id m6so3440749wiv.5 for ; Tue, 04 Jun 2013 00:12:15 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; bh=LWb2WBfrLhrMOQW7aV8QfyT901uY5TQoj9EVP7vG++E=; b=gHeULZs6igcNrAdIm2oWeNCW9TBm3KrSESNQsUWitYsGMXi6n/BvNkYEDejsUasEET 7GDgpZFLAw4ruxfbO0En8SpNthzvg/w4lsVLsEVgokxgo01HBWnCyy4lm5kyJyDJhpO1 47b2jIOX1vYAYFuqLLA/4IoSOKokQjkC0Jo3KWc8zQOJY2JxfGTiOJuJWJJR5kVfilye a7WRmsAfGfFlXwrq/3ZZiGjY+iILp3zSu7oToOFl03A6sTlK5lXKZaIZ8ZrqpkQ5T4vs 2b7LISy62in/f3fPgZlJm1eGSfIx0xe0sFKDy5aj8Au9Af8i9HwYKK/mKrt3G4ACVDNb Q/Cg== X-Received: by 10.180.90.43 with SMTP id bt11mr14780wib.30.1370329935722; Tue, 04 Jun 2013 00:12:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dell_xps.localnet (230.3.169.217.in-addr.arpa. [217.169.3.230]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id en3sm733727wid.1.2013.06.04.00.12.14 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Tue, 04 Jun 2013 00:12:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Poor sound quality Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 08:11:32 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (Linux/3.8.13-gentoo; KDE/4.10.2; x86_64; ; ) References: In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart11716565.0kcegcvxWE"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201306040812.00398.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 6336b622-fb28-4786-ace6-f886c1be1f8e X-Archives-Hash: c3714aeeee2d38361e25605917ef88f4 --nextPart11716565.0kcegcvxWE Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tuesday 04 Jun 2013 00:46:52 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 04/06/13 01:47, Chris Stankevitz wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 2:21 PM, Nikos Chantziaras =20 wrote: > >> Are you using a self-configured kernel? What sound chip is in your > >> laptop? What driver are you using? If it's an Intel codec, have you > >> tried enabling all different variants of that codec in the kernel? > > > >[...] > > > > 3. I am using the driver CONFIG_SND_HDA_INTEL >=20 > OK, that one is the generic driver. You most probably need to also > enable the specific codec driver for your chip (not all "Intel HD" chips > are the same.) >=20 > The way I figured out which one to enable was to boot Ubuntu from a CD > and then examine the output of "lsmod". There I found which codec > driver it uses. I then enabled that driver in my kernel. Only to add that you should also have a quick read at the kernel documentat= ion=20 for alsa/HD-Audio*.txt, where you'll see recommendations like "try to pass= =20 `enable_msi=3D0` option to disable MSI", as well as other configuration opt= ions=20 for your particular driver and codec. =2D-=20 Regards, Mick --nextPart11716565.0kcegcvxWE Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAABAgAGBQJRrZNAAAoJELAdA+zwE4YerSUH/jAU7hwWrYj3WR/afb1FS8o9 CO2xQZzhGNqIi8GuqewBKLP8Gsn9Hoihk5RWsTx9mbCbvGMk7om2nlM9n1p9gFWv 0oolipM95/ll1/t0fGP8GarSnqF+LwR37QCxaJ87EZdyXIzsYF9dIPVXfMOJmSAH 31pvpEccCFED54ff2D+d/BV3G3DLRMegvygnUrE+Nt5xumMoRsOgUBM3qRxwvLga TsMclcep+aeDr9ecV2XkxmpyCeW5ofKXaGnm12Tyn5BlOzorFHqit516l6j7M7vY Jk5L9QThzgw/feK44W46RJhU5lJulZaqqdFy97pLtUVkdCoL+b4IlafWcEN4ZQk= =5Di2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart11716565.0kcegcvxWE--