From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1SDRab-0004RM-J2 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 30 Mar 2012 02:29:22 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 975F8E0BC9; Fri, 30 Mar 2012 02:28:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-bk0-f53.google.com (mail-bk0-f53.google.com [209.85.214.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5BD5E0AB5 for ; Fri, 30 Mar 2012 02:27:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bkwj4 with SMTP id j4so133526bkw.40 for ; Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:27:10 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=m4P9PmErHNk4Igk0GElVe6FsQnLLBoJZEpli0I3aL1U=; b=ifHD63XTvK87ldoHIEOgtRFqMq/V05WitnoB4cyviIntoVONEcgePr3qCb6jt7kkJw C6Asj4ziqi+HB7Mo1vd2/ZBmDHT9zyALifSrSLs5Ih6zd8bQDMHoQnJbtPWkkh5vdPlc H1lLfNrHI+TfAnX/ACQ+2qjOf0k3TWj9CnqtWSLamQgs5a3mmyd9Jb1rJ2XSI1NMkzwU qdnZmTuxuIJk0miJcXT/f/tjo2E5Xc/ngnizAQqgLIR8JnfRXuxRP82BglBlLy433Uqd dAbJ+2ykAYFNglO+JymGTthD5vEuLpJTI1bVnND5xdoJe5iF6kR9uYxmn/j9ZPe68uJY oKvQ== 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 Received: by 10.205.122.144 with SMTP id gg16mr201267bkc.12.1333074430027; Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:27:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.164.76 with HTTP; Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:27:09 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4F750E70.4050102@gmail.com> References: <4F750E70.4050102@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:27:09 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] AMD hdaudio: why do I have two audio devices and two mixers? From: Michael Mol To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 378e9d9b-66c1-437e-b6fd-cc32f6b840f8 X-Archives-Hash: bc6127a9ae8c4e4791b1aee5eb01c944 On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 9:37 PM, Hung Dang wrote: > On 03/29/2012 09:18 PM, walt wrote: >> >> Fresh gentoo install on new lenovo desktop. =C2=A0Both linux and win7 >> (lenovo installed) tell me that this machine has two audio devices: >> >> 00:01.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI BeaverCreek >> HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 6500D and 6400G-6600G series] >> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Subsystem: Lenovo Device 3625 >> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel >> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel >> >> 00:14.2 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson Azalia >> Controller (rev 01) >> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Subsystem: Lenovo Device 3625 >> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel >> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel >> >> crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 14, =C2=A00 Mar 29 18:07 /dev/mixer >> crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 14, 16 Mar 29 18:07 /dev/mixer1 >> >> crw-rw----+ =C2=A01 root audio 116, =C2=A03 Mar 29 18:07 controlC0 >> crw-rw----+ =C2=A01 root audio 116, =C2=A07 Mar 29 18:07 controlC1 >> crw-rw----+ =C2=A01 root audio 116, =C2=A02 Mar 29 18:07 pcmC0D3p >> crw-rw----+ =C2=A01 root audio 116, =C2=A06 Mar 29 18:07 pcmC1D0c >> crw-rw----+ =C2=A01 root audio 116, =C2=A05 Mar 29 18:07 pcmC1D0p >> crw-rw----+ =C2=A01 root audio 116, =C2=A04 Mar 29 18:07 pcmC1D2c >> crw-rw----+ =C2=A01 root audio 116, 33 Mar 29 18:07 timer >> >> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root =C2=A012 Mar 29 18:07 pci-0000:00:01.1 -> =C2=A0.= ./controlC0 >> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root =C2=A012 Mar 29 18:07 pci-0000:00:14.2 -> =C2=A0.= ./controlC1 >> >> >> I spent an entire frustrating day discovering that the reason I >> have no sound is that every app wants to use /dev/mixer when only >> /dev/mixer1 actually works :( >> >> Only some apps (like audacious) will let me choose which mixer to >> use, and those apps work perfectly. >> >> Anyone else seen this before, I hope? =C2=A0Got a fix? >> >> Thanks :) > > I guess the second audio device is either HDMI or HD audio generic. You > could verify this by opening alsamixer then select F6 to see a list of au= dio > devices. If you use pulseaudio then you can select the default output > device. Or use /etc/asound.conf to select your preferred default device. Well, technically, the first one is HDMI, and the second one is the more mundane one. --=20 :wq