Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: "Matthew R. Lee" <gentoo@××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Intel HDA soundcard, microphones and skype
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 18:20:59
Message-Id: 200610101412.50467.gentoo@matthewlee.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Intel HDA soundcard, microphones and skype by Richard Fish
1 On Tuesday 10 October 2006 13:23, Richard Fish wrote:
2 > On 10/10/06, Matthew R. Lee <gentoo@××××××××××.org> wrote:
3 > > Has anybody got skype woking with this soundcard. Perhaps you could post
4 > > your .asoundrc for me to have a look
5 >
6 > Unfortunately Intel's HDA isn't really a sound card, but a standard
7 > way of talking to sound cards. The actual chips are made by various
8 > manufacturers, and it really is a bit of a mess.
9 >
10 > 1. You should not have a .asoundrc. Current alsa versions (since
11 > 1.0.9) will automatically use dmix/dsnoop as necessary. In almost
12 > every case, it is wrong to have a .asoundrc.
13 >
14 > 2. Which version of alsa-drivers are you using? 1.0.13 would be my
15 > recommendation, although you may have some issues with MSI
16 > interrupts...
17 >
18 > 3. Can you post the contents of /proc/asound/card0/codec#0 and also
19 > the output of "amixer"?
20 >
21 > -Richard
22
23
24 Just found a patch on the gentoo forums for this problem, but for the
25 alsa-driver-1.0.11 I'm using 1.0.13
26 http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-502890-highlight-microphone.html
27
28 Problem is I've never patched anything in my life. How do I use this?
29
30 Matt
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