On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 06:36:37AM -0400, fred smith wrote: > On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 12:18:30PM -0400, Tait Clarridge wrote: > > > Hi everyone! > > > > > > F11 live cd, booting from USB on a eeepc 901 (20 gig model). > > > > > > boots fine, pretty much everything works fine. > > > > > > But... > > > 1) sound volume is so low as to be nearly inaudible. I've cranked up every > > > mixer/volume control I can find, including alsamixer. I know that in F10, doing > > > that worked--every new kernel on f10 would reset alsamixer to 50%, and I'd > > > have to go reset it. But F11 seems to be different. Clues pls? > > > > Unfortunately this will not work with the Live CD, but if you installed the Live CD to your hard drive I am sure it will work. At least it did for me on my 1000HE. > > > > You might want to try setting the options for the snd-hda-intel module. > > > > For my EEE-1000HE I created the file /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf and put the following lines: > > > > options snd-hda-intel model=quanta > > > > This broke my onboard microphones, but it made the sound much better. > > > > What you can try is the following: > > > > cat /proc/asound/card0/codec#0 | grep Codec > > > > Then look on this site http://www.mjmwired.net/kernel/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio-Models.txt for your model. > > > > For example, on my current Laptop the above command gives me > > > > Codec: Realtek ALC268 > > > > So on the site I scroll down to the ALC267/268 section and I see the following: > > > > 66 ALC267/268 > > 67 ========== > > 68 quanta-il1 Quanta IL1 mini-notebook > > 69 3stack 3-stack model > > 70 toshiba Toshiba A205 > > 71 acer Acer laptops > > 72 acer-dmic Acer laptops with digital-mic > > 73 acer-aspire Acer Aspire One > > 74 dell Dell OEM laptops (Vostro 1200) > > 75 zepto Zepto laptops > > 76 test for testing/debugging purpose, almost all controls can > > 77 adjusted. Appearing only when compiled with > > 78 $CONFIG_SND_DEBUG=y > > 79 auto auto-config reading BIOS (default) > > > > Since my laptop is a Toshiba, I use the toshiba model option so the line in /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf looks like: > > > > options snd-hda-intel model=toshiba > > > > I think for you the model will be ALC269 so you can try either of the following (replace "toshiba" from the above line with one of the options below): > > > > basic > > quanta > > eeepc-p703 > > eeepc-p901 > > fujitsu right, the 901 reports it's a ALC269. So I tried adding the entry you suggested to modprobe.conf using eeepc-0901 and it didn't change the sound after a reboot. So I got brave and tried "basic", rebooted, and voila! Sound! :) :) Haven't yet tried headphones, but I will shortly. > > > > When I was doing my eee 1000HE the quanta model would give me much louder sound and the headphone sensing would still work. > > > > Just remember that you might want to reboot when making changes, I never had much success with unloading the module and then modprobing it with the proper option. > > > > Trial and error is your friend! > > > > Let me know how it goes. I wrote a blog entry about it here: http://www.taiter.com/blog/2009/05/eee-pc-1000he-tips.html > > Tait: > > Thanks for all the info. I'll letyou know once I've had a chance to mess > with it. > -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------- "For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart." ---------------------------- Hebrews 4:12 (niv) ------------------------------
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