>Number:         35738
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       azalia volume is too low
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    kern-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Feb 20 16:15:04 +0000 2007
>Originator:     Thomas Klausner
>Release:        NetBSD 4.99.12
>Organization:
>Environment:
	
	
System: NetBSD hiro 4.99.12 NetBSD 4.99.12 (HIRO64) #11: Tue Feb 20 08:24:23 CET 2007 wiz@hiro:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/obj.amd64/HIRO64 amd64
Architecture: x86_64
Machine: amd64
>Description:
The builtin azalia(4) on my Asus M2N-E has a very low default output
volume.  To illustrate how low: It's connected to an amplifier; when
I play CDs on it on a (standalone) CD-player, the amplifier's volume
dial is around 8.  When I want to hear sound output from the
computer, I have to put it to 20 to understand spoken words. (20
for the CD-player is very loud.) I don't think it's the cabling,
since headphones don't fare better.

Additionally, I didn't find any knob to increase the volume. Here's
the output of mixerctl:

inputs.dac03=124,124
inputs.dac04=124,124
inputs.dac05=124,124
inputs.dac06=124,124
inputs.dac0a=124,124
inputs.sel0b.source=adc08
inputs.sel0c.source=sel38
outputs.sel0c.mute=off
outputs.sel0c=122,122
inputs.sel0d.source=sel38
outputs.sel0d.mute=off
outputs.sel0d=122,122
inputs.sel0e.source=sel38
outputs.sel0e.mute=off
outputs.sel0e=122,122
inputs.beep10.mute=off
inputs.beep10=119
outputs.green11.mute=off
outputs.green11.dir=output
outputs.green11.boost=off
outputs.green12.mute=off
outputs.green12.dir=output
outputs.green12.boost=off
outputs.green12.eapd=off
outputs.black13.mute=off
outputs.black13=123
outputs.pink14.mute=off
outputs.pink14.dir=output
outputs.pink14.boost=off
outputs.blue15.mute=off
outputs.blue15.dir=output
outputs.blue15.eapd=off
outputs.black16.mute=off
outputs.black16.dir=output
outputs.pink17.mute=off
outputs.pink17.dir=output
outputs.pink17.lrswap=off
outputs.pow19.source=mix20
outputs.other1b.mute=off
outputs.other1b=124,124
outputs.other1c.mute=off
outputs.other1c=123,123
inputs.mix1d.hdaudio.m=off
inputs.mix1d.sel0b.mut=off
inputs.mix1e.sel36.mut=off
inputs.mix1e.sel21.mut=off
outputs.volume1f=125
inputs.mix20.sel39.mut=off
inputs.mix20.sel33.mut=off
inputs.mix20.sel38.mut=off
inputs.mix20.sel3d.mut=off
inputs.mix20.sel34.mut=off
inputs.mix20.sel3b.mut=off
inputs.mix20.black18.m=off
inputs.mix20.unknown1a=off
inputs.mix20.sel39=123,123
inputs.mix20.sel33=123,123
inputs.mix20.sel38=123,123
inputs.mix20.sel3d=123,123
inputs.mix20.sel34=123,123
inputs.mix20.sel3b=123,123
inputs.mix20.black18=123,123
inputs.mix20.unknown1a=123
outputs.sel21.mute=off
outputs.sel21=123,123
inputs.mix22.sel37.mut=off
inputs.mix22.sel21.mut=off
outputs.widget23.source=green11
outputs.orange24.mute=off
outputs.orange24.dir=output
outputs.orange24.lrswap=off
outputs.gray25.mute=off
outputs.gray25.dir=output
inputs.mix26.sel32.mut=off
inputs.mix26.sel21.mut=off
inputs.mix27.dac05.mut=off
inputs.mix27.sel21.mut=off
inputs.mix28.dac0a.mut=off
inputs.mix28.sel21.mut=off
inputs.mix29.dac04.mut=off
inputs.mix29.sel21.mut=off
inputs.mix2a.dac06.mut=off
inputs.mix2a.sel21.mut=off
inputs.mix2b.sel30.mut=off
inputs.mix2b.sel21.mut=off
inputs.mix2c.sel31.mut=off
inputs.mix2c.sel21.mut=off
outputs.widget2f.source=green11
inputs.sel30.source=dac03
inputs.sel31.source=dac04
inputs.sel32.source=dac05
inputs.sel33.source=sel3a
inputs.sel34.source=sel3c
inputs.sel36.source=dac03
inputs.sel37.source=dac03
outputs.sel38=85,85
outputs.sel39=85,85
outputs.sel3a=85,85
outputs.sel3b=85,85
outputs.sel3c=85,85
outputs.sel3d=85,85
playback.mode=0405060a
record.mode=07

Nothing I tried changed the output volume. I might have missed
one or two, but I think I tried all the ones that looked like output.
>How-To-Repeat:
Try to listen to sound output on an ASUS M2N-E's builtin azalia device.
>Fix:
Sorry, don't know.

>Unformatted: