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#1 2013-02-18 19:08:15

frank604
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Registered: 2011-04-20
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Asus g73jw - Subwoofer disabled in alsa-Still hear sound(no lowpass)

There are three internal speakers.  Two are front speakers and the third is a subwoofer.  The subwoofer should be playing lowpass audio only.  In alsamixer, the subwoofer is muted and cannot be unmuted.  However, when playing audio, sound is passed through the subwoofer (sound that is being played in front speaker).  This leads to weird/unbalanced audio. I've looked through and played with different .asoundrc but nothing seems to help. I wrote down the basic information below.  Please let me know if further information is required. 


https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=119710  This thread looked promising but I can't decipher the solution so I have not tried it.  Any other comments, ideas, and brainstorming are welcome.


Here is aplay -l

[asus@asusg73jw ~]$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: MID [HDA Intel MID], device 0: ALC269VB Analog [ALC269VB Analog]
  Subdevices: 0/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: MID [HDA Intel MID], device 1: ALC269VB Digital [ALC269VB Digital]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 7: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 8: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 9: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

lsmod

[asus@asusg73jw ~]$ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
fuse                   69245  5 
ses                     6175  0 
enclosure               6363  1 ses
hid_logitech_dj        10254  0 
usb_storage            43828  1 
uvcvideo               73462  0 
videobuf2_vmalloc       2789  1 uvcvideo
videobuf2_memops        2827  1 videobuf2_vmalloc
videobuf2_core         24073  1 uvcvideo
videodev              104777  2 uvcvideo,videobuf2_core
media                  10438  2 uvcvideo,videodev
usbhid                 41358  1 hid_logitech_dj
hid                    86421  2 usbhid,hid_logitech_dj
btusb                  14645  0 
bluetooth             269252  2 btusb
joydev                  9728  0 
coretemp                6231  0 
kvm_intel             124064  0 
kvm                   384657  1 kvm_intel
arc4                    2008  2 
snd_hda_codec_hdmi     27561  4 
nvidia               9096875  67 
ath9k                  98183  0 
ath9k_common            2097  1 ath9k
ath9k_hw              355294  2 ath9k_common,ath9k
iTCO_wdt                5288  0 
i7core_edac            17030  0 
crc32c_intel            1988  0 
ath                    15362  3 ath9k_common,ath9k,ath9k_hw
acpi_cpufreq           10631  1 
rts_pstor             401501  0 
iTCO_vendor_support     1930  1 iTCO_wdt
edac_core              42423  1 i7core_edac
mac80211              432338  1 ath9k
asus_laptop            18399  0 
psmouse                76176  0 
mperf                   1236  1 acpi_cpufreq
battery                 7099  0 
button                  4670  0 
video                  11332  0 
atl1c                  35119  0 
sparse_keymap           3089  1 asus_laptop
ac                      2569  0 
i2c_core               23076  2 nvidia,videodev
pcspkr                  1900  0 
serio_raw               5074  0 
evdev                  10137  21 
input_polldev           2915  1 asus_laptop
processor              27496  1 acpi_cpufreq
snd_hda_codec_realtek    61729  1 
mei                    61037  0 
microcode              14434  0 
cfg80211              179435  3 ath,ath9k,mac80211
rfkill                 15997  4 cfg80211,asus_laptop,bluetooth
lpc_ich                11346  0 
thermal                 8418  0 
snd_hda_intel          27668  5 
snd_hda_codec         100743  3 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep               6429  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm                77827  4 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
snd_page_alloc          7363  2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel
snd_timer              18935  1 snd_pcm
snd                    60157  16 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_pcm,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
soundcore               5443  1 snd
ext4                  447457  2 
crc16                   1360  2 ext4,bluetooth
jbd2                   78834  1 ext4
mbcache                 6027  1 ext4
sr_mod                 14824  0 
cdrom                  35521  1 sr_mod
sd_mod                 31067  5 
ahci                   21393  2 
libahci                20907  1 ahci
libata                168540  2 ahci,libahci
scsi_mod              130423  6 ses,usb_storage,libata,rts_pstor,sd_mod,sr_mod
xhci_hcd               89337  0 
ehci_hcd               51637  0 
usbcore               174100  6 btusb,uvcvideo,usb_storage,ehci_hcd,usbhid,xhci_hcd
usb_common               955  1 usbcore

lspci | grep Audio

[asus@asusg73jw ~]$ lspci | grep Audio
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 06)
01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GF106 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)

Last edited by frank604 (2013-02-18 19:19:04)

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#2 2013-02-18 19:24:40

brebs
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Registered: 2007-04-03
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Re: Asus g73jw - Subwoofer disabled in alsa-Still hear sound(no lowpass)

Look at my example, and adapt it.

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#3 2013-02-20 02:38:34

frank604
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From: BC, Canada
Registered: 2011-04-20
Posts: 1,212

Re: Asus g73jw - Subwoofer disabled in alsa-Still hear sound(no lowpass)

Thanks for this, I'll take a look and see if I can adapt it.

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