Call = there is no sound

[octavsly]

When I initiate a call, and when the call is progressing, I cannot hear anything, nor I am heard. I never had this problem before. Adjusting the volume via the slide-bar does not change anything.

I have searched through the tickets but I cannot find anyone having the same problem.

I am using the latest stable Om image.

I have also attached a logread file (replacing the test phone number with "xxxxxxxxxx"

root@om-gta02:/media/card/boot# cat /proc/cpuinfo
Processor       : ARM920T rev 0 (v4l)
BogoMIPS        : 199.47
Features        : swp half thumb
CPU implementer : 0x41
CPU architecture: 4T
CPU variant     : 0x1
CPU part        : 0x920
CPU revision    : 0
Cache type      : write-back
Cache clean     : cp15 c7 ops
Cache lockdown  : format A
Cache format    : Harvard
I size          : 16384
I assoc         : 64
I line length   : 32
I sets          : 8
D size          : 16384
D assoc         : 64
D line length   : 32
D sets          : 8

Hardware        : GTA02
Revision        : 0360
Serial          : 0000000000000000

[octavsly]

logread dump, not really showing what is happening :-(

[lindi]

Can you run "alsactl -f current.state store" during call and attach "current.state" to this bug report?

[octavsly]

Replying to lindi:

Can you run "alsactl -f current.state store" during call and attach "current.state" to this bug report?

Updated (testing branch) and rebooted. The problem is gone.
When I will have again the issue, I will attach it.

[octavsly]

OK, it worked when I called,
but when I was called I could not hear anything.

Before teh call, the profile was set to "Vibrate and Ring" but I could not hear the ring. Phone was only vibrating.

Attached you may find the
current.state.during_call (which is the same as before the call)

[lindi]

Yes it seems that alsa state is not changed for some reason, I do not have knowledge on debugging om 2008.12 issues further.

[xbaldauf]

This bug still persists as of ​http://git.openmoko.org/?p=kernel.git;a=commit;h=5b3137236f5d5665774f9705220b3fe6c1e23692 ( Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:23:54 +0000 (16:23 +0000) ):

• no sound when phoning
• no sound when the phone is ringing
• no sound when doing playback by mplayer

[octavsly]

as a workaround I use only Vibrate profile (NOT Vibrate and Ring)

[xbaldauf]

But is phoning possible when using the "Vibrate" profile?

[octavsly]

Yes. I hear and I am heard.

I presume that if you do not play any sound, e.g. ringing, alarm, calendar, mediaplayer, etc. then you will still be able to call.

[mzanetti]

For me, this happened after some hours of uptime. Sometimes already after 10 mins of uptime. The very first phonecall after rebooting was working most of the times.

Anyways, I have been able to work around this issue by using Korbinian's workaround for the openmoocow-not-mooing issue. It consists basically of switching speech-dispatcher from alsa to oss. After switching, all 2008.12 sound issues are gone - at least on my FR.

See this URL for a detailed description:
​http://lists.openmoko.org/nabble.html#nabble-td2175057

[xbaldauf]

As of ​http://git.openmoko.org/?p=kernel.git;a=commit;h=9029dff1f370018665a6e2999632a34fd0518f4d ( Thu, 5 Feb 2009 17:01:56 +0000 (17:01 +0000) ), I can hear sound when phoning and I can hear sound when doing playback by mplayer. I did not testing ringing or speaking into the phone, but I expect this to work. :-) So for me, the bug seems to be fixed. :-)

[andy]

Great, thanks for confirming it.